Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . n thesedear people supply all the wants ofthese people out of their meager sup-port. These workers know how to sacrificefor the Master, and have in many in-stances taken food and money withwhich they should have fed and clothedthemselves and given it to those whowere more needy and more hungry thanthemselves. Here my dear sisters in America isa field that ought not to be neglectedany longer. I know of your zeal andgood works, in your aid societies; butcan you not in some way reach out overthe sea to these needy ones, and sendSister Pellet some of your gratuiti
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . n thesedear people supply all the wants ofthese people out of their meager sup-port. These workers know how to sacrificefor the Master, and have in many in-stances taken food and money withwhich they should have fed and clothedthemselves and given it to those whowere more needy and more hungry thanthemselves. Here my dear sisters in America isa field that ought not to be neglectedany longer. I know of your zeal andgood works, in your aid societies; butcan you not in some way reach out overthe sea to these needy ones, and sendSister Pellet some of your gratuities?It is much needed, and will be greatlyappreciated, both by the helper and thehelped. And I can assure that it willbe used to the very best possible ad-vantage. The work in Geneva for some timehas been in great need of a more centraland commodious place of worship, whichwe hope in the near future they mayenjoy. After finishing the work in Geneva, wewired Bro. Fercken that we wanted tosee and visit him in the work in France. 114. Brother and Sister Pellett of Geneva, Switzerland, and Some of Their Sunday-school Scholars. In a little while the answer came, con-taining one word, which being interpret-ed meant that the Ferckens had were not prepared for news of thischaracter, but having the night beforeus, no little of this time was spent inasking for wisdom and meditating whatwould be best to do. Early the nextmorning I asked the committee to waitat Geneva until Bro. Pellet and myselfcould go to Montreal, a distance of for-ty-five miles, and take a superficial viewof the situation. So on an early trainwe started, reaching Montreal aboutnoontime, and to our surprise we foundnine children in charge of Sister Sei-beck. Bro. Fercken with his family haddeparted to parts unknown to us. Butfrom what we learned we had reasonsto believe that he had connected himselfwith the Swedenborgian people, and hasaccepted an appointment at some islandto preach for them. This move, of course
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