The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-26
FAR OFF INDIA.
Recent Letter to Her Parents from Miss
Alice Wishart.

DEAREST MOTHER. When 1
was walking through the bazaar
this morning on my way to Mr..
Lyall's Biole reading, so wished
for you and iather to be with me
to see the strange people. and the
varieties of dress displayed.
Many hill tribes and Thibetans
come here-long-hair dirty
looking men, with faces like Chi
nese idols, and staring, wander
ing gaze. Then, there are such
brilliant colors, too, and the shops
are full of interesting things. 1t
is all so quaint and warm and
oriental that it is almost like a
picture; yet India is the realest
thing to one-too real sometimes,
when one sees the force Of the
Evil one and his manifest work
ing. The air seems to reek with
siu sometimes. But there is a
Force working now which has
not been felt for some time. The
very Spirit of God, who has been
grieved for so long, is stirring,
and as soon as missionaries and
Christians awake, and get on fire,
the Revival will come, and that
means the outpourlng of the Holy
Spirit. We have had very splen-
did meetings, which have brought
forth confessions of sin, convlc-
ton, and deep sense of need
from men and women who are
leaders In religious things. A
terrible need Is beginning to be
felt everywhere, and missionar-
les and ministers of the gospel
are coming to realize as never be-
fore, that 1T Is not by might, nor
by power, nor by talent, educa-
ton, or ability, but by Gods
Spirit that the work must be
done here. There has been so
much energy of the fiesh-honest,
faithful, good work-toil, toll,
toil-but this will not bring men
to Christi needs a mightier
than any human one to do 1T; and
so dozens, if not hundreds, are
praying daily for an outpouring,
such as Wales knows, to sweep
men and women and the heathen
into the kingdom.
Is it not true that the greatest
curse of the church to-day is
lukewarm ness? What littleREAL
concern for dying souls SELF,
and what SELF wants, has been
playing such part that there
seems room for nothing else.
People think more of their clothes
and stomachs and amusements,
than of i'm mortal lives are play
ing at being followers of Christ.
1t isn't any use minclng or gloss
ing over matters. 1t Is so here;
and Il remember rightly, 1t was
so at home. Those who are sat-
istied with things as they are,
will call those who are not
''cranks" But what does 1t mat.
ter? What we need is Power;
aud we cannot get 1t until we get
at an end OF ourselves. AS some
one says, ''To be really some.
thing, is to be nothing, humanity
speaking" / simply grow dis.
gusted with the satisfaction in
myself and in other Christians.
We must be empted before we
can be filled; and there Is no limit
to life in the Holy Spirit. One
needs to give up everything. but
our all is such contemplate lit.
tie, to what God will give in re.
turn. 1t all is sure to clash with
the world. But when there Is q
Force which widens one into un.
conditioned largeness, the world
"isn't in IT." 1t means not al
imitation, but a real indwelline
Christ.
This vacation has been a time
of receiving lessons very straight
from God. And need them
Doall Of you pray that the church
both in India and America ant
In other countries, may get a bap
tism of tre and become thorough
ly awakened? Some Of us are 8,
dead asleep, we don't know It
and that Is the worst part. Faith