read
to
them
instead
of
the
Bible.
The
sister
sold
her
a
“Gospel
Primer,”
and
when
she
had
read
that
through
to
the
children,
she
came
to
learn
if
she
could
get
a
book
a
little
more
ad-
vanced.
This
time
she
bought
¢
Sketches
from
Bible
Child
Life.”
Who
can
tell
what
precious
seeds
may
thus
be
scattered
in
the
hearts
of
the
children.
There
is
a
present
blessing
in
going
out
to
the
people
with
¢
Object
Lessons.”
1
Zwow
for
He
has
blessed
me.
Jennie
R.
Bates.
“LET
EVERY
STROKE
TELL.”
SucH
is
the
admonition
given
to
us
by
the
word
of
the
Lord,
in
regard
to
the
work
of
¢
Christ's
Object
Les-
sons,’
and
how
true
the
Lord
is
to
his
promise
to
help
that
every
stroke
sha//
tell
for
this
work,
if
we
are
only
will-
ing
to
yield
to
him.
The
past
two
weeks
have
been
rich
with
experience
in
this
branch
of
the
work
of
God,
and
God
has
given
to
us
many
oppor-
tunities
to
work
for
him,
and
thus
en-
abled
us
to
dispose
of
many
of
¢
Christ's
Object
Lessons.”
I
felt
for
some
time
that
I
ought
to
come
to
Haverhill
to
do
something
with
the
book,
and
it
was
evidently
+
the
Holy
Spirit
that
made
the
impres-
sion
on
my
mind.
Soon
after
I
reached
the
city
one
of
the
ministers
inquired
after
me,
having
heard
that
I
once
spoke
at
the
laying
of
the
corner-
stone
of
a
synagogue
in
the
city.
The
following
evening
I
attended
his
prayer-meeting,
and
he
invited
me
tospeak.
After
that
service
was
over,
the
people
wanted
very
much
to
have
me
speak
the
next
Sunday
morning,
and
some
three
or
four
hundred
peo-
ple
came
to
listen
to
the
word
of
God.
I
was
afterwards
invited
to
address
the
Sunday-school,
and
inthe
evening
I
spoke
in
another
church
in
the
city
to
a
packed
house,
on
Jewish
Cus-
toms
and
Traditions.
Just
before
the
close
of
the
evening
service,
at
our
request,
the
minister
made
a
public
announcement
of
the
God
can
use
you
mightily?
ATLANTIC
UNION
GLEANER
book,
and
called
on
me
to
finish
what
he
left
unsaid.
A
few
days
later
this
minister
went
with
me
to
another
min-
ister
to
deliver
a
copy
of
the
book,
and
gave
me
also
quite
a
list
of
names
to
call
upon.
As
a
result
in
a
day
and
a
half
I
took
twenty-three
orders,
delivering
more
than
half
of
them.
I
have
spoken
at
other
times
in
these
churches
since,
and
the
people
seem
quite
interested.
To-night
I
spoke
at
a
church,
and
sold
four
copies
after
meeting.
There
are
several
more
appointments
await-
ing
me
in
different
towns
and
cities
to
speak
in
other
churches;
and
I
hope
with
the
help
of
God,
as
far
as
possible,
to
do
all
I
can
at
these
meet-
ings
with
¢
Christ’s
Object
Lessons.”
It
is
evident
to
my
mind
that
as
soon
as
we
believe
what
God
says,
and
go
about
our
Father's
business
to
do
the
same,
the
Lord
will
open
doors
and
avenues
wonderfully.
Oh,
for
the
Calebs,
the
Joshuas,
the
Dan-
iels,
the
Pauls,
and
God
would
do
a
mighty
work
through
his
people.
Come,
brethren
and
sisters,
let
us
do
what
God
says.
The
message
has
come
back
to
the
East
with
power.
It
is
rising,
too.
Brother,
sister,
are
you
rising
with
it?
Are
you
in
the
channel
of
light
and
blessing
where
Have
you
given
yourself
wholly
to
God,
so
that
you
can
be
used
by
him
to
his
glory?
We
want
to
finish
up
this
work,
and
‘have
it
cut
short,
so
as
to
be
ready
for
the
next
thing
he
sends
us
to
do.
May
the
Lord
help
and
bless
us
all
to
fully
carry
out
his
specified
will,
that
the
fourfold
blessing
‘may
be
realized
through
each
one
of
us.
|
F.
C.
GILBERT.
“A
CHingsE.
Christian
lady
brought
her
jewels
one
morning
to
her
hus-
band,
to
build
an
opium-refuge
;
and
when
he
expressed
surprise,
she
said,
‘I
have
taken
Christ
for
my
adorn-
ment,
and
surely
that
is
enough
for
any
Christian
woman,”
(5)
153
TAHITL
As
“THE
field
is
the
world,”
the
following
extractfrom
a
private
letter,
written
by
one
of
our
workers
in
the
South
Pacific,
may
be
of
interest,
showing,
as
it
does,
under
what
con-
ditions
those
labor
who
go
to
the
dark
places
of
the
earth
to
give
the
“glad
tidings”
of
salvation.
The
writer
of
the
letter,
Mrs.
M.
V,
Jones,
is
a
Scotch
lady
of
education
and
culture,
who
embraced
the
truth
while
we
were
living
in
London.
She
was
a
member
of
our
family,
and
one
of
our
Bible
workers
there
for
three
or
four
years.
After
marrying,
she
and
her
husband
came
to
Texas
to
attend
the
Keene
Academy
for
a
short
time.
At
the
last
Genera]
Con-
ference,
they
were
invited
to
go
to
the
Society
Islands,
as
their
knowledge
of
French
would
be
of
value
in
the
work
there,
and
his
experience
In
nav-
igation,
just
what
was
needed.
He
was
mate
on
a
vessel
when
he
embraced
the
truth
from
reading,
and
when
his
ship
reached
London,
he
made
his
way
to
the
mission
and
re-
mained
with
us
some
months.
They
have
both
had
a
very
interesting
ex-
perience
which
has
well
fitted
them
for
the
work
to
which
they
have
given
their
lives.
“It
is
about
five
months
now
since
we
arrived
here,
but
it
does
not
seem
so
long.
We
are
longing
for
the
time
when
we
shall
know
this
language
well
enough
to
go
out
anywhere
and
meet
the
people
and
so
help
them,
for
there
is
great
work
to
be
done
here,
as
elsewhere,
and
we
want
to
go
to
places
where
they
have
never
yet
heard
the
truth.
Mr.
Jones
is
getting
a
good
many
readings
now,
but
has
to
have
an
interpreter,
and
that
is
never
the
same
as
when
one
can
talk
directly
to
the
people.
So
far
we
have
been
living
in
Brother
Cady’s
house
while
they
have
been
on
their
plantation
in
the
island
of
Raiatea,
where
they
are
building
a
school-
‘house
and
hope
to
get
a
school
started