was being abandoned. There were several Italian and Spanishspeaking people there, but they were all Catholics, and I could not sell Bibles to them. The farmers around there are homesteaders doing dry farming, and their crops had failed, so I could not sell Bibles in them. I worked one day in a Mormon settlement and sold in nearly every house. I sold six Testaments to one woman, a widow, who bought them for her children. I put my Bibles in a store window and sold to many who came in from the country, as it was so stormy I could not get out of town."

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Mr. Jensen continues: I found a poor Mexican family with a sick, consumptive mother and two children, the third, a tiny babe, having been given away the month before, the mother being too weak to care for it. I asked to pray with them and gave them a Spanish Testament. When I want to pray with foreigners they think I am a priest, as they do not know Protestants pray.

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"In Fruita, Colo., I had a very satisfactory talk with one of the Catholic priests who came to me for a French Testament. unable to find the Book of James in the Bible, so I showed him where to find it. I could scarcely imagine a priest so ignorant about the Bible."

We are glad to report the work of Mrs. A. R. James, of Edgewater, Colo., year after year. She writes:

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You will remember my asking for a Bible in the French language for a man in the County Hospital. Later he was removed to his home and has now gone for residence in an eastern state. His wife, an earnest Christian woman, sends word, 'That Bible is his constant companion; he is reading it in season, out of season,' and she is certain he has found the Saviour.

"I gave the New Testament that comes in nine volumes, packed in a little red box, to an elderly woman whose hands are so crippled she cannot hold anything-the fingers standing out like pegs. The little book is put in among the fingers opened, and she can read the Precious Word for herself. Words can hardly express her joy at the privilege.

Mrs. Fred W. Matthews is the wife of the Methodist minister of Hillrose, Colo. We are glad to report that these good people also help to spread the gospel in a locality where people are supposed to have the Word of God, but where many homes are found without a Bible. This good woman is helping her husband minister to his flock in a most telling way.

The Rev. H. F. McChesney lives in Trinidad. During the year he has carried a stock of our books, part of it being Spanish, with which he has supplied the Mexican population of his city. The Presbyterian Church has arranged that this brother should have the foreign work under his special care, and the way he ministers to them it is evident that much abiding good will result.

Miss Suzanne Mitchell is a young woman working with Epworth Mission, Denver, Colo. While Miss Mitchell does not have time to

do much house-to-house canvassing, still she has become so well acquainted with the people of that neighborhood that they call upon her many times for the Scriptures, which she secures from our depository. The work done by Epworth Mission has attracted wide attention. It is not a part of this story to give reports of various churches, but the bond existing between the mission and this Society through Miss Mitchell's work permits us to say that our municipal authorities have found what it means to the city to have such an institution, and are so well pleased with its work that substantial aid has been granted to the department which furnishes cheap lunches to the hungry school-children of the neighborhood.

The Rev. J. B. Payne is one of our correspondents in Pueblo, Colo. He has a vast field before him for this work, but is not able to give it sufficient time to accomplish what his heart most desires. Thus, in connection with his daily tasks, he manages to do a little now and then in the work of passing the good message of love from home to home among the unchurched and needy poor.

Miss Reva Owen, a deaconess in Pueblo, continues in our work. As reported previously, she has been very successful in disposing of our Bibles during various revival meetings, and has traveled to different towns spending a few days following such spiritual gatherings, and has followed up the revivals with a well-directed canvass. Northern Avenue Methodist Church in Pueblo fills somewhat of a similar place in the life and activities of that city as Epworth does in Denver.

Out of the arid plains of Colorado we have an occasional thriving town which reminds the traveler of an oasis in the desert. Cheyenne Wells is such a place. Vast areas of uncultivated land stretch away in every direction. Cattle men feed their herds upon this rich grazing land. Homesteads dot the quarter sections here and there, but are so far apart that a regular colporteur could hardly canvass the field, hence it is with a sense of relief that we place in the hands of busy pastors small stocks of Bibles, and have them find time somehow to speak a good word for the Book and offer it for sale to these settlers so far removed from busy cities. The Rev. D. M. Scott is one of our correspondents, and forms the connecting link between our Society and this field.

The Rev. J. A. Shepherd, of Crawford, Colo., has been quite successful during the year in distributing God's Word among the needy of that place and surrounding country. He is another busy pastor who finds a little time for our work, convinced of the fact that a Bible in every home and the knowledge of God's Word in every heart means the preparation of the soil for a hundred-fold harvest.

The Rev. H. P. Talhelm was for a time our representative in Rocky Ford, Colo. This is a splendid field for such work as ours, since at that place is located one of Colorado's big sugar beet factories with the necessary beet fields, which employ different nationalities, especially Mexican. His whole time could not be devoted to

this work, yet the time he did give seems to have been well spent, as he succeeded in disposing of quite a large number of Bibles. It was with mutual regret that this relation had to be severed, but owing to the large field along the Arkansas valley which called for a worker able to devote his entire time to the task, this city had to be included in the new territory assigned.

Mr. William Lyon Wood is a high-school student of Montrose, Colo., a young man who devotes his summer vacations spreading the Gospel message. He has proven himself a splendid colporteur in years past. His health has not been all we might wish, so last summer it was arranged that he should come to the eastern slope and work in northeastern Colorado. His beginning was full of promise, but the change seemed to do him harm instead of good; he became very sick, and for a while we feared the end was near, but with the strength of youth he threw off the attack and returned to Montrose, where he has been able to pursue his high-school course. We hope he may be with us again this summer.

