telling of his first Open-Air Service, which he had held during the
past week in Ratcliff Highway, one of the worst places in London.
He said, when the people saw him kneel in the gutter, engaged in
prayer for them, they thought he was mad. The verse--

Christ now sits on Zion's hill,
He receives poor sinners still,

Was then sung.

"A young man under the right-hand gallery, having briefly spoken,
one of Mr. Booth's helpers, a Yorkshireman, with a strong voice and
hearty manner, told of the Open-Air Meetings, the opposition they
encountered, and his determination to go on, in spite of all
opposition from men and Devils.

"A middle-aged man on the right, a sailor, told how he was brought
to Christ during his passage home from Colombo. One of the Dublin
tracts, entitled, 'John's Difficulty,' was the means of his
conversion.

"A young man to the right, having told how, as a backslider, he had
recently been restored, a cabman said he used to be in the
public-houses constantly; but he thanked God he ever heard William
Booth, for it led to his conversion.

"Three young men on the right then spoke. The first, who comes five
miles to these Meetings, told how he was lost through the drink,
and restored by the Gospel; the second said he was unspeakably
happy; the third said he would go to the stake for Christ.

"A middle-aged man in the centre spoke of his many trials. His
sight was failing him, but the light of Christ shone brilliantly in
his soul.

"The chorus--

Let us walk in the light,

was then sung.

"A young man described his feelings as he had recently passed the
place where he was born; and a sister spoke of her husband's
conversion, and how they were both now rejoicing in God.

"After a young man on the left had told how his soul had recently
revived, another on the right testified to the Lord having pardoned
his sins in the theatre on the previous Sunday.

"Two sailors followed. The first spoke of his conversion through
reading a tract while on his way to the Indies four months ago. The
other said he was going to sea next week, and was going to take
some Bibles, hymns, and tracts with him, to see what could be done
for Christ on board.

"The verse--

I believe I shall be the