Sabbath-school missions in Wisconsin : a record of fifteen years of Sabbath-school mission work done in Wisconsin, in which the needs and the triumphs of the work are made known . of the meetings was expressed andwe arranged to hold two more, visiting during theday. We also tried to see what could be done byway of building a chapel for the worship of morning early we began house-to-house callswhich revealed many heartrending instances of lackof Christian training and home comforts here andthere among a thrifty, moral, intelligent class ofpeople. We found three families, aggregatingt
Sabbath-school missions in Wisconsin : a record of fifteen years of Sabbath-school mission work done in Wisconsin, in which the needs and the triumphs of the work are made known . of the meetings was expressed andwe arranged to hold two more, visiting during theday. We also tried to see what could be done byway of building a chapel for the worship of morning early we began house-to-house callswhich revealed many heartrending instances of lackof Christian training and home comforts here andthere among a thrifty, moral, intelligent class ofpeople. We found three families, aggregatingthirty-one children, and one of these was in a loghouse fifty years old. Although sleighs were stillbeing used, the youngest of ten children, thinly cladand with one foot bare, was out among the cattleand sheep. The home of a motherless family of seven,—thefather being given to drink, and with no one tocounsel or protect the elder girls entering Vv^oman-hood,—was the rendezvous of many reckless youngpeople during the Sabbath. On the afternoon of the same day we entered theadjoining school district where we found thirty chil-dren and youth who would attend Sabbath-School. * COME OVER AND HELP US 123 if we could organize one; they had never enjoyedsuch a blessing. To our dismay, one of the schoolboard refused to give permission to use the school-house, and there being no other available place, wewere helpless to meet the mothers appeal for some-thing to save their children from prevailing vices. The severest storm of the season set in nearnight, and continued with wind, sleet and snow forthree days, yet in spite of all, the people turned outin good numbers and after the close of the Wednes-day evening gospel service a business meeting con-vened which resulted in a unanimous vote to build achapel in District No. 7, one that could also accom-modate the neighborhood where we were deniedthe schoolhouse. A building committee was ap-pointed to take charge of the matter and the sub-s
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