Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ydesired to go as a missionary, but as physical in-firmity made this impossible, she interested otherswith herself in the support of a Bible reader thereat a cost of fifty dollars a year. Soon after she be-gan to maintain one also in India. She now devotes her whole time in a regular busi-ness-like way to the making of articles for sale, suchas ribbon book-marks containing scripture texts ordevotional poems, banners and booklets. Ribbon ispurchased from the manfacturer in large quanti-ties, the printing is done in the same large way, andthen sh
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ydesired to go as a missionary, but as physical in-firmity made this impossible, she interested otherswith herself in the support of a Bible reader thereat a cost of fifty dollars a year. Soon after she be-gan to maintain one also in India. She now devotes her whole time in a regular busi-ness-like way to the making of articles for sale, suchas ribbon book-marks containing scripture texts ordevotional poems, banners and booklets. Ribbon ispurchased from the manfacturer in large quanti-ties, the printing is done in the same large way, andthen she fringes the book marks herself. Amongthe booklets she prints may be found the HeroSeries of missionary biographies by V. F. P. In these ways Miss Ashton keeps herself busy frommorning till night, and has built up quite a business,her orders coming from every State in the entire profits she has consecrated to the causeof missions. Last year the sum was nearly $1600,and since she began she has earned $8000 and givenit for this Mary Ashton. 162 THE PILGRIMS THREE HOMES. (August,
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