The famous city of Sparta was once visited by an ambassador from another kingdom. He expected to find this great city surrounded by thick protecting walls; he was surprised when he saw no battlements at all. “Where are the walls to defend the city?” he asked of the King of Sparta. “Here are the walls of Sparta,” replied the king, showing him his army of first line crack troops. Had this ambassador visited our United …showed first 75 words of 3169 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3169 total…prayers she has ministered to them. Signally blessed in her pastors, her officers, her members and her work, she has grown from her beginning in the carpenter shop, the Treasury Building and the F Street building to the great and good church of today, feeble at first in everything but faith. Her course has always been Godward and her influence has extended to “the utmost parts of the earth” in many churches and many denominations.