MISS HENRIETTA WILSON. Vll 



to my heart." Latterly she superintended the hibours 

 of a Bible woman. One result of her own visitations 

 amongj the nef^lccted families of the Cowo-ate was an 

 effort to introduce skilled and pious nurses into the 

 sick-rooms of the poor. Except it be through dire 

 necessity, the poor in Scotland are very reluctant to be 

 transferred from their own homes to a public hospital ; 

 and in the case of a sick mother, for example, taken 

 away from the oversight of her children, there are 

 doubtless grave drawbacks in such a removaL But 

 over and above the benefit to the patient of a skilful 

 attendant, Miss Wilson rightly judged that the leisure 

 and the solemnising circumstances of illness gave a 

 favourable opportunity for introducing the great message 

 of mercy ; and it was her hope that to the friends and 

 relations of the sufferer God might bless the earnest 

 words and kindly ministrations of these humble mis- 

 sionaries. 



To this last object it was her dying request that the 

 proceeds of the present work should be given.* As 

 early as 1851 she published anonymously a little book 

 with the title, " Little Things." Unassuming, like its 

 author, its keen observation, its practical wisdom, and 



* Contributions to the Medical Mission Sick-Nurse Fund will be 

 gratefully received by Mrs Sym, 37 George Square, Edinburgh. 



