He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much.— Luke IS; 10. 



MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBOKS. 



In the way of rig-hteousness is life; unci in tiie 

 pathway thereof there is no death.— Prov. I'J: 28. 



fHERE is a great lot of tliem now, little 

 friends— neighbors, I mean. The time- 

 clerk told me a little while ago there 

 were 165 working here, and two more 

 are coming Monday. Never before 

 did the "Home of the Honey-Bees" know 

 snch a boom. You see, when orders began 

 to pile up away ahead of us imtil it seemed 

 next to imp()ssil)]e tliat they could ever be 

 filled, I went into that little room all alone 

 by myseU', after the hands were all gone, and 

 prayed that the dear Savior might help us 

 out of this new trouble, and to help us to 

 wait on this great army of friends who are 

 wanting so many tilings I had before tried 

 hiring new hands during such a rush, but it 

 had made stich " big troubles" I was almost 

 afraid to try it again ; but altliough 1 could 

 not see how it was to be done, I reiucinbcrrd 

 that in many things in these past years whtMt' 

 I could not see any way out, (Jod had liiiallv 

 helped me out of all. You see, I have heeii 

 learning all these years, so that I can now 

 pray in more faith than I used to do. Do 

 you wish to know how the prayer was an- 

 swered y Well, it was in this way : 



Almost right a\\'ay afterward", Mr. (iray 

 came to me, saying we really must run day 

 and night; then the next question tliat came 

 up was, ''How can we get liaiids that will 

 sit up all night ? I did not know how It was 

 to be done ; but I asked God to help, i\,nc], 



almost before we were done talking about it, 

 a good stout young man wanted to know if I 

 could give him any work. My reply was,— 



"My friend, do yon neither drink, swear, 

 nor use tobacco V " 



He colored some, hung his head a [little, 

 and then looked up in a manly sort of way 

 and replied,— 



" Mr. Root, I have been doing these things ; 

 but I want to break olf . and I got an idea 

 that this is a pretty good place for a boy to 

 come who wants to reform." 



In less than an hour another came, and he, 

 too, was set to work, until by night we had 

 enough, with a few of the older hands, to 

 keep the sectitm-machines going all night. 

 Day after day they keep coming with some- 

 thing like this : "Mr. Root, if you will give 

 me work I will stop using tobacco, and stop 

 swearing, and I will work all night too, if 

 you will just give me a chance.'' 



With a "(Jod bless and help you.my friend," 

 I set them to Avork one after another until I 

 almost began to feel friglitciicd at the nura- 

 l)er in my employ ; for to tell the truth, there 

 is tpiite a few now whom 1 do not know 

 by name ; and the most wonderful part of all 

 is, that iiiglit after night every thing has 

 gone on pleasantly, nice work has beini turn- 

 ed out, and one room after another lias greet- 

 ed me with tlie intelligence that they were 

 cateliing up with the orders, even though 

 t hey come thicker and faster than ever before. 

 The women ip the wax-room, with two or 

 three men with them, have dojte their part 



