 Okay, good morning everyone. Welcome to a new session, a new week. Let's just begin with a word of prayer. Could one of us lead us in prayer? Mangi, if you're there, can you please lead us in prayer? Yes, Pastor. Go ahead. Holy Father, we thank you for this morning, Holy Father. We give you all the glory, which I want to say we're grateful for keeping us for over this weekend and bringing us here together again, Lord, so that we may learn your history, the history of the Church, how everything will begin and the way you are taking us, Lord. We pray that you open our mind, you prepare our heart and you empower us to follow it. In Jesus' name, Father, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Mangi. Okay, so before we go ahead, let's just do a quick review of what we did last week. So last week we looked at the third grade awakening and we looked at how the revival spread from North America, went on to different parts of the world. And we looked at the lives of revivalists and missionaries whom God raised up during this time to continue this outpouring over the years. So what happened from the first grade awakening, moved on into the second grade awakening, moved on into the third grade awakening. So from what we studied last week, we looked at a few of them just to refresh our minds. Charles Finney, the modern day evangelist, the father of modern evangelism. We looked at how he came up with this whole aspect of altar call and a public invitation to receive Christ as their personal savior. So wherever Charles Finney went, thousands of people came, many lives were touched, many lives were transformed, especially in America. And then out of that, the outpouring went into England again, into Scotland. Edward Irving, we studied about him, how he had just 50 people in his church and it grew to 1000 people just in a matter of few months. But one of the things he emphasized was flowing in the gifts of the spirit that every believer is empowered by the Holy Spirit to flow in the gifts of the spirit, to exercise the gifts of the spirit. So we saw that even lay people began to flow in the gifts, minister to people. So it was no longer, only the pastors should say this or only the missionary should say and then no. So things started to change and that's when the charismatic outbreak began in the early 1800s. Then we looked at George Mueller, a man of prayer, a man of faith, how God called him to minister to orphan children and how God supernaturally provided for him and for the people in the orphanage. Then we also looked at revival into China. We looked at revival where David Livingston going into Africa and so we see that it's so wonderful to see how God lays into people's hearts, different nations. Some people said, okay, I'll go to Scotland. Some people said I'll go to America. Some said China and Africa and Europe and different parts of the world. It's so wonderful to see the hand of God during an outpouring. There was no place that the Gospel was not reached. We also read, we studied about how people came to India, Sri Lanka, to Burma. And so wonderful, William Carey came to India and he did such a powerful work, such a lasting impact that even now his name is on many stones in our nation. So it's so wonderful that these revivalists, these missionaries that God used, that he used them in different ways and different styles and different aspects, yet with one cause to build the kingdom of God. So we will continue. We will look on to a few more missionaries and evangelists and people that God used. And also what we will do is towards the end of this session, we may not go through each and every revivalist because that's too many. But we will look at what is important and then towards the end of the session we will pick up a few key observations from all that we have learned. Okay, so I'm on page 47. If you're tracking along on the notes, we're going to look at another man, another missionary, a great missionary. His name is Hudson Taylor. Now Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China. Now many of us, you know, the name Hudson Taylor itself should remind us of China because Hudson Taylor was probably about the age of 21. He left his homeland, went into China. Now he was somebody who was very zealous in his missions and the way to reach out to people. So very quickly he adapted to the Chinese culture. He started wearing those Chinese clothes, growing a pigtail. And, you know, he began to, you know, be along with the Chinese, right? He began to behave like them. He began to talk like them. He began to learn the language, of course. Many of them made fun of him. Of course, different Protestants and different missionaries had gone to China during that time. And so these other missionaries started making fun of Hudson Taylor. Why is he dressing up like them? He can just share the word. But that did not deter Hudson Taylor. He began to take the gospel into the interior villages of China. He went into the Hong Pao River and he began to evangelize. Now one of the things that he would do was he would stand on this riverbeds, right? Where people would come to, you know, refresh themselves to, you know, to freshen up themselves. So he would stand there and he would begin to give out tracks and begin to preach the gospel. And it is said that when Hudson Taylor stood and preached, it was like 100 microphones, you know, speaking at one time. It was, it was like so strong. His voice would cut through people's