Making Hay While the Sun Shines

The smell of the new made hay is pleasant perfume, and the work of the harvest field in summer weather has a great charm. The farmer is glad when the fields are mown, and the hay is gathered in. When the sun shines and the days are long, the work is soon done; then rest comes, and the quiet content of accomplished labor. And so in God’s work we have our appointed place, and when our day is over, the laborer rests with God. I have just had a letter from a father, speaking of the home-call of his daughter. Frail and weak in body for years, we are told, “she did a good deal of work among young people, corresponding with many of the girls who answered the Bible questions. When she went to be with Christ she had two shillings and sixpence ready to send to me for Testaments to be sent to the troops. She often sent to me sums from her pocket-money for that purpose. A short account of her last hours has been kept to be sent to many who knew her., I felt I should like a wider circle to know how gently the Lord Jesus took Phoebe Houseman home from fields of service to be with Himself. This is part of the short account:—