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such occasion when I have been present, each one, even the
small children, offered a prayer."
Illustrative of the character of Mr. Ghent's meetings is this
reported by Mr. Woodward: "The prayer-meeting last night
was the best I have ever attended in the Philippines. It was
a general break-down. The floor of the chapel was wet with
tears. Grown men and women wept like children. They did
not wait to be called on to pray, but cried aloud, asking God
to be merciful to them in their sins and to save them."
Mr. Ghent later went to Camp Keithley on Lake Lanao
where he preached Christ to the Moros so convincingly that
he had twenty of the young Mohammedans on their knees in
prayer. This man, who four years before seemed a hopeless
drunkard, has the honor of having been the first missionary
to the Lanao Moros.