of the tenderness God displayed by calling Himself Our Father. Then an earnest Christian spoke of the love we should feel towards each other as brethren; and the meeting gradually turned to a practical view of the subject, and we agreed to show more love to each other through the week, and to help and strengthen one another by some little word; also, to endeavor really to do some work in the College. We have become really in earnest, I hope; and agreed to pray often for a revival, in our own class especially. Oh, I do hope we can do some effective work! It does seem too bad that a band of ten earnest Christians should only speak once or twice a week about the things that interest them most. I do hope we shall do better now, as we have promised each other to do. I know thee is praying for us, and I have faith that thy prayers, and all our prayers, will be answered. If we could only once be thoroughly baptized with the Holy Ghost!

"I was at Trenton, Second-day evening, and received a wonderful lift. We had a lovely meeting, like the H. V. P. used to have last winter, and it did seem so natural and pleasant. It did me a wonderful amount of good."

In reference to these visits to Trenton, of which Frank writes now and then, one of his cousins there has written since his death:

"We have been holding a little prayer-meeting once a week for about two years; and when we heard of Frank's going to Princeton, we thought how pleasant it would be if he could regularly attend them.

But

owing to some College regulations, he could only be with us occasionally. It was our usual custom to begin our meeting with reading a chapter in the Bible, and then talking about it; and when Frank was with us, we always handed the Bible to him. He used to take it very willingly, but with true humility, which we all noticed to be a marked trait in his Christian character. I remember well his reading a chapter in 1 John. We were all impressed by the solemn and realizing way in which he read it; and after he had finished, he spoke of the love of Christ and of holiness very impressively. Our conversation turned naturally to the subject of consecration, and Frank said, that as far as he knew, he was entirely the Lord's.

"He used to tell us how he longed to have his life in the College to be such as would show to his fellowstudents the truth of what he had openly professed among them,—that he was trusting Jesus to keep him from all sin.

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"I wish I could remember more particulars of the deeply interesting occasions when Frank was with us, and of the talks we used to have about the life hid with Christ in God,' but I cannot. Frank was always a great help and strength to us.'

Another member of this little prayer-meeting also writes:

“At one of our meetings Frank read the chapter ending with the words, 'Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect,' and we all were struck with his beautiful and simple explanation of it. He said the little bud was as perfect for

a bud, as a full blown rose was a perfect rose; and so we were to be perfect as men, as our Heavenly Father was perfect as God; that we were to be complete in Christ at each stage of our growth, but capable always of a greater maturity of perfection. He always seemed to have so much power to explain things in a clear, simple light. And when we were discouraged, or cast down, he always had some little experience of his own to tell, to help us. And he would try so sweetly to tell us of the love and forbearance of Jesus, that new light would always come into our minds, and a new purpose and resolution into our hearts.

"His prayers were very childlike and full of confidence, just like a little one coming to its Father; and I remember how impressed I was once, when he thanked God with so much simplicity, that we were permitted to come as little children, and call Him 'our Father.' He always brought a power and blessing with him.

"In the first conversation we had with him, after he went to Princeton, he spoke of feeling it his duty to come out decidedly and confess his entire trust in the Lord Jesus; but said he was so anxious to live a right life, and was so sensible of his temptations and his weaknesses, that he had been almost afraid to make such a confession, surrounded as he was by so many who would watch every word and action, and would rejoice in any failure. He asked us to pray in our little meeting that he might have strength to do his duty, and that he might find some who would sympathize and work with him.

“The next_time he was with us, he said, in his humble, self-forgetting way, that strength had been given him to acknowledge his Saviour openly and boldly; and that God had sent him one friend who was anxious, like himself, to work for Christ.

"There was one trait in Frank's Christian character that was very rare and beautiful. He never seemed to think of such a thing as giving up or being discouraged, but seemed to be always pressing forward."

CHAPTER XIV.

N the 29th of March, Frank's father went to
Princeton to spend the Sabbath, and hold

meetings with the young men in the Presbyterian Church, with which denomination he was connected.

Frank, being naturally of a very cautious disposition, felt considerable anxiety beforehand, and was proportionably rejoiced when he found how deeply interested all the young men were in the meetings. He wrote to me concerning them from Princeton:

"DEAREST MOTHER:

"Father has had a wonderful series of meetings. There were about two hundred to hear him last night, disagreeable as the weather was; and at the meeting before breakfast, where I hardly expected to see any, there were about thirty; and, at half-past nine, where I told him there might be perhaps fifteen, there were sixty or seventy. The fellows appear deeply interested. Every one seems stirred up, and hopeful of a real revival.

"I had a lovely time at Trenton on Second-day. I think I will try to go down there oftener; it does me so much good."