Some of the testimonies that followed were delightful.

T.was one of the first to come out, and he confessed down to the ground, and wept like a child, the whole audience being much moved.

It was ten o'clock when I got home, having talked nearly seven hours, and I was glad to get to bed.
"Wednesday .-- Officers' Meeting in the morning.

A very precious time on matters of detail, which I believe helped the Officers very much." Only those who thoroughly take in the meaning of these Officers' Meetings can hope to understand The General's hold upon The Army, or the value of his various journeys, for such Meetings had far more to do with the success of his work than any of his great public gatherings.

He frequently uses the word "simple" in describing Officers, meaning men who have not got so much puffed up by applause as to be incapable of seeing their defects, and learning how to do better.
Can it be necessary to remind the reader that in The Army no distinctions of race, country, age or colour exist, so far as Officers are concerned?
When it is inevitable to have together in one Officers' Meeting groups who do not speak the language chiefly employed, some one of their number is so placed amongst the group as to be able to translate to them The General's addresses.
Here we have a gathering of men and women from near and far, most of whom must needs carry on their work amidst small communities living very widely apart, and where they could very rarely see another Officer, or be visited by any leader.