REVERIE.
In the days that followed Bessie's arrival at the _Trumpet_ office, she
found many ways in which she could help spread the gospel. She found,
too, that she could preach in a way that was not at all distasteful to
her; for she could set up many lines of type to be used in printing the
gospel message in the _Trumpet_, which was carrying light and truth into
many homes and preaching to hungry souls. But oh, how often she thought
of the dear ones at home and of how they were missing her!
One evening, when she sought her room and sat down beside the window, as
she had so often done at home, she began to review her life. As the soft
shadows gathered slowly about her, she seemed to be at home again close
beside her mother's knee, listening to her tender, loving words of
sympathy and advice. Bessie could now see what they had been worth to
her. They not only had prepared her for a common sphere in life, but had
given her a thorough understanding of God's great plan of salvation. As
she recalled her mother's prayers and talks, she realized that, through
them, she had many times escaped what other girls had ignorantly
blundered into, and had been spared a great many of the bitter sorrows
that come into the lives of girls not taught at their mother's knee. In
her thankfulness, she offered a fervent prayer to her heavenly Father
that many more earnest, noble, and prayerful mothers might be found to
guide their children through the critical period of childhood.
After three months Bessie returned home for a short visit with her
parents. Upon her arrival she not only found a loving and tender
welcome, but also learned that both her parents had accepted her call as
from God. After a happy visit of two weeks she returned to her work.
With the blessing of God upon her labors, we shall here bid her
good-by.
In conclusion, we wish to say that what she became was principally in
answer to her faithful mother's prayers. Had she been left--as many
girls are--without a mother's tender love and confidence, mingled with
many earnest prayers, she would have fallen into temptations that she
never knew. She had fully proved the worth of a praying mother.