ground. No disgrace can come so shameful that it will cause the
true wife to forsake. She will no more forsake than the true soldier
will desert on the battlefield. For those imps in human form that
endeavor to detract from the honor belonging to the wives of the country
there ought to be no commiseration whatever. Let us honor the wifehood
of our native land. It is the fountain of all truth and righteousness,
and if the fountain should become impure, all is lost. One more
reason: Before I was sent to the prison I was an evangelist, and was
instrumental in the hands of God of persuading hundreds of people
to abandon a wicked life and seek the good. During my imprisonment I
received many letters from these men and women who had been benefited on
account of what I had said to them, and they informed me that they still
retained confidence in me and were praying God for my deliverance.

Now, I believe, in answer to a mother's prayers, in answer to the
prayers of my sainted wife, in answer to the prayers of good men and
women, who were converts to "the faith once delivered to the saints"
under my earnest endeavors--in answer to all these prayers, God lent a
listening ear and preserved me from all harm and danger.

PATHETIC OCCURRENCES IN THE MINES

It is a great consolation for prisoners to receive letters from their
friends. One day a convict working in the next room to me inquired if I
would like to see a letter. I replied I would. He had just received one
from his wife. This prisoner was working out a sentence of five years.
He had been in the mines some two years. At home, he had a wife and five
children. They were in destitute circumstances. In this letter his wife
informed him that she had been taking in washing for the support of
herself and children, and that at times they had to retire early because
they had no fuel to keep them warm. Also, that, on several occasions,
she had been compelled to put the children to bed without supper. But
this noble woman stated to her husband that their lot was not so bad as
his. She encouraged him to bear up under his burdens, and that the time
would soon come when his sentence would expire and he would be permitted
to return home again, and that the future would be bright once more
as it had been before the unfortunate circumstances that led to his
imprisonment. It was a good letter, written by a noble woman. A couple
of days after this, as I was mining, I heard a voice in the a