“He was followed by a young man who was converted at one of the Breakfast Meetings last year, and who said he was exceedingly happy.  Another young man on the left said his desire was to speak more and work more for Jesus.

     “Two sisters then spoke.  The first uttered a brief, inaudible
     sentence, and the second told of being so happy every day, and
     wanting to be more faithful.

     “The verse—­

        Shall we meet beyond the River,
        Where the surges cease to roll?

     was then sung.

     “A young woman said:  ’I well remember the night I first heard Mr.
     Booth preach here.  I had a heavy load of sin upon my shoulders.  But
     I was invited to come on the stage.  I did so, and was pointed to
     Jesus, and I obtained peace.’

“Another told of his conversion by a tract, four years ago, on his passage to Sydney.  ‘To my sorrow,’ he said, ’I became a backslider.  But I thank God He ever brought me here.  That blessed man, Mr. Booth, preached, and I gave my heart to God afresh.  I now take tracts to sea regularly.  I have only eighteen shillings a week, but I save my tobacco and beer money to buy tracts.’

     “The verse—­

        I never shall forget the day
        When Jesus took my sins away,

     was then sung.

“A stout man, a navvy, who said he had been one of the biggest drunkards in London, having briefly spoken, was followed by one known as ‘Jemmy the butcher,’ who keeps a stall in the Whitechapel Road.  Some one had cruelly robbed him, but he found consolation by attending the Mission Hall Prayer Meeting.

“Two young lads, recently converted, having given their experience, a dock labourer, converted seventeen months ago, asked the prayers of the Meeting for his wife, yet unconverted.  Some of his comrades during the last week said, ’What a difference there is in you now to what there used to be!’

“Three young women followed.  The first spoke but a sentence or two.  The desire of the second was to live more to Christ.  The third had a singularly clear voice, and gave her experience very intelligently.  It was a year and a half since she gave her heart to the Saviour; but her husband does not yet see with her.  Her desire was to possess holiness of heart, and to know more of the language of Canaan.

“The experience of an old man, who next spoke, was striking.  Mr. Booth had announced his intention, some time back, of preaching a sermon on ‘The Derby,’ at the time of the race that goes by that name.  This man was attracted by curiosity, and when listening compared himself to a broken-down horse.  This sermon was the means of his conversion.

     “The verse then sung was:—­

        Can you tell me what ship is going to sail? 
        Oh, the old ship of Zion, Hallelujah!