WHAT AN IOWA BROTHER AND SISTER ARE DOING
Not long ago we received a letter from a sister in Iowa, in which she tells what she and her son have been doing to help along the good work for the relief of Union College. Here is a part of the letter:— DEAR BROTHER: I am glad of the letters you are receiving in regard to canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and though poor in health, I felt I must do my part, so I took orders for and delivered twenty, besides selling four copies of “Best Stories,” and turned over the full price of the books, one to the college debt, and the other to the Southern work. Had I been well, I should have loved to do more, but as it is, I have a little more than trebled my due. —— could not take the time to canvass, but he will do his full share in giving. To encourage the older children in the school to canvass, he told them that for each book they would sell, he would give them fifty cents. The last report I heard was that they had sold eighteen. I do not know whether he told you this or not. I am indeed glad for the encouraging reports coming in, and I hope the work will go on while the oil continues to flow, till every cent of indebtedness is wiped out on each and every institution.