DECEMBER 8TH, 1936

DECEMBER 8TH, 1936

MY DEAR SISTER IN THE LORD —, — I appreciate the kindness in which you have again thought of my birthday, and thank you for the gift of useful and acceptable things by which you have marked the occasion. It is a comfort to be thought of by those who love God, and particularly when one is assured that they give one some little place in their prayers. I value this very highly, as I know not how I should go on without the prayers of the saints. If there has been the least bit of spiritual value in anything that one has done I am sure it is owing to the prayers of the brethren, and I feel very grateful that it is so. It makes one think highly of the Lord, whose grace is ^[p. 249] the source of all, and of the brethren, whose intercessory service brings down such copious gain.

... It has been a cause of much thankfulness that I have been able to move about so much this year. My little journeyings have covered a larger area than for many years past, and it has been most encouraging to see the interest manifested everywhere in any ministry of the Word. And I believe there is a general desire to be in the spiritual gain of what is ministered, so that its virtue and power may be known in soul-consciousness and not merely in terms.

The little companies here and at — have received additions since I was last in this district. There is quite an encouraging bit of new and young material, which I trust, may be fashioned under the skilful hand of the true Solomon into shapely stones for the spiritual house of which He is the Builder.

I shall have been here four weeks on Thursday, and am beginning to think of the last clause in J.N.D.’s well-known sentence — “Say little; serve all; pass on”. One feels that the last injunction is the part which one can do with most satisfaction to oneself!

With love in the Lord to yourself and your dear husband,

Yours affectionately in Him,

December 8th, 1936.