Little Missionary Ripples

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 9, 1914

Little Missionary Ripples

THE following letters tell how the Temperance number of Our Little Friend is being used by our children in the battle against the great blight of intemperance.

A sister in Los Angeles, Cal., writes:—

“Inclosed you will find a picture of the kindergarten children of Carr Street church, who have worked faithfully in selling the Temperance number of Our Little Friend. In this department alone, the children have disposed of 130 copies, and are still asking for more. Most of the children have gone alone on the street where they live, and sold the papers. Some of the children have given all the money received into the Sabbath school, while others have kept the money to invest in different missionary endeavors, such as buying temperance tracts and giving them away. All have shown great enthusiasm in the work, and they hope to double this number sold, next time.”

From Tennessee a little girl, ten years old, who started out with forty of the Temperance Little Friend, writes:—

“I sold them, and with the two dollars sent for eighty more. Mamma took me to — — twice, and I sold forty the first time and sixty the next time. — — is twenty miles away, and it costs so much to go there, and mamma stays with me all the time, or I could sell a lot more of the papers. I am sending three dollars today to the Harvest Ingathering fund, and with the money I get from the other twenty, which I shall sell around home, I am going to send for one dollar’s worth of tracts to distribute.”

From the Hawaiian Islands comes the following:—

“I am sending you a post card of our little children who love the Little Friend here in the Hawaiian Islands. I think you had a picture sent to you of little Sammie and Rachel Ching. You will find them in the front row in this picture, too. You would be surprised if I told you that they sell our good papers among their people. Just tonight a little boy, who is not in this picture, brought in $3.50 for missionary money to help us get out a Hawaiian book. The child had spent many hours getting this offering for the Lord’s work. Now, you see they are all ready to go out with the Temperance number of the Little Friend. I wish them much success in this good work; don’t you? And I hope many of our dear little boys and girls will try to sell some of the splendid temperance papers.”

The temperance fight will continue to be a live one the rest of this year, and longer. The Temperance number of Our Little Friend will not grow old in the fight. The children will rejoice at having a part in the work.

Two and one-half cents each in quantities. Order through the tract society.