eeling. At the close all
but two of our boarding students rose either to indicate a desire to
be given up more fully to Christ's service or to say that they wished
to become Christians at once.

In the afternoon a meeting for the girls was held in the Girls' Hall,
conducted by the lady teachers. The boys had two meetings in their own
rooms. All these meetings were very helpful.

In the evening in the chapel I preached on the "Rich Young Ruler" and
urged immediate decision and full surrender to Christ. The meeting for
testimony following the sermon was one of the most remarkable I have
ever attended. Several of our brightest students came out clearly for
Christ and nearly every one of those who were not Christians spoke
voluntarily of their desire to enter the new life. The meeting was
very quiet, but many were weeping, and there seemed to be a deep sense
of sin.

Every student above the eighth grade is now a Christian, I believe,
with possibly one exception, and that one is a young man of fine
promise, who said publicly last night that his supreme desire was to
be a Christian, and that a great burden had been upon him, night and
day, for many weeks. We think that his only difficulty is that he
desires the experience he has seen in others and does not see that
faith is the door by which he must enter that experience.

I know that you will rejoice with us in this great blessing.

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SELF-SUPPORTING CHURCH.

THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ATLANTA, GA.

BY REV. H. H. PROCTOR.

The first Congregational Church of Atlanta was founded in 1867 by Rev.
Frederick Ayer and wife, of Wisconsin, the former of whom has entered
into his rest, but the latter is still living at a ripe old age in her
native State. The church grew out of the Storrs School, the pioneer
educational institution of Georgia for the colored race, and was a
response to the conscious need of a more enlightened Christianity.

The chapel of the Storrs School was its first place of worship, but
there was soon felt a need for a regular meeting house. By the aid of
the American Missionary Association and of the C. C. B. S., a handsome
and substantial structure was built at the corner of Courtland avenue
and Houston street. The $2,000 contributed by the people for this
building represented no little sacrifice. All of the work on the
building was done by colored men, and the neat, slate-covered brick
structure, most