hearts and many people, Chinese, many of them gave their lives to Christ. But what happened was he had to go back to America to, you know, to, because of an illness to get to recover from that illness, he went back. And when he went back, he did not just sit around do nothing, but he found founded a whole organization called the China Inland Mission. And that mission is continues even till this day. It has a different name. It's called Overseas Missionary Fellowship. But what he started, the China Inland Mission, what it was was he would encourage people, if you want to serve the law, join the China Inland Mission, they go into China and they are not supported. They are not given any financial help. All of them live by faith. But here's the thing, even though all of these facilities were not there, 23 missionaries joined. After a few months, you know, that kept increasing, there were about 102 missionaries sent out into the whole of China. And so imagine this, just picture this, one man, right, went, preached in China for a couple of years, came back, started this organization. Hundreds of people, missionaries came in, they went deep into the towns, villages of China, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is said that, you know, Hudson Taylor was a man of enormous physical and mental strength. So his team members would find it difficult to even keep up with him because his leadership style was so effective. High ideas, his worth ethics were very high. His spiritual fervor, his trust in the Lord was very high. And so, you know, some of his team people would say, if Hudson Taylor is coming, we will come in the next mission, the next journey. They wouldn't want to go with him. Of course, they love to go on missionary journeys and minister the gospel. They didn't want to go with him because he was so fervent and very hard to keep up with his lifestyle. So, but through all the zeal and fervor, you know, Hudson Taylor went through a very difficult time as well. He lost his wife. He lost his children. Many of them before the age of 10, he had a physical and mental breakdown early 1900s. But again, the work China England Mission continued to take the gospel into China and that organization still does it even right now. So Hudson Taylor is, we would say, left a very prominent mark in China and through his China England Mission. And many people began to adapt his style where, you know, they would wear the Chinese clothes, dress up like the Chinese sit with them, eat with them. And then so what happened was it became a missionary style for the China England Mission team. Because a lot of people ridiculed him first, but then after that they realized that he did the most impact among everyone else. And so they began to take to his method of ministry. Of course, it was not about the clothes. It was not about his style, but it was about the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon his life. Right. So from then we go on to another place. This is in New York. Now, many of us may have heard of this. It's quite a popular event that happened in church history. It's called the layman's prayer revival. So in America, what happened was business was booming. Things were getting back to normalcy after the wars and all of that. And the lay people, right. So actually they were, if you study about this, we will talk about this later as well. Two friends, they were working in an office, but they were burdened in their heart to pray. Right. So these two or three friends, they sat together in the afternoon during their lunchtime in the middle of their work. Said we will pray, spend about 30 minutes in prayer. So they did that. The prayer meeting had about six people in a matter of months. That prayer meeting grew to 10,000 people. Just a few months. Now there is no pastor. There is no missionary. There is no ministry. Nothing. It moved on to 10,000 people. It spread all across America. Over one million people would sit in the afternoon time during their work hours. Take a break of half an hour, sit and pray all across America. Can you picture this? What started with two to five people went on to become 10,000 people? How did they manage this? We don't know. But this 10,000 people, this movement of prayer reached out all of America. So basically it was like this. Hey, they are praying in the afternoon at 12 o'clock. This is an example. They are praying at 12 o'clock in the afternoon in this place in New York. So we also should do this. So people from different parts of America began to follow that same timing. And they were just lay people. People who were ordinary working class people. And out of this, the layman's revival became like a revival that brought thousands of people to Christ. And it went on into Europe. It went on into Scotland, Britain, Germany, Netherlands, West Indies, South Africa. All these countries began to have their afternoon times of prayer. And this went on for about two years or more. But eventually when we study what happened after that was, you know, an organization was formed, a structure was formed, which led to a lot of rules, a lot of regulations and slowly this layman's revival began to die out because of all the structures and forms that was involved. But we must remember the fact that hundreds and thousands of people came to Christ through this layman's revival. So we will study a little more on this later on as well. After this revival continued to spread. Another place was