He gives the following ex

perience on How to make a Sunday school':

"In a little church of a nearby town recently we proved to the satisfaction of many of our members that a religious institution cannot exist without the Word of God. One morning our superintendent asked how many of the children had Bibles; three out of the twenty-one raised their hands. We began to look for the trouble with the school, and were convinced by this and other happenings that there were two things lacking-Bibles and pupils. We set about to formulate a plan toward restoring both. I agreed to donate my commission on one hundred Bibles if the others would donate the balance. This was done. We called the scholars together and told them that for so many Sundays' perfect attendance we would give them a Bible, also named other conditions. The result was at the end of the time specified the attendance had grown from twentyone to one hundred and twenty-five."

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The Rev. John L. Young has been giving us a part of his time this year, as he did a year ago. He makes many calls during the year among the poorer classes, where much financial aid is needed, therefore his sales have not been as large as he would like. faithful efforts, however, will tell for lasting good in Denver. reports: I am at a loss to account for my diminished sales. I have had to cover ground that has been covered during the past two years. Poverty is often given as a reason by people out of work for not buying, and I have repeated calls many times without sales. I understand the liberality of the American Bible Society, and would make donations of the plainer Bibles in cases of need if the condition fully justified.

A colored family living in the suburb of Denver bought a Bible No. 64 from me in November and asked me to call before Christmas, as they would like to get some Bibles for a colored Sunday school. On calling I found the man was dead and buried, and his wife was

left in poverty and distress. She is paralyzed on one side and in debt.

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In November I met a member of the colored Presbyterian Church who wanted to buy a fine Bible in December. In our conversation he referred to the relations between whites and blacks, condemning the attitude of our race, which should be one of equality. Admitting much to be regretted, I reminded him that the matter was beset with many difficulties, but that one thing was plain-God requires us to acquit ourselves well in our position, and that education and piety will make association possible and profitable.”

This colporteur often comes in contact with other problems-the Roman Catholics, the Jews, the foreigners, the drink traffic, and vice-where patience and wisdom is desirable.

Idaho

The Rev. H. Ellis Bush took a small stock of our Scriptures with which he canvassed his town, Salmon, Idaho. We have hardly had time to hear his experiences, but we anticipate that he will be active in the work and succeed in distributing many copies of the Word.

The Rev. A. O. Hess, of Whitebird, Idaho, took a stock of our books expecting to devote some time canvassing western Idaho, but because of serious illness has been unable to accomplish what he had hoped. He will continue the work later, however.

Mr. Lee Moran has spent the entire year working in northern Idaho, and he reports the following. From Coeur d'Alene he says: "I have had some very interesting experiences the past month; I have sold Bibles to six or eight Catholic families; had some difficulty, but handled them with kid gloves and softened down their prejudice. One Catholic lady told me that she had never looked into a Bible in her life, and she did not know what her priest would say if she should buy a Bible. I asked her if she did not believe that the Bible was God's word to us. She said it was, but she could not understand it without her priest explaining it. I showed her from the Bible that she was mistaken. I sold her a $1.40 Bible. She shook hands with me when I left and said she believed the Lord must have sent me to her home to sell her a Bible. She promised me she would read it, and when she could not understand it she would take the instruction given in the Bible and ask God when she lacked wisdom and understanding. I felt as if I had accomplished some good in selling her this book.

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'I have many interesting experiences like these in my work every day. I am so thankful I can sow some good seed from day to day; some may spring up and bear fruit. I am of the best of courage and will push the work right along as fast as possible. If there is one thing above another I desire and for which I seek the Lord's help, it is that I might have wisdom to work for the Catholic people, who are, so many of them, absolutely ignorant regarding Bible truths

and afraid to own and read a Bible for fear of being condemned by their priests. I have excellent opportunities of helping the honest Catholics, for which I am grateful.

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heavy snows. town to town.

Expenses in Idaho are very high; railroad fare is four and five cents a mile. It was very hard to get about last winter because of I have been snowbound several times in going from Several times I have had to leave my baggage in the train, stuck in the snow, and wade through the deep snow to the next town. I have had good health excepting once I had the grip. I am of good courage and expect to push the work right along."

Mr. Moran says he had some great experiences last February, his territory having been back in the mountains around Moscow among a pretty rough class of people. He says:

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I found seventy-three Protestant and about one hundred Catholic homes without Bibles. I scarcely ever find a Catholic home that has a Bible in it. Many times when I ask Catholic people if they have a Bible, they tell me to mind my own affairs. Sometimes they are very insulting. They tell me the Bible is full of superstition. I surely have had many good talks with the people during the past month. I have done well in placing so many Bibles in homes where the people had none. I can almost always find a tender spot in every heart in the people with whom I converse, but much depends upon the way they are approached and handled.

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The Catholic people are very strong in numbers in northern Idaho. I have had no difficulty in receiving permission from the mayors of the different towns I visit to sell Bibles outright, but when I find a Catholic mayor, he is not so free to grant me the privilege. When I finished my work in Grangeville I had to get a man to take me across the country twenty-three miles in a sled to a little town where I found an evangelist holding meetings. The occasion was just ripe for placing a large number of Bibles in the town. I arrived after dark and began my work early in the morning, and that day placed over forty Bibles and Testaments. I did not know anything about the meetings until I was almost through the town. I got through canvassing the town in one day. In the evening I attended the meeting. The evangelist roasted me for selling Bibles and reaping his harvest-that is, he sold Bibles and made a big commission.

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The work in my territory is hard, but many people speak encouragingly of the work in which I am engaged and wish God's blessing to rest upon me. A few of such encouraging remarks from earnest Christian people more than made up for the slanderous abuse of the wicked.

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At a certain town I called at a house and told the lady I was selling Bibles. She said: 'I am a Catholic and strictly forbidden to read the Bible. I believe the Bible is the truth, but I don't believe it can be understood by the uneducated, only as it is explained by