Excerpt from Extracts of Letters From Mr. Fred. B. Smith: Relating to the World Tour of the "Men and Religion Forward Movement" TeamMY dear mr. Cannon: We are now on our way, and are nearly to What may be called the jumping-off place, so far as the actual beginning of our tour is concerned. In a few hours we Will be in San Francisco, and day after to-morrow will set sail for the far East.Every man of the team is in fine fettle. I have worked With these same fellows now for two years in almost unbroken campaigns, but certainly never saw them when they were rendering a grander service than during these days since we left you in New York. Rob ins, Peck, Gilbert, Metcalf, Keeler and Lathrop - every man is practically at his best.I am so glad we have been granted these two weeks of special campaign across our own dear country before starting with this message to the distant lands. I be lieve there has been a peculiar providence in our contact with the Christian workers in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Wichita, Denver, and then a Whole group Of towns in Oregon, including Portland, Eugene, Forest Grove, Corvallis, Albany, and Salem, and now we are soon to have that privilege in San Francisco and Oakland. It has all been splendid, and will help us in the long heavy weeks to come. Perhaps of all of these experiences, no one memory will stand out so long and powerfully with us, as a constant inspiration, as the dinner in New York on the night of January 3d. There is only one regret about it, and that is that your illness prevented you f ro-m being present. It seemed as though there was a wheel off the wagon. I am sure we are going to see some days that are pretty heavy, and some days when we will be tempted, perhaps, to give up the struggle, but the memory of that dinner, and the confidence expressed by our own closest and most intimate friends will remain a compelling force and power with us to the end of the journey.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.