Northern Ireland where God used four young men. I won't name them because we may not remember it itself. So about these four young men to just have times of prayer. So basically meet at a place, sit and pray. So they would call it prayer concerts like we've mentioned before. Now through these four people, the whole prayer movement began to grow. All of a sudden there were a thousand, there was two thousand, there was ten thousand odd people, you know, giving their lives to Christ. How? Just through a prayer, right? There was no preaching of the word, just prayer. People would come into these places, they would stand in the rain, they would stand in the mud and they would, you know, weep and cry out to God. They fell under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, right? And what happened after a while, there was lay people preaching the word of God, but it is said that during these times people could not go up the stage to preach because the conviction of the Holy Spirit was so much they felt that, hey, we are not worthy to speak this word. And so they would be on their knees, they would cry out, conviction of their sins, they would cry out. Cures would stream down their face and, you know, there was a factory. Factories in the towns and villages were shut down because workers were sitting in the prayer meeting. And in the prayer meeting they're convicted, they're not able to get up and go and continue their work. And homes and families were restored, marriages were restored, children were brought to the Lord, whiskey and alcohol trade was almost closed down and pubs were closed down, the police had no work to do, the judges had no cases. And the whole of this North Island, Scotland began to see revival. It is said that more than 100,000 people joined churches through this revival. A picture this, just like the layman's revival, two people started it. Here as well, four people started it. What was it? Something born in the spirit to pray for the people. Now I always say this, I always think about this. Something that is born of the spirit, the result will be a work of the spirit. And the work of the spirit will always bear fruit. There's something that is born of the flesh will result in the work of the flesh. And what is the work of the flesh will not bear fruit in God's kingdom. I think it's next year you will learn about world religions and contemporary cults. And we look at how these cults were formed. It was only to satisfy their own desires. They were genuine people, genuine ministers of God who really wanted to do something for the Lord. Yet a desire to start something of their own, a fleshly desire caused them to go astray from the work of God. But it's so wonderful to see this. God uses just even the lay people, just a moment of prayer. Four or five people joining together with a burden, praying for the city, praying for lost souls. And God answered their prayers. The same way revival went into Scotland, into England. The churches, whether they are Methodist, whether they are Presbyterian, whether they are Anglican, whether they are Baptist, whatever it was. Pentecost, all the churches began to see rise in attendance. It is said that over 650,000 people were saved across England. So obviously so many people saved. People were entering into churches. It is said that for an 8 p.m. service, people would come at 5 p.m. directly from work and stand so that they can get a place inside the tent. Now we must understand that they did have auditoriums at that time. But when we say auditorium, it didn't mean not always was it in a physical structure like the auditoriums we have now. But it is more of a bigger tent, bigger seating facility with tents put in. So Scotland saw 300,000 people saved. So just an amazing work. And it is interesting to see that this revival, this move that started in the first great awakening, God did not let it die down. The moment it was dying down, God used somebody to rekindle that revival spark. And so we see many, many lives changed. Then we look at another man named Charles Spurgeon. Now he is a Christian. I am sure all of us may have heard of this name Charles Spurgeon. He is known as the Prince of Preachers. He was a pastor of a church congregation. He was born in England. His reputation was of a great preacher. The way he preached, the way he would, you know, with a lot of zeal, a lot of enthusiasm he would preach. And so many times they would invite him. Though he was from a small church, he passed out a small church, the church began to grow. But they would invite him to many places to preach. Why? Because of his whole style of preaching. He was really zealous for God. And he said that when Charles Spurgeon spoke, you know, there were times when the neighbouring villages would, you know, close down their pubs. And all these, you know, the wrong things, that evil works that were happening, people would be convinced. They would close it down and sit at home. Because, okay, Charles Spurgeon has come. He is preaching and we can't do any, we will not have any business anyway. So they would actually wait if there was a meeting for about one week. They will wait, they will shut down their businesses, wait for seven days, wait for him to go. And then they would try to, you know, open his, open their business again. So there was such a fear for the, you know, for this man of God. The church began to grow. Charles Spurgeon began to speak into, in many places, thousands of