EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE
A dear isolated sister, whose husband has been addicted to the tobacco habit, writes as follows:— My husband has been much discouraged, but I think his courage is growing stronger. Last Sabbath, after my testimony in our social meeting, at which just he and I were present, he took his tobacco out of his pocket and handed it to me, saying: “Here, mother, you take it, and do what you please with it.” I stepped to the stove, and committed it to the flames. I ask you to pray earnestly for him, that he may get the victory over his appetite. Your kind letter of advice and encouragement was received with thankfulness. I was greatly concerned about what I should do, and I sought the Lord in prayer to know what was best. Soon after, I was called to take care of a woman with typhoid fever. The neighbors desired that I should not go, for fear I should take the disease; but I went, trusting in the Lord. When this woman recovered sufficiently to hear and understand, I read and prayed with her, trying all the time to do the Lord’s will instead of mine. I did all I could for her both spiritually and temporally, and I was wonderfully blessed. After that I took care of two other women, and have just returned home from nursing a family of seven, who have all had the smallpox. I was truly thankful that I did not get that dreadful sickness. I am the mother of eleven children, some of whom are converted, and some are not. Please find inclosed five dollars for the work. We have just received an encouraging letter from a brother and sister who are engaged in the canvassing work. They say that they are fifty years old, and the Lord is certainly blessing them in the work. They give us the names and addresses of four persons to whom to write and send reading-matter on different subjects. Three of this number have begun to keep the Sabbath through the efforts of this brother and sister, and all are seeking for more light. We are glad indeed to begin correspondence with these persons, and to do what we can to assist in bringing the whole truth before them, and would be glad to co-operate with all our canvassers in this way. There is no class of workers who have a better opportunity to get acquainted with the people than the canvassers, and we shall be glad to receive the names and addresses of persons whom they meet and think would be good subjects to work with.