Messengers of the cross in Africa . e than before. So, with a heavy but grate-ful heart. Miss Martin said farewell to the dear ones in Africa,and sailed for the homeland, January 15, 1926. During the two years of her furlough she submitted to aserious operation, spent three months in review work in hos- 28 MESSENGERS OF THE CROSS pitals, held meetings and attended assemblies. Then, after along wait, her heart was rejoiced by the glad news of her ap-pointment to the new hospital at Bremersdorp! Joyfully shesailed from New York, November 2, 1927, and reached Bre-mersdorp December 20. Needless to
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Messengers of the cross in Africa . e than before. So, with a heavy but grate-ful heart. Miss Martin said farewell to the dear ones in Africa, and sailed for the homeland, January 15, 1926. During the two years of her furlough she submitted to aserious operation, spent three months in review work in hos- 28 MESSENGERS OF THE CROSS pitals, held meetings and attended assemblies. Then, after along wait, her heart was rejoiced by the glad news of her ap-pointment to the new hospital at Bremersdorp! Joyfully shesailed from New York, November 2, 1927, and reached Bre-mersdorp December 20. Needless to say, our missionary is happy and blessed in thenew hospital, with nurses Dora Carpenter and Sarah Munro, working under Dr. Hynd. She is in the center of Gods will, the sweetest place in the world, and Africa seems like heav-en. One of her own dear girls from the Peniel School is hertrusty helper in the hospital. The supreme desire of MissMartins heart is the privilege of remaining on the field untilJesus comes! ORA VICTORIA LOVELACE. Miss Lovelace is the efficientprincipal of the Boys TrainingSchool at the Fitkin Memorial Sta-tion near Peniel, Swaziland. She isa native of Des Arc, Mo., where shewas born March 6, 1888, and wasconverted and sanctified in 1905, when seventeen years of age. Dur-ing her childhood she received no in-struction along missionary lines, neither did she hear any stirring ap-peals from missionary workers.Nevertheless, two years after her con-version, the Lord himself began to talk to the young girl aboutAfrica. Many hours she spent in her closet weeping and com-muning with God, until He led her to understand that she wasa chosen vessel set apart for work on the foreign field. Atthis crisis in her experience. Miss Lovelace attended a camp-meeting conducted by Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Ellyson. Duringthe progress of the meeting the divine call in her heart be-came more clearly defined, although no reference to Africawas made in any of the sermons. Finally, after a mi