people came. He was invited to preach across the world. He was very dramatic in his style of preaching. His sermons were also, you know, published in newspapers. The New York Times and London Times had his sermons published. And so he did a wonderful work also, Charles Spurgeon. Then we look at D. L. Moody. D. L. Moody was an evangelist and he was known for his, you know, very, that fervor for Christ, meaning he said, God, give me one soul every day, right? At least one soul every day. Very prominent evangelist. Moody, he started off as a shoe salesman, right? So he would, he would work in a shoe sale. He was a shoe shop at a shoe shop. He was a shoe salesman. He would also go door to door. But what he would also do was during his Sundays, he would teach the Sunday school class. And, and then he served at the local YMCA Young Men's Christian Association. So he began to do this. He worked on, you know, the shoe shop. And then he would, you know, be a Sunday school teacher now at the Sunday school class. Many children began to accept the Lord, right? So slowly he left his shoe business and Moody began to serve in missionaries. So he began to, you know, reach out to many children. Eventually he was ministering to children. And then later on, some, some other believers came and told him, you are so talented. Why are you focusing only on children? Why don't you, you know, start a church and let that, let many people be added into your church and, you know, you can do a good job as a pastor as well. So he was quite, you know, I would say he was not too keen to start a church, but because they advised him, so he did it. He started a church, a church grew to about 5,000 people in just a couple of months. Because what he would do was he would go out on the streets every day. He would spend hours, you know, preaching the word of God, getting people to believe in Jesus. It is said that, you know, D. L. Moody would not sleep unless he, you know, shares the gospel and sees at least one person. So there was this one day he was at work, you know, ministry evangelizing and he came back to his home. He laid down, very tired, he laid down. But as soon as he laid down, he said today not one of them, you know, was able to give their life to Christ. So he was not, even though his body was physically tired, he said not one of them. He was unable to sleep, he was rolling around the bed and then he said, he woke up and he said, God, I cannot sleep unless you give me one person who will hear this and accept this gospel. And he began to, you know, declare those verses saying that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. And he was tossing around the bed and he came to his window and he was sitting that night. And as he was sitting there, he looked down and there was a man waiting, you know, the bus stop, you know, waiting for a bus to go and it was late in the night. And so he thought, OK, why is this man waiting, you know, for a bus at this time of the night? So he went down. He said, so you're waiting for a bus. Why don't you come up because the buses will not come. You can stay here and you can go tomorrow. So he invited that man up. He preached the gospel to him. He prayed and he, that other man accepted Christ as his personal savior. And, you know, the story goes on that that man was a very influential man in the government sector. And so he did a lot of work, you know, and he says later on, but because of DL Moody, I've been able to, you know, be in the ministry. So so we see that DL Moody had such a passion for souls. He went into colleges, student volunteer teams, student, you know, prayer groups, all of that he started. And he's known as one of the most powerful evangelists. DL Moody was, you know, when you look at him, he was a very short, stout man and very unimpressive. But the moment he would open his mouth and preach, people would fall on their knees because of the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Right. So I know we talked about this before. So it is not about looks, physical appearance. It's not about our eloquence of speech. It's not about, you know, what are the good, what are the words we use in a prayer? Is it sounding good? What are the words we use while preaching? Is the way I speak? Well, is my intonation good? Is my tone good? See, all of this has its place. It has its place. We have to, you know, improve ourselves, none of it. But the main thing is that drives each one of us towards revival, towards an outpouring of God should be the work of the Holy Spirit. All these people, DL Moody was just a shoe salesman. He was not, maybe he was not even very well educated as compared to the others, but God used him as a mighty evangelist. Right. God looks at availability more than talent. Right. So DL Moody did a wonderful, wonderful work in America, which spread on into Europe and South Africa. Then we go into another person. Her name is Mary Slesser. Now, Mary Slesser was at the age of about 28, who was a Scottish woman. And she left England. She actually wanted to go into China, but they could not. She thought, okay, I can't go there. But she then she said, okay, I will follow the footsteps of David Livingston. So she said, I'll go to the iffy tribe of the Calabar region. So she goes there and the people had something interesting there in the Calabar region there. I'm not sure if any of our friends from Africa are aware of this, but what happened was during those times the Calabar