only one packet left, and could not get a line through by wire
yesterday; I hope, however, you received my wire to-day. There is
room here for a dozen--or even twenty--tents now. We had over
40,000 men before yesterday, when the whole of the Seventh Division
arrived.

'Our first three meetings have been marked by a very hallowed
influence. To-night the tent was packed to overflowing, and our joy
at the close was beyond expression, when twenty dear fellows took a
stand for Christ. The weather is very wet to-night, the men have no
tents, and I gave them the opportunity to remain under the shelter
of our tent. As I write (10.30 p.m.), I suppose there are 120 to
150 here.'[11]

Later on our old friend, Mr. Stewart, took charge of the tent, and Mr.
Hinde assisted him. Mr. Percy Huskisson also spoke at some of the
meetings, and they had glorious times. The Rev. R. Deane Oliver, a
devoted Church of England chaplain from Aldershot, took the meeting on
one occasion, and no fewer than eighteen stood up for prayer.

[Footnote 11: _News from the Front_, May, 1900.]


=Sunday Services in Bloemfontein.=

The Sabbath services held in the camps and town were full of blessing.
In the Wesleyan Church khaki was everywhere, crowding not only every
available seat, but the Communion and the pulpit stairs, and even the
pulpit itself.