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written a kind letter expressing her appreciation of the volume. To the
Lord be all the praise.
Of ourselves we can do nothing good. But it is our privilege to
place ourselves in right relation to God, and to determine that by His
help we will do our part in this work, to make it better. In the lives
of those who humbly yet unfalteringly carry out this resolution, will
be revealed the glory of God. I know this by experience. I have had
no power of my own. I have realized that I must hang my helpless
soul on Jesus Christ; and as the result of doing this, of praying, and of
believing, the salvation of God has gone before me, and the glory of
the Lord has followed.
I tell you that which I know, for your encouragement and comfort.
Let us all place ourselves in right relation to God. What satisfaction
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is to be found in keeping pace with the fashions of this world? You
have a better work to do. Fashion character. Use every ability, every
nerve, every muscle, every thought, every action, to the glory of God.
Then you will see, as you have never seen before, the salvation of God
going before you.
Oh, I have nought to complain of. The Lord has never failed me. I
laid my husband in the grave twenty-two years ago; and several years
afterward, when the decision was made that more missionaries must
go to Australia to unite with the few who had been sent, we went there
ourselves to strengthen the hands of our brethren, and to establish the
work on right lines in this new center. There we did much pioneer
work.
Helping Establish a School
We saw the great need for a school in which promising young
men and young women could be trained for the Master’s service; and
we went right into the woods in New South Wales, purchased fifteen
hundred acres of land, and there established a training school away
from the cities
Three years ago we returned to America. Others were sent to Aus-
tralia to take our places. The work has continued to grow; prosperity
has attended every effort. I wish you could read the letters that come to
us. Doubtless you have heard of the dreadful drought that has caused
famine in so many places in Australia during the past two years. Hun-