people believe that if you have twins, one is from God. And one is from the devil. And so what they would do is they would believe in this practice of killing the twins at their infancy itself. So this practice went on for thousands and thousands of years, generation after generation. So what Mary Slesser did was she focused on evangelism. She said, you know, this is wrong. This is what children are a gift from God. And she would take care of orphans, native children. She began to promote women's right, establishing social change, education, government, all done by a 28 year old woman, 28 years old. No credentials at all. She said, I want to do, do, you know, follow the footsteps of David Livingston. So she was able to abolish this whole thing of infant, you know, killing of twin infants. She abolished that, started orphanage homes, started a school, started women's rights. She would go to the, you know, Mary Slesser, if we read about her, it's very interesting. She was a very tiny girl, very tiny and very thin, very unimpressive in the sense that she would, you know, the way she would talk. It is said that she would mutter words. And because of her accent, which is a Scottish accent, it's not many people could understand what she is saying in her. And so Mary Slesser was very, very, you know, like a week, they would say that, you know, history says that these two call her a duckling, right? Meaning she was so weak and thin and tender. But it is also said that when she would go to the government offices, people would make a way for her, right? People would stop their work and look at the needs of her, of Mary Slesser. She said that when Mary Slesser enters a government office, all the work stops and they would focus on her. What anointing, right? Such an unimpressive girl from Scotland coming into Africa. Maybe, you know, many of them thought, okay, what can she do? She did a wonderful work. She abolished this, you know, whole thing of killing infancy that did so much in Africa. Say, he says she stopped in my home country too. Okay. So your home country is Calabar, say? No, my home country is Nigeria. She was a missionary in Nigeria also. Okay. Okay. So it was, even in Nigeria, this whole thing of killing of twins? Yeah. The twins were being killed. It was like a taboo back then when they saw twins. So they used that to stop the killing of twins in Nigeria. Praise God, yes. They were the colonial masters. So I guess that was how she was able to come through the British... The colonial masters back then. She was used to stop the killing of twins in Nigeria too. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Sayi, for sharing that. Yes. So, yes, it was a practice, but she was able to, you know, stop that from happening. And again, she did many other works as well. Often it is women's rights, establishing social change in Africa. So she did leave her mark in Nigeria, West Africa. Right. Let's look at the next person. Now, this next person's name is William Booth. Now, many of us may have heard of this group called the Salvation Army. William Booth was the founder of the Salvation Army. He was a Methodist preacher. And the focus for William Booth was to bring the gospel to the poorest and the most needy people, including alcoholics, prostitutes, criminals. And so that's why he called it the Salvation Army. And this whole time during this time, William Booth was as a young boy. This is not in the notes, but as a young boy, he wanted to join the army. He was always impressed by the way the army was so diligent and so well organized. And so, but then he could not. So he went on to become a preacher. He established this whole Salvation Army in 58 countries. He wrote extensively. He composed many songs. It is said that, you know, the Salvation Army said that they would, I'm sure most of us may have seen this march pass that, you know, they would have like different, you know, maybe in school. Different houses or different, you know, groups would march in unison. So William Booth did that, right? He would, all the volunteers, all of them, they would march. They would carry a flag of the cross. Seeing the flag, it's just a flag. And in between that is a cross, something like the medical, not the new medical sign, but just a regular cross. And it is said that when they carried the, you know, flag and marched across the city and within the city. People, you know, who ran prostitute centers, people who were drug addicts, people who were running drug cartels and criminals, pubs, bars, all these places, they would shut down. Because William Booth is leading his people in the city of, within the city of England. And it's also said that, you know, the person who was, they would carry the flag. There were times that that flag, people would, you know, somehow go under that flag and they would be healed, right? People who had sicknesses. Now, we don't know the authenticity of it, but this is what history said that, you know, something like Peter's shadow, how Peter's shadow just went over people and they were healed. Same with the flag when it, you know, the, I'm not sure if it's the shadow of the flag or how people went under the flag, but when people came across that, many of them were healed. And many fell and the conviction of the Holy Spirit right there on the road, on the streets, and they would repent and, you know, be saved. So that was the work of William Booth. Again, William Booth was a man with the gruff voice. He