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of some of the members, every evening when 

 there was not a meeting at the church. Often 

 unsaved people, burdened by their sins, would 

 request that the prayer meeting be held at then- 

 homes. It was the rule rather than the exception, 

 in these meetings, that people were saved to God 

 and sanctified. Brother Showers always made it 

 a practice to attend these cottage meetings when- 

 ever it was possible for him to do so. 



In Ma^ of that year an eight day Holiness con- 

 vention was held in the Free Methodist Church 

 of New Brighton. There was a very large at- 

 tendance throughout the entire convention. 

 Almost all the ministers and workers of the dis- 

 trict, the district elders of the Conference, and 

 Rev. B. H. Roberts, Rev. J. S. McGeary, and 

 others from a distance, were present. It was a 

 season of remarkable enlightenment and en- 

 couragement to all. Many entered into the 

 blessed state of holiness of heart. The last night 

 especially, will ever be memorable to all who 

 were present, After the sermon, seekers began 

 to rush to the altar before the invitation was 

 given and soon the whole front of the church was 

 filled. Not only were God's children burdened 

 for pure hearts, but sinners were so powerfully 

 convicted of their sins thai when there was no 

 longer room in front, people knelt in the aisles 

 and in their seats praying to God for mercy and 



