CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN.

White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 409, 18 August 1929, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN.

"Inasmuch <t >. it.i \• • tloiit it unto one of the least ol these m> brethren it unto me,' ixuA >i <»iii- irorl• to Mi I \\"ak*-lin. Prison and R< foi ii Work Superintendent, ol Ponsonby Branch ol our Union. This ■:• balk and general tone of tin' toils of ! ibe baa I from various prisoners atul vi ir u ra, and literature, ami Bonn n t hey ba alle4 t roai bar to brighten their liree, and to tura ■ • ■ . d ■ •• * aga And 1 shall forgot that Sunday nvornlni when vs nded the Communion Serrlei the Prison, it was a 1»* autit'ul lea, and i realised afresh thai Ire "all OSS in Christ .!« sus." as I -aw oar betored Superintent kneeiinf ;r Commanioa Rail. by §ide with the prlaonera. Inall aeaarati 111 from • ol Christ?" To the pattenta ;it the af< Hospital, <>ur Superintendents naaie ti ail that the name of Banta OUui luggeeti to children us iir tennii or golf tor our noon, and follow bar M ntal Hospital. Then . in a room, just large enough and prirste renlent, twenty or • tits sre gathered. Host Bible or Testament, aoma bare their knitting, and some bar* completed tirtlclea or now treasuree to ho sdnUred. '. ii lonu mlraculo \a ad< r le to hav« a !• v v<m &S ii' "Mrs. W.ikelin. would you Ilka t ( > read thii l< tter from my • her?" ■id lore to." "Mi-. Wakoiin, Blanche is tick. Could ion ge up i • h iii bed," "Y( Inly, d» ar." A' "I wisii \on would and aea nij arife, Mrs. Wakelin," or •I rish you eould rial! my solicitor I l'\" out eomea ■ black BOte ! and aodrei ■ a rltten down, and . promises, In arhlch the patients haTS learn! to trust, sre nat After thii the Chanter, and tm n prayen an offered, or t<

iiian.N patlenta aa will take part. Mat.-rial.- for knitting then distributed, completed nionts collected, and tactful praiso atul encouragement administered. Here lei a\e explain that prenaratlom arc being made for i aale, to be held ai soon bi possible, for th»ben< fit of t he patleats ineiher siuht. woll worth a few inotnont's sttentlon, Ii to be aaea aa Often as Christian people will Unci their oars, which (pralae <;od for answered prayer) is becoming aiore u nt Out Superiniendent will disappear in tho front ri >or of tin Mental Hospital, and ra appear i fern minutes later with three or four patleats, dressed la their "Sunday beat" (which may ho at any staue of newness or delapldatlon)—all with radiantly expectant fnCSS. They stop into | car and off thoy go to Church, to the novoity of ■ asaal at the V W.C \ . and a thousand other jo\s of a day's OUttag. Even the walk through tin itrset from the Church BS V \V C A . is | source of keen Internet to most of them. At 4 p.m. thoy rot urn, with I memory that will remain fresh and nh aaanl for many a da\ Ono week recently, aa many as thirteen patient I taken for an afternoon's Outing. vVhen the Lord ■upplics lbs funds for which we aro confidently aekiag Him. the "ailda>" OUtlngl and much-enjoy, ii "meall out" will be more frequent. There aro other pleasures, too, in ■tore for the patients, when the Lord provides the funds —pleasures IUCh as trips across the harbour to the beautiful homo of I friend who Invited them to visit bar, (fltgami) •A PRAYER PARTNER." AN OPEN LETTER. Dear Mrs. Perymaa, Then is a member in our rnion wlio leema to about her work in a methodical way. which appoals to mo. It occurs to mo that perhaps a description of her methods might ho of some BM to other members also, who, like myself, have been quite willing to work, tut have not •SSI just what, they could do. This member keeps a little notebook, in which she makes lists of bet frleada and acquaintance*, both near and far. with whom she thinks lbs might do a little "White Rib-

hon" business Then, as the fimitime and opportunity. ihe lends tho.-, aaar at band a cop> of tho "White Ribbon," ami asks thorn to suhscrih. . while to those at a distance, sin a copy of the paper and writos a littlo note to accompany it. Of course, her efforts don't nil •naeeed, hut quits a fair percent of them does. Then she makes a survey of hoi district and jots down tho names of those famlllsa that bars children of ('radio Roll and then, as sho the ehaaee, sho •peaks to their mot hots on the subject. The same plan is followod with regard to securing new nmrnhors for her Unlaw; while since the Forward Movement lias been inaugurated, sho lias quite a long list of friends and sympathisers, among whom she is trying to dispose of the booklets of little "Bricks." She says she looks over her lists nearly every day. to see whether then is anyone whom she is likely to meet, or to whom she can write. I have begun to try this methodical plan myself, and have been quite surprised to find what knag lists I could make, especially for "White Ribbon" and Headquarters Fund work. Boning that someone else may find this idea useful and practicable, Yours (lur service. "One of the Rank and File."