Life and light for woman . nervous, imperative little rap upon my door, and when I opened it the sameI want to sew, with a queer little half-ashamed laugh. I keep her withme all I can to direct her work, and to try to see a little plan now and thenwhere I may prop up this poor, weak, wayward little vine, and give it soihehold upon something good, and pure, and true in life. .... Have I mentioned the fact that since the death of Mrs. Walkup,.I have had charge of the Gilbert Womans Meeting? Yesterday the schoolroom was quite full, for all the Banaba people have come to Mirot to bepresent to-morr
Life and light for woman . nervous, imperative little rap upon my door, and when I opened it the sameI want to sew, with a queer little half-ashamed laugh. I keep her withme all I can to direct her work, and to try to see a little plan now and thenwhere I may prop up this poor, weak, wayward little vine, and give it soihehold upon something good, and pure, and true in life. .... Have I mentioned the fact that since the death of Mrs. Walkup,.I have had charge of the Gilbert Womans Meeting? Yesterday the schoolroom was quite full, for all the Banaba people have come to Mirot to bepresent to-morrow at communion service. I had intended to take Evil Speaking for my subject, but remembering SOME MICRONESIAST GIRLS. 543 the service of the coming Sabbath, talked to them instead about the last fewverses of i Corinthians iii. and vi.,—our bodies the dwelling-places of the HolySpirit. The women and girls are very simple in their prayers. For in-stance, one of them yesterday, after praying at length for me, went on thus:. A MORTLOCK GIRL. And we ask Thee to bless the other two (Miss Little and Mrs. Cole) whoare not with us. Perhaps they are in their own rooms, busy about somekind of -work, but we do not know. Thou knowest, and thou dost see them,as well as us now. Whatever they may be doing help them not to forgetthee, and to give thee some of their time and thoughts in prayer, too. 544 LIFE AND LIGHT. Another prayed thus : We are like little children, and do not know whatwill be good for us and what will hurt us. Make us blind to all that is notpure, and open our eyes to all that is good in thy sight. In talking with my girls, I dwell much on the thought that nothing thatis not pure and clean can enter in through the gates into the city; andthere has been this year more of a real struggle for purity of heart thanbefore. After my talk yesterday I asked that some one should pray, and Bereti im-mediately complied. She began thus: Our Father, God, we thank theeand praise thy nam
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