The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-09-11
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lived ia bcsBisfal lltile village hia
S.a Sway sa ihe GreoH Mountains
msiden ~ ~ ~ rinieen ~ the nan
u asgey Ana Pfsmt
she wAs typical Nvw Engian'
gra pyoud of her anoemom who asr
anoux tie fwa coloatsas 10 ~
Ga liay state. tracing her as~cen
baes 10 me tlrpt wouiAu u ihs ~
Eam laaa 20 aes foot % Amerieai
poll
Rhs bad bsep reared IN an asinos
phefs u religion and patriotism
HeY people we're builders II charea'
aAa chrlnl2n ins,itatipns. AID iron
her childhood she bad listened 4
the THRILLING stories ~ the battle
field from The iip~ Of those dcares
u her She had Joined the churel
shna eleven yoan ~ axe. and "a
true Kndesvaref forty years Be
fore the Christian Epeeayvf socieil
vas formed
Mercy Ann was a ina-loylng hand
eoms. popular. energetic girl She
had her ambitions. but vas SADLY
Handicapped. iief o~p father vas
dad The family we're ia stfal,en.
"a circumstances She greatly desir'
81 an education. bu, al that time
there Rote 90 popular schools foi
girls, aud. had there been. she
would have had 20 means ot attend
log
Her grandmother sas confirmed
Invalid. and Mercy Ann spent consid
erable time with her. She thus
tells u those visits When We vent
TO visit our grandmother after she
vas confined 10 her room. she would
ask. How long can you stay with
meg and. II We said one hour, two.
or more. she would say, Then We
oaH spend ten or fifteen minutes in
asking Gods blessing upon this visit
fof then We shall have such a happy
time"
And they did have fine times and
greatly looked forward TO those
visits. for Grandmother Kent's reli-
giOn vas decidedly CHEEKY and win
some.
Our story takes US back TO 1898.
when foreign and domestic mis-
SONS received hardly 1.-THE OF the
attention devoted 10 them to-day
Yet Grandmother Kent was an en-
,husiast for foreign missions and
great admirer Of Harriet Newell and
let no opportunity pass 10 speak {
good word for the cause she 80
much loved.
grandmother Kent's most precious
possession was fine necklace OF
gJil beads In her younger days
she had toiled long and hard TO Sc
cure them, adding one at time
when a gold bead represented. be
cause 81 the low wages. much hard
work.
On rare occasions she had In
trusted the washing And restringing
Of the beads 10 Mercy Ann But
what Interested the girl more was
The promise that some day the beads
would be her own. For Grandmoth
~ Kent had bequeathed the beads
o the mother and then to the
laughter
During the last sickness Of the
the beads were miss
ng. She had always worn them
Iigi and day, and all her friends
.new bow much she priced them
At flrst she said nothing about
hem Others missed them. and
each as they might. could find no
race of them,
The Ices OF the beads was
Ireat mystery TIL one day grandma
lel confessed. She had given them
way some time previous 10 re
urned missionary. lady friend
gho was visiting her. She did not
ave anything else al time 10 give,
o she slipped off her beads, and
ave them. asking that they might
% into the treasury OF the Lord
nd now she felt troubled for fear
hat her daughter would not approve
4 the sacrifice The daughter told
er & was all right, and that she
vas glad that she had done with
hem "a she chose.
When Mercy Ann heard the story /,
I the loss and the finding OF the
eads. she was very deeply impress !,
d She well knew how much her
thought Of them knew
bat they had been worn constantly
or many years, knew how much
hey had cost. knew that her grand
iothcr had nothing else TO give
here was also the bitter disap-
ointment that the precious heirloom
AID passed forever from their pos !,
eSion !
On second and better thought 4
here came an appreciation OF her /.
nnquenchable devo-
On to missions and her willingness .
} give her best for Christ aud the :
burch. /,
Just about this time there came o
B Mercy Ann Frost great long
~ 10 give herself s,o the foreign
lissionary work Circumstances b
ecmed 60 make this impossible. and i
Il. while God appeared to hedge e
be way for the accomplishment OF
er desire In this direction. lie gave
er fine opportunities in the home
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