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heyday of high hopes. This relapse was followed with several months in bed. In the autumn marked improvement could be noticed, which continued until the doctors pronounced the case permanently arrested, three years after his arrival in EI Paso. In 1922 Mr. Wyatt purchased a bookstore in Tucson, Arizona. He reached Tucson with his family in August of 1922. Ten years have elapsed as this chapter is written (May, 1932) since Mr. Wyatt experienced any pulmonary trouble. He is well and happy, and is now radiating sunshine and goodwill in his bookstore in the far West. Mr. Wyatt has more than once told the writer of his confidence in a benign providence. He says: "The sifting process which came to me in the years of my struggle with disease has enriched my life. I rejoice in the new friends which I have made in the far West, and I have taken a new lease on life. My confidence in God is stronger than ever." Mr. Wyatt lived for yea:rs after moving to Tucson before he went to be forever with the Lord, on August 9, 1935. On Easter Sunday in 1921, the Southern Methodist Church at Bandon, Oregon, was packed to its capacity. The ladies had decorated the church in keeping with the Easter occasion. For weeks the choir had held extra rehearsals in preparing the Easter music. Every possible preparation had been made to make the occasion one never to be forgotten. The Rev. Clarence B. Holland, the young pastor of the church, had spent many days in the preparation of his Easter sermon. When he entered his pulpit that morning