"'Tell them we may never meet on earth, but we shall thank them in
heaven.'
"Oh! could the veil be lifted for a brief moment and the dull ears
quickened to catch the pleading accents of the blessed lord? '_Do it
unto Me_'? none would longer count their flowers and fruit their
own, the Royal seal would be seen on each, whether growing wild in
copses, or carefully nurtured in hothouse and conservatory, and these
treasures would be poured out for those so sadly needing them, 'For
Jesus' sake!'"
THE BIBLE FLOWER MISSION.
It is needless to say that the appeal thus made has been answered by
thousands of loving hearts. The work at the Home of Industry is thus
carried on:--Twice in the week one of the spacious floors is devoted
to receiving these fragrant treasures, and dear friends from a
distance come, some of them many miles, and spend one or two hours in
arranging them, and attaching to each little cluster an ornamented
card with some message of redeeming love. By twelve o'clock the
baskets are generally filled, and all assemble to hear, either from
Miss Macpherson or some other tried servant of the Lord, words of
counsel and cheer; and then to seek wisdom for the labourers, and to
spread before the Lord the spiritual needs of those to whom they are
going,--many cases continually occurring for whom the comfort of
earnest united prayer is felt.
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