“I was determined to have a free Meeting for the poorest, a charge for admission having been made for all the Meetings yet held in Stockholm.  So called one at 6 p.m. in our own Hall in the south of the city.  At six we were quite full.  I spoke an hour or more, and some twenty or more came out for a clean heart.  Closed at 8.15 p.m.

“At 8.30 p.m.  Soldiers’ Meeting.  Some 500 were present.  Spoke for nearly two hours.  At the close cleared the front as a Mercy Seat, and nearly all in the place—­Officers, Cadets, and Soldiers—­went down in company after company.  The wonderful Meeting closed about midnight.

     “Wednesday.—­Rose at 6 a.m., not having had much sleep.  Away in
     Norrkoeping at 7.30 a.m.  Arrived at 2.30 p.m.  Meeting at 3.30 p.m.
     in a great church, where 800 were present.  Good time.  Very tired.

     “Night.  I,500 present.  Talked two hours.  Afterwards, at 10.30 p.m.,
     had a Meeting for Soldiers.  Got home about 11.45 p.m.

     “Thursday.—­Meeting at 10 a.m. to say ‘Farewell.’  Spoke about an
     hour, and left at one o’clock for Lynkoeping, arriving at 2.30 p.m. 
     Meeting in our beautiful Theatre at 2.30 p.m.  Fine audience.”

Mere lack of space forbids further quotation.  But surely enough has been said to show with what marvellous exertion The General managed in one brief journey to do so much for all classes, and so much not merely in the way of Meetings but of organisation and administration in every way.

And the diary tells us nothing of his talks with Officers between Meetings, which have formed so important a part of all his travels.  By means of such conversations, especially in the case of Officers who are not English, The General has gained a close knowledge of them and their difficulties as they have of his thoughts and wishes.

Between his arrival at Gothenburg and his Sundsvall Meetings came a rough journey to Norway, where we had as yet no Officers, yet where, nevertheless, a great Meeting had been arranged for by friends, who later helped in the establishment of our work in their country!  The General passed on to Denmark, where our work was in its first year.

On the afternoon of his arrival he tells us he rested, wrote up correspondence and journal, and had some little thought about the coming Meetings.

“Night.  Welcome Meeting in the Methodist Church.  Packed.  There must have been nearly 1,300 people present.  The admission was free, and there were many Philistines, some socialists, and some lads bent on mischief.  To add to our difficulties, my interpreter did his work so miserably that we had some confusion and restlessness.  After an hour’s talk, I paused for the collection to be taken, and changed interpreters.  The second one did very much better.  His voice, however, was feeble and his manner very quiet, so that things were