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God for the Y. P. S. C. E., and the good it has done and will do in the fu- 

 ture. I also thank him for A. I. Root, and pray for more like him ; for the 

 greatest compliment I receive is, " That is just like Root ; " or, " That is 

 just what he would do ; " for hi being like him, or doing as he does, I am 

 following one who is following the Master and striving to please him and 

 not himself. 



I have not told you of what I have accomplished this summer, dear 

 brother, to brag, but to show you the good you have done me and mine, 

 and encourage you in the good work you are doing. CHAS. H. LEWIS. 

 Middletown, Conn., Sept. 1, 1890. 



May Gjd in his great mercy bless you, my dear friend, and 

 help me to deserve a little better your very kind words. Oh 

 may grace and strength be given to me to deserve even faintly 

 the very high compliment you pay me ! and may I be able to 

 remember the friends who are looking at me, and who perhaps 

 are influenced by my example. 



And now, in conclusion may I ask that God's blessing rest 

 on every reader of our strawberry -book ; and may others find 

 the pure and innocent happiness and enjoyment that I and 

 these other friends have found in working with and enjoying 

 all of these, God's gracious gifts. 



END OF THE FIRST EDITION AS PUBLISHED (OR PRETTY 

 NEARLY AS PUBLISHED) IN 1890. 



