But I was glad to have them offer
their first _united_ prayers there. It was ever after a more
sacred place."
Miss Fiske spent most of the vacation that followed the first
revival, in 1848, with Mr. Stoddard, in the villages, where her
pupils aided her much in labors among the people. After a very
pleasant evening spent in Geog Tapa with those who were seeking
Jesus, Hanee, the pupil with whom she staid, came and asked, "Would
you like to be alone?" It was the first time she had ever been asked
such a question by a Nestorian, and it awakened feelings similar to
those that filled her heart when first she heard the voice of a
Nestorian woman leading in prayer. To use her own words, "I followed
the dear child, and she led me to the best closet she could give
me--a manger, where she had spread clean hay; and she said to me,
as she turned to leave, 'Stay just as long as you like.' You may well
suppose it was a precious spot to me. It was my own fault if I did
not there meet Him who was once laid in a manger for us."
The members of the Seminary were especially interested in the
monthly concert, which was held in Oroomiah, on the first Monday of
the month.
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