The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . BUILDING LAC LA NONNE CHURCH. THE MAIL CARRIER Settlers at Home I wonder with how many different people Ihave slept in the same bed on this last journey! The following day I spent in trying to organisea Sunday-school in a district only recently already the people have been enterprisingenough to form a school district, elect trustees,build the school, and engage the teacher. Iwanted to organise a Sunday-school as well,and find teachers to take charge of it, as I knewthat my already large district w
The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . BUILDING LAC LA NONNE CHURCH. THE MAIL CARRIER Settlers at Home I wonder with how many different people Ihave slept in the same bed on this last journey! The following day I spent in trying to organisea Sunday-school in a district only recently already the people have been enterprisingenough to form a school district, elect trustees,build the school, and engage the teacher. Iwanted to organise a Sunday-school as well,and find teachers to take charge of it, as I knewthat my already large district would preclude mygetting there on a Sunday myself. Everybodyhad to be visited within a couple of days. Nearlyall were friendly, but one old Methodist couplewere rather cold. The old woman had beendescribed to me as dry as dust and ready toblow away, and certainly she was a wizenedold thing, with not an ounce of romance abouther. I called—was invited in, and asked to sitdown. So youre Church, are you ? Well, my hus-band and I would rather have a good Methodist,but I guess youll have to make me do, I finishedfo
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