7<D THE WORLD'S WORKERS. 



was already stirring within her to devote herself to 

 the service of the degraded around her." 



After pondering thus for two months, Mary Car- 

 penter made a solemn resolve to devote her life to 

 trying to do good to others, caring not at all for her 

 own comfort or labour. She even wrote down a sort 

 of formal dedication of herself to the service of hu- 

 manity, so that the written words might be a witness 

 against herself if she failed to live up to them and 

 deserted the sacred cause. But her purpose was too 

 earnest, and her enthusiasm too deep to be forgotten. 

 When the opportunity for action came she was ready, 

 and the story of her life is the story of a brave 

 woman, who accomplished wonders in saving the 

 neglected and the miserable. 



About this time Mary Carpenter made the ac- 

 quaintance of two people who were destined to have 

 a great influence over her life. One of these was the 

 celebrated Rajah Rammohun Roy, and the other, 

 Dr. Joseph Tuckerman, of Boston, America. Ram- 

 mohun Roy it was who first made her think of help- 

 ing the people of India, a work which for many years 

 she was obliged to dismiss from her mind, but the 

 desire for which formed now was cherished for more 

 than thirty years, and was ultimately taken up. Dr. 

 Tuckerman showed her that there was work to be 

 done at home, in the streets and alleys which were 

 within a stone's throw of her own dwelling. Both 

 were earnest, brave, and good men. 



