One sentence from that earliest talk we had together stands clear in my
memory, and it has perhaps unconsciously shaped the theme which I hope
will be found running through all the book:

"Our people," said she, flinging out her hands in a lovely embracing
movement, as if she saw before her at that moment those devoted workers of
hers who follow where she leads unquestioningly, and stay not for fire or
foe, or weariness, or peril of any sort:

"Our people know that Christ is a living presence, that they can reach out
and feel He is near: that is why they can live so splendidly and die so
heroically!"

As she spoke a light shone in her face that reminded me of the light that
we read was on Moses' face after he had spent those days in the mountain
with God; and somewhere back in my soul something was repeating the words:
"And they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus."

That seems to me to be the whole secret of the wonderful lives and
wonderful work of the Salvation Army. They have become acquainted with
Jesus Christ, whom to know is life eternal; they feel His presence
constantly with them and they live their lives "as seeing Him who is
invisible." They are a living miracle for the confounding of all who doubt
that there is a God whom mortals may know face to face while they are yet
upon the earth.

The one thing that these people seem to feel is really worth while is
bringing other people to know their Christ. All other things in life are
merely subservient to this, or tributary to it. All their education,