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THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. 
the little library at Willow Brook and the cozy brown 
cottage of the widow and Alice. It is with tenfold more 
pleasure now that we shall continue to fulfil our pledges 
to aid in lifting the burdens from their sorrowing hearts. 
It is no longer a work of pity, but is now done in the 
name of a disciple, for Christ’s sake. 
Oh, how ardently we thank you, and each member 
of your amiable family, for your kind interest in two 
strangers, and for the pains and care bestowed to make 
our lives more useful and happy ! Still earnestly solicit¬ 
ing a continued interest in your daily supplications, that 
we may truly adorn the professions of faith which we have 
made by lives consecrated to the Master’s service, and 
most fervently praying that the richest blessings of 
Heaven may be your exceeding great reward, 
We are, very affectionately. 
Yours in Christ, 
Chas. Davidson, 
Lew. Rudolph. 
It is needless to say that this epistle brought 
a time of rejoicing to Willow Brook. The 
earnest workers were reaping the fruit of their 
labors, and with the ripe sheaves in their hands 
they could but rejoice as they that “joy in 
harvest “ and resolve to sow for a broader 
reaping. 
Immediately after receiving his commission 
Doctor Dean had taken measures to secure for 
