. Life and light for woman. and slept, he hadbeen overcome with onedesire, to find the Christwho had made it pos-sible. So, said he,the pastor at PearlLake has been helpingme find him. I thinkthey had succeeded. Two miles is a longway to church when youhave no automobile, noelectric car, no horse,and when the price of aride in a sedan chairwould be equal to thewages of a man for twodays work. If you are a poor woman, with feet bound three inches short,have no man-of-the-house and can yourself earn but a fifth as much,how often would you go to church? Such was the problem in SpotlessTown. So Mr
. Life and light for woman. and slept, he hadbeen overcome with onedesire, to find the Christwho had made it pos-sible. So, said he,the pastor at PearlLake has been helpingme find him. I thinkthey had succeeded. Two miles is a longway to church when youhave no automobile, noelectric car, no horse,and when the price of aride in a sedan chairwould be equal to thewages of a man for twodays work. If you are a poor woman, with feet bound three inches short,have no man-of-the-house and can yourself earn but a fifth as much,how often would you go to church? Such was the problem in SpotlessTown. So Mr. Dang, from Pearl Lake, offered to come to them onSaturday afternoon and^ hold a service which both men and womenmight attend. The reception room of the hired house was cleared of itsfarm implements, and later by rearranging his appointments the preachers time was changed to Sunday afternoon. Outside, our coolies who brought us here are clamoring to start. Itwill be dark now before vy^e are at home, they say. Mrs, OBright. ONK DEAR OLD LADY IN DIONG-LOH 218 Life and Light \_May whispers that the children have learned a hymn. Shall they sing it now?There are two; one because the last time we examined the class they hadheard me mention a favorite, the other because I was going on a longvoyage to America,—The Glory Song and God Will Take Care ofYou. As they sing, I am reminded, and when they finish I tell themof a dear Y. W. C. A. traveling secretary back in college, who said onemorning as we walked up the campus path, Wouldnt you like to gettogether everybody you love and just camp down together? We shallsometime, she added softly. THE NLCK OF THL WOOD5 BY REV. C. W. MERRILL Mr. Merrill, the Congregational pastor at Saratoga, Cal., has accompanied hisdaughter, Mrs. Herbert King, and her husband, on their journey to Kings account in the April Life and Light is well supplemented by herfathers description of the station where Mr. and Mrs. King are beginning theirwork
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