was an elderly man. He had a gruff voice. People said that when he spoke though, the walls would, you know, shake. It was very gruff and not pleasing to the ear at all. But when he spoke, people were, you know, so convicted of the Holy Spirit that, you know, they would say that nobody wanted to meet him. You know, because if you meet him, you know, he'll convict you of your sins. So, in a sense, in a good way, people didn't want to meet him. But, and then he, he did many works, especially in America, in England. The Salvation Army grew to 56, 58 countries. And many groups were formed, spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. Right. Any questions, any thoughts, any of us have, I know I've been talking, I've been going on. Any thoughts, any questions? Is it, is it something that we all are being encouraged with? Something that we're all, you know, taking things from these people's lives, these missionaries. Everything okay? Okay. All right. Shall we continue? Right. Okay. All right. So, from then on, we see another person named C.T. Stutt. Now, C.T. Stutt was an English cricketer who gave his heart to Christ. Now, how he came to know of Christ was C.T. Stutt was, you know, listening to D.L. Moody preach. And as he listened to D.L. Moody preach, he was stirred in his heart that, hey, I want to share the gospel, right, after he accepted Christ. So, he left an inheritance that he has already on him. One, he left that. He left the, you know, the pleasures of, you know, during those times, if you're on your cricket team and, you know, you have benefits, right? You have luxuries. You have money. You have fame and all that. He left all of that. And he said, he went to Hudson Taylor as a missionary to China. He let go of all his inheritance. And actually, all of his inheritance, he gave it to George Mueller. Remember the man who had an orphanage with over 300, 400 children who lived by faith, a man of prayer. So, C.T. Stutt gave all his inheritance to George Mueller. And he said, I will live, I will depend on the Lord for everything. He served as a missionary. He went into China. We worked with Hudson Taylor. And then from there, he went into India. He came into Africa. And there's this interesting quote that he says. He says, some wish to live within the sound of the church. But I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard from hell. Some wish to be near the church. But I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard from hell. Meaning, he was just trying to say that I want to bring people out of the hands of death into the hands of Christ. And so he wrote this great poem, Only One Life Will Soon Be Past. What a dedication. A cricketer, talented man. Had a good inheritance. Let all of that go. Said, I will depend on the Lord. Went into China. Went into India and Africa. Now, we must understand all these three places. China, India, Africa, during those times would have been very minimal development. Even in India. Imagine in the 1800s how India would have been in the villages and towns. It would have been such a task. Imagine China, imagine Africa. But they let go of all the pleasures, all the comforts for the sake of the Gospel. He was very, very passionate about souls. And so it is said that when CD start came into India, you know, he, of course, cricket is not very well known. But through this whole, through cricket, he also brought many lives to Christ. So he never forgot his passion to say that even at his older age, he would spend time reading about cricket. But it was not his main goal. His main goal was to bring souls to Christ. And then we look at another young woman named Amy Carmichael. Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India. Amy began by volunteering in China in the China England mission. Again, she was refused to, you know, her application was refused for the China England mission because she had health reasons. So Amy Carmichael spent two years in Japan and in Sri Lanka. Then she came to South India and spent the next 55 years serving in India. So her primary work was establishing orphanages. And then eventually she rescued these orphanages were rescuing young girls who were forced into temple prostitution. And later on, even boys were welcomed into the orphanage. And during her work, she wrote many books, she wrote many songs and somebody asked her, what is missionary like for you, Mary's lesser? Sorry, Amy, what is missionary like for you? And she answered, missionary is a simple chance to die for Christ. It's an opportunity, a chance to die for Christ. That was her answer. Again, Amy Carmichael was, you know, she had many health problems. She was as thin as a stick. I don't know. If you go to Google, you may find a few pictures of her and just so thin and tiny, you know, she would wear the Indian saris during those days. And, you know, she would walk about in her orphanage. It is said that just like Mary's lesser, you know, during those times there was a lot of, you know, obviously there was persecution. India had a lot of Hinduism was a prominent religion. And so people would come. And there was a time when they planned to get Mary's lesser to go to a place and during the way they would kill her. And so the plan worked out well. She had to go someplace as she was traveling. They said that about 10 goons, they came and, you know, they surrounded her and tried to kill her. But the people who tried to do that, they looked at Amy Carmichael and