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LETTER FROM MRS. TILGHMAN
The Diocesan Presidents Letter to The
Mothers of The Little Helpers Of
The Cambridge Branch Of The
Woman's Auxiliary.
Queenstown, Nav 10, 1917

queenstown, May III, l9lU.
Mrs. Henry has asked me to write to
you, dear mothers, of the Cambridge
branch of Little Helpers, but [ hardly
know what to write, for l feel sure she
has said it all to you before much bet
ter than l can. Besides, l am sending
you our new leaflet about what we did
last year and what our pennies and
prayers are to do this, and Miss EN-
ery's letter telling of the results of our
work as she saw them on her triparound
the world, SO that you will be posted
on every side of our work.
But there is one thought about our
work which has come to me lately and
which would like to try and pass on
to you. Our Bishop, in his address to
the Woman's Auxiliary at East New
Market, spoke of the "Reward of Our
Work." how our Lord had promised a
reward for even cup of cold water
given in the name of disciple. What
little thing that was, but cup of cold
water! how any of us would give that
and think nothing of 1t, and yet it was
to have its reward, not only hereafter,
but now. in the present time. And he
begged us to remember this, to take
courage and to give our cup of water
gladly and so not miss this JOY of SER
vice, which is its own reward. And /
thought of my Little Helpers and their
pra yers and their pennies.
How little a thing it seemed the teach
ing of little lips that little prayer of
blessing every night, and the guiding of
little hands to drop the pennies in the
little red box each Sunday. Such lit
tie thing to do! hardly worth while
bothering with, and yet it is just this
little service faithfully done, day by
day, that brings us the joy of reward in
the training of our own children.
We all want to give good gifts to our
children and the best gift we can give is
good training, day by day, little by
little. We never know when an i'm pres
sion is made or habit formed in a
child; we only know that those formed
in childhood are the strongest of our
life. And so, day by day, if we follow
the simple rules of the Little Helpers,
gradually the habits of prayer and
praise and giving will be formed. and
the thought that by our baptism we
are made Gods children and are respon-
sible to Him for the great work of Hi s
church. 1.-THE Preaching of the Gospe
to ALI Nations will dawn on those little
minds, and will grow stronger and
stronger, and we will see them develop
into that life of joyful service. which is
Gods idea for each one of us And so
will come our reward, the blessing of
our own children. Did you ever think
of all those thousands of little prayers
all over the world, going up from little
lips every night? Sure they will be an
swered. and they pray, "Bless. not only
the Missionary, but all the Little Help
ers." Do you not count this blessing
for your child? So let me beg of you
not to think that this matter of your
child being Little Helper is a little
thing, or that the so cents can be given
all at once, and not week by week, or
day by day. It is hot the giving or the
amount given, the m oney is the little
thing. The training day by day, the
blessing. the growth in the joy of the
service is the important thing, and it
is the birth-right of every baptised child
of Gods Church, and so wish that you
and oil my Little Helpers may realize
this blessing, this JOY of good work done
in His name, until we are all come to
His everlasting Kingdom.
Yours faithfully,
MARY Y. TILGHMAN,
Diocesan Sec of the Little HELPERS.