. Christian herald and signs of our times. ssion school after a longabsence. He said he had been very ill andhad often wished his teacher knew of itthat he might have come and prayed withhim. The teacher said he wished he had,but he hoped the boy prayed for boy said he did. How did youprav? the teacher asked. Why, sir, Ijust begged, was the lads reply. Every one that asketh receiveth. Not al-|ways in the form expected, but in somew ay the answer comes. An eminent writ-er pictures the young eaglet asking theeagle, Teach me to fly. In answer theeagle tears the nest to pieces. It seem
. Christian herald and signs of our times. ssion school after a longabsence. He said he had been very ill andhad often wished his teacher knew of itthat he might have come and prayed withhim. The teacher said he wished he had,but he hoped the boy prayed for boy said he did. How did youprav? the teacher asked. Why, sir, Ijust begged, was the lads reply. Every one that asketh receiveth. Not al-|ways in the form expected, but in somew ay the answer comes. An eminent writ-er pictures the young eaglet asking theeagle, Teach me to fly. In answer theeagle tears the nest to pieces. It seemscruel but it answers the praver for theeaglet must fly or die. So the prayer forfaith mav be answered by affliction thatcompels faith. ARCH 4, 1896 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. 185 THE GOSPEL iss Emma C. Nasons AMONG THE PINES. Labors for the Benefit of the Lumbermen in the LoggingCamps of the North West. FEW months ago, the por-trait of Miss Emma appeared in thesecolumns with a brief ac-count of the effort she is. aking to send the Gospel to the lum- rmen of Michigan, Wisconsin, andher States. Testimonials that have come hand from clergymen and others whoive seen the effects of this work show:at a wonderful blessing has attended itid that there is urgent need for its con-luance and is probably not generally known howrge a number of men are engaged in theigging industry. From one of the work-s in Wisconsin we learn that in that,ate alone the men who spend the winter the logging camps number fully fiftylousand. They are drawn from all sec-ins and are of many nationalities. Somempsare composed almost wholly of Can-lians, others of Germans, others of Nor-egians, but usually each camp is made1 of representatives of all nationalities,hey are chiefly men in the prime of life,ough there are a large number of youths eighteen to twenty years of age. Theyle isolated during the winter, far fromiv church or Christian influence, thoughen then, evil infl
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