said, we could not even go near her. And so the moment she just stood there, she said, I'm going for some work, the Lord is sending, she just began to speak. The people, the people who came to kill her fell under conviction of the Holy Spirit and they gave their life to Christ. And she was just standing there praying for them. And then they all went home. And one of those people who came to kill her was quite an influential Hindu who lived during those times. And he donated several pieces of land for Amy Carmichael's missionary work. And so it is said that, you know, she had angelic looks. She looked like an angel. She would always wear a saree. She looked like an angel. But to the radical, she looked, she was like a terrifying person who had the power of God. So those who, the radicals, those who were against her could not even speak against what she was doing. You know, just think about it. Young, small girl, tiny girl and growing up in this place in India yet so powerful that her work still continues. The missions, the orphanages, they have a different name, of course. But the work still continues. Amy Carmichael, you can read, you can, I'm not sure, but you can check on Google. I'm guessing there are some pictures of a very thin girl, very angelic looks. Yet, you know, the radicals, the people who were against her had no chance in front of her. It is said that she would spend hours in prayer. And when she would come out of the prayer room, you know, it is said that demons, you know, these are all what people wrote about her. They said that demons would begin to run away from people the moment she would come out of the prayer room. Such a powerful work. And Amy Carmichael again left a lasting impact on missions in India. Finally, just the last one. Aida Scudder, again another woman, a third generation. If you remember John Scudder, he was a medical professional and he came to India, Dr. John Scudder. He wanted to start a, you know, a medical college, a medical hospital and through that bring in the gospel. And so Aida Scudder was the third generation from John Scudder. So she again had no desire for missionary, for mission work, but she graduated, graduated from a medical college. And after graduating, she went back to New York, but something in her heart said, you got to do something, right? You have to do something for the sake of, you know, the gospel and for the talents that God has given you. So she finally decided, okay, I'll go to South India, she came to South India. She started a small dispensary, a clinic for women, right? Because during those times women would go through pregnancies and, you know, of course India had a lot of, you know, diseases and there was no medical aid during that time. So she went, she started a small dispensary, then she started a school for girls and that's cool. Then she started a medical college for people and the medical college moved to a 200 acre land in Velour, right? And so this 200 acre land has a hospital, a college and housing for students, boys and girls. Aida Scudder started the, those from India will know this, the Velour Christian Medical Center, very commonly known as CMC Velour. It is one of the largest Christian hospitals in the world. And the CMC Velour Medical School is the most premier medical college in India. And the main, you know, the main objective of the people even now is not money making, but it is about spreading the love of Christ. A lot of their facilities are high end facilities, yet they serve the people with very minimal costs at some places. It's even free of cost. And so CMC Velour is done, is even now doing a great work in our nation. People come from all over the nation to CMC Velour because of their prayerful attitude, because of how they treat their patients as well. So Aida Scudder, one thing that we can learn from her is she did not want to do missions. She was not interested in it, but God called her. What a wonderful way. Young girl just graduated from medical college, comes into India. Even now, CMC Velour is blessing many lives. So it's wonderful how God calls people and chooses them and uses them for missions and for building his kingdom. All right, so let's just close in prayer. We will pick up from tomorrow. Can anyone close in prayer, Prabhakar? Yes, pastor, I can go. Go ahead. Dear Heavenly Father, we praise you. We come before your throne of praise. Thank you for this opportunity. Father, thank you for this wonderful time we had learning about Christian history and missions, Father. Thank you for your servants of God. Thank you for the revival of Holy Spirit in their lives so that many moments came across. Lord, this sacrifices their lives for your kingdom expansion, Father. We are so much motivated from their lives. We are thankful to you, Father, for their wonderful and marvelous lives. Lord, help us to be in that genre, Father, so that we can get that kind of enthusiasm and zeal for your ministry. And we can go out and preach you fearlessly, God, and win souls for you, Father. I praise you for pastor Paul, his life and his teachings. Bless him abundantly, Father, so that he can continue leading us, getting his knowledge more. And each and every class members I dedicate to all in your throne of praise. Bless each and every one of them. I ask this prayer in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Prabhakar. Thank you, everyone. Have a wonderful day. We'll catch up tomorrow. Thank you, pastor. Amen. Thank you.