The boys sat on one side, and the girls on
the other; and seldom, perhaps, has there been a company more under
the influence of things unseen. It seemed as though God himself
spoke that evening through his ministering servants, and this and
that one was born there and then. It was in the same room that that
last prayer meeting of the teacher with her former pupils was held,
July 15th, 1858. In the engraving, the two upper windows,
immediately to the left of the small ones over the central door,
belong to this room.
At the close of the week, ten of the pupils were trusting in Christ;
and of the next Lord's day it might truly be said, "That Sabbath was
an high day," for the Lord was present, and many strong men bowed
before him. Priest Eshoo had watched the boys; he had watched his
own praying Sarah; and now he looked within. He had never been known
to weep; he scorned such weakness; but when, at the close of the
afternoon service, Mr. Stocking took his hand, saying, "Be sure you
are on the right foundation," he buried his face in his handkerchief
and wept aloud. Nor did he weep alone; Deacon Tamo, too,--whose
levity all through the week had been a sore trial to Mr.
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