not very much better for a time.  Then we had a little quiet, and a decent finish.  It was a considerable disappointment, however, and next door to a defeat.  I retired to rest very sad, and with awkward forebodings about the coming Meetings.

“The great funereal vault of a church, the interpreting, the mocking young fellows void of any sense of honour or conscience to appeal to, or any respect for a stranger, the intense anxiety of the Officer in command to have good Meetings, and above all my longings to meet the needs of the hungry crowd, only wanting to hear, and many of them equally willing to obey:  these and other troubling thoughts haunted my mind and spoiled my night’s sleep.  But I fell back on my old remedy, and, comforting myself in the Lord, resolved to do what could be done and left myself in His hands.

     “Sunday.—­11 a.m.  Had a local minister to translate; he did well. 
     Some fifty or sixty stood up at the close as seekers for a clean
     heart.

     “Afternoon.  The great church packed.  Interpretation went fairly
     well.  Began at 3 p.m. and went on till 5.20 p.m.

“Night.  Police sent up word soon after six that the street was filling up, and the doors must be opened.  When this was done the young fellows who had made so much trouble on Saturday night—­or at least some hundreds of this class—­forced their way in through all else, leaving hundreds more outside.  They talked and laughed, and although now and then a policeman marched a row of them out, their game went on, spoiling everything.

“The voice of the interpreter was weak, and the confusion flustered him.  So my dreams of a smash and of a hundred seekers were not realised, and we terminated with some six or seven gathered out of the crowd immediately near to the platform.

“It was a great disappointment.  I felt beaten, and went home confessing it.  And yet what could be done?  My tongue was all but tied.  I was helpless without an interpreter capable of conveying my meaning to the people.  Such a man was wanting.  Commending the whole matter and the anxious crowds of people so eager to hear to my Master, I retired at midnight.

     “Monday.—­Breakfast, 8.30 a.m. 9 a.m., spoke with a gentleman from
     Kiel, who is anxious to see The Army open there, and is building us
     a Hall.  Saw his plans and arranged terms.

     “9.30 a.m., saw the Officer from Stuttgart.  He has a heavy
     struggle. 12 noon, drove round the city.  In summer time it must be
     a very pleasant place.

     “3.30 p.m., Meeting.  Fine audience, very nearly filling the church. 
     Commenced with a new interpreter, a student—­execrable!  I soon had
     to fall back on one of the others.

     “7 p.m., as full as the police would allow.  Continued till 10 p.m. 
     And then had a Soldiers’ Meeting till 11.30 p.m.