The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-23
TO LET-StOre or Warehouse
ON TRACK in Heart of City.
II. A. WHITING & SONS,
1870 Summer ST.

1 called the orphans around my bed,
and l told them 1 was i'll and unable to
minister to their wants. / felt sure
that if they would all join together
and cry to the heavenly Father, he, the
Father of orphans, would certainly
help them. l shall never forget that
hour as long as | live. To see all those
little children kneeling around me and
praying with all the fervor of their
souls to heaven for food. At noon we
had a few boiled potatoes and about a
pound of salt pork, which we sliced and
managed to make gravy that went
with our food. But TASK and it shall
be given unto you" said the Lord.
About 4 o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. Kicker
from Greendale, who had gone to a
| banquet somewhere, had the blessed
idea to ask for the fragments of that
dinner and came with large box filled
with baked beans, bread, cakes, pies,
etc, of which our little ones had two
| hearty meals, besides cheque for So
1 received through the mail that very
afternoon.
Readers, you may be sure that none
of us forgot to give thanks to our
heavenly Father for the help we had
received in that hour of distress.
| could tell of many instances of that
kind but l think 1 have said enough
for the present at least. ] hope that
L shall never be called upon again to
write an explanation of this kind for
the columns of any paper. 1 have
proofs that tried to incorporate the in
stitution as it now is from the very
start, which I shall be very glad to
show to any one who will call here at
the home. But / was not understood,
because 1 was misrepresented.
The fact that l went to different Am
erican citizens to ask them to serve on
an advisory board proves that 1 am
not above receiving help and ad-
vice from any of them. But objected
to any board being mixed, viz: half
| French and half American. Let every
once understand now through this let
| ter l love Franch evangelization. / am
devoted heart and soul. to it's work and
! l am anxious to show our Christian
| friends the Americans that we appre-
ciate their efforts in the way of evange-
lization and want to work with them
| Therefore we opened home free to all
denominations and nationalities, and
while the French ministers are preach
ing the gospel for the grown-up people,
we, the seven FrencA Protestant direct
ors and incorporators of the New Eng
! land French American home. minister
to the children, receiving all sorts OF
destitute children, under one roof
| preaching them one gospel and striving
to bring them up to become one ma
| ton, viz: American.
| Most of us are of French parentage
| but the children are American borr
and we so love Americans and their in
stitutions that we want all nations
that are represented in our home tc
grow up and become loyal American
citizens.
1 do not pretend to be infallible.
have done the best I knew how and
stood up for what / thought were my
principles. Anyone who, seeing 1 car
do more by taking his or her advice
let him come forward with Christian
love and show me where 1 make mis-
takes and 1 assure you he will be well
| come.
(Signed.) Josephine L. Petit.
Manager New England French-Ameri-
can Home,
| November %