ng daunted by the difficulties encountered,
she succeeded in gaining admittance to apartments on the second
floor, where, instead of poverty and sickness, she found the mother
in the midst of evident comfort, seated at her piano, who at first
denied all knowledge of the little charity girl, and was only
confronted successfully by the entrance unguardedly of the child
herself.

If confusion ever overtook a mortal fraud, in which an active
apprehension and deep humiliation were successfully involved; it was
then and there in the presence of _holy indignation on fire_. Mrs.
Knowles was simply irresistible in such cases.

Now, dear brother, I hardly know what use you can possibly make of
this, but my prayers shall go with your work of perpetuating their
memory.

Very sincerely yours,

GEORGE O. PHELPS

* * * * * *

The thought that the servants of Christ are praying for us is very
cheering in the prosecution of our work.

The facts enumerated in the following letter from Pastor Chambers
contain a thousand thoughts as descriptive of what every Christian
ought to pray for and strive after, namely, to be, as he expresses it,
an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.

How expressive in this connection are the words of the apostle, "_Take
heed_ lest there be found in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in
departing from the living God."

NEW YORK, November 9, 1886.

REV. D. MCNEILL YOUNG:

DEAR BROTHER--Your letter informing me of the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Knowles was forwarded to me from Harrisburg, to this city.

I had seen a notice of Mr. Knowles' death in a New York paper, but
had not known of the departure of his wife, whose death, under such
circumstances, had a pathos peculiar to itself. Her presence at his
funeral, it would seem, was more than her affectionate testimony to
their past devotion to each other. It was her unconscious prophecy
of their speedy reunion in the presence of Him whom they both loved
and served.

You ask me for some information in regard to them, during the time
of my ministry in this city. They both illustrated the truth of the
remark, that "to be useful, it is not necessary to be conspicuous."
Mr. Knowles was "an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile." Gentle
and peaceable in spirit, loving the house of God, rejo