p. 648 | The Little Missionaries by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 3, 1913

The Little Missionaries

By W. A. S.

In all the mission fields we count the little children missionary agents along with the parents. They open many a door in the dark lands and direct many a heart toward the gospel, and in praying for the missionary army I am sure the believers in the home lands do not forget that the missionaries' children have many a sacrifice also to lay upon the altar of service. An illustration of this comes in a letter from Brother W. H. Lewis, of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Speaking of his oldest child, still but a little girl, he says:—

“She was taken ill yesterday with blackwater fever. However, the attack was not very severe, and she is better today. The Lord is surely keeping our little ones in this trying climate. Alma has so much faith! She awoke in the night and asked if we had been praying for her. I told her, ‘Yes.’ ‘I knew you had, for I feel so much better.’”

All round the seasons of the year north and south of the equator our missionary families are going through these experiences. Let us hold them up before the throne of grace in prayer.

W. A. S.