Permit them not to fight
with each other, but with Satan and their wicked hearts, and may
they fight spiritually to subdue the whole world to Christ."
During one of the revivals in the Female Seminary, the prayers of
the pupils were exceedingly earnest. A member of the mission, having
occasion to open the door of a room where a few of them were
together, heard as follows:
"We are hanging over a lake of fire, with a heavy load upon our
backs, by a single hair, and that is almost broken. We are in a ship
burned almost down to the water; the flames are just seizing upon
us. O God, have mercy. Jesus, Son of David, have mercy. O Lamb of
God, have mercy on us." "No wonder," a missionary wrote, "I
sometimes think that it is pleasanter to pray in Syriac than in our
own language, because I have such fervent-minded ones with whom to
pray."
The day Miss Fiske left Oroomiah, a large number of women and girls
gathered around to bid her farewell. They said, "Can we not have one
more prayer meeting before you leave?" They were told that they
might meet in the school room. "But may it not be in that Bethel?"
they asked, referring to the teacher's own room.
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