EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE
I HAVE been canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and for “Best Stories,” and God has blessed my efforts. I sold eleven copies of the first book, and eight of the latter. I expect to canvass again soon. Here is a sister who has been canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” She had taken one order, when she had to stop on account of sickness in her family. She is not discouraged, however, but says:— I am sorry I was so hindered, but if you will send me a book to fill my one order, I will continue to try. I take the papers and tracts with me to give to those who I think will read. I have a little boy three years old in April. I have been taking him and his sister to prayers every noon, and now every time he hears the mill whistle blow at twelve o’clock, he says: “Mother, let us have prayers.” It does not matter where we are, he remembers it just the same. One day in church he heard the whistle blow, and said, out loud, “Let us have prayer.” I had to say, “All right,” before he would be still. It is strange that he can think of prayer, when older ones forget it. “A little child shall lead them.” There are many ways in which we can be helpful to one another, and thus help along in the home life and in the cause of God. I am glad of the Woman’s page in our good church paper. The time is near at hand for the collection for the Haskell Orphans’ Home, in April. I wish to tell you what we three are doing to earn something to help this worthy cause. It may suggest a thought to others, which they, too, will be glad to improve. Sister —— makes holders and sometimes aprons to sell. I make corn or graham bread. I then write a note explaining the object for which we are working, and my little daughter goes from house to house selling the bread and aprons or holders. We, too, do some of the selling. It is a blessing to us, and is a good way of earning money with which to help care for our children in the home. We live in a small village, and have an almost helpless invalid to care for. For the October collection, those who have the apples, and can make nice jelly, will find it a good plan to make crab-apple jelly, which, put up in glasses, which can be bought very cheap, will sell readily. We have also tapped our few maple trees, and sold the syrup, and we had a perfectly miraculous yield. I feel sure there will come to the mind of many of the dear sisters some thoughts as to what they can do, and I am sure the Lord will bless them in their work.