SPECIAL SUBJECTS.

SUNDAY.

That I may make the most of Sabbath hours and gain much from the Word.

Deliverance from wandering thoughts. Pure praise.  Blessing on services and choir.

Hallowed be Thy name.

Intercessions. (Initials of many clergymen, of her brother, her god-children, and “our servants.”)

MONDAY—­“For joy and peace.”

That the life of Jesus may be manifest in me.

Thy kingdom come

Intercession for Church Missionary Society and Irish Society. (Initials of her eldest sister, all her family, and “Oakhampton servants.”)

TUESDAY—­“For longsuffering”

That my unconscious influence may be all for Him.

Thy will be done.

Intercession for Mildmay (and initials of her brother Henry’s children and many Leamington friends).

’WEDNESDAY—­“Gentleness.”

For spirit of prayer and shadowless communion.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Intercession for the universities and public schools, for many friends, for
M.V.G.H., and E.C.

THURSDAY—­“Goodness.”

For much fruit to His praise.  Soul-winning.  Spirit of praise.

Forgive us our trespasses.

Local work.  Swansea and Mrs. Morgan.  For my sister Ellen, all at
Winterdyne, “and the servants.”

FRIDAY—­“Faith.”

Wisdom to be shown more of His will and commands.

Lead us not into temptation.

For my brother and all at Upton Bishop.

SATURDAY—­“Meekness and Temperance.”

That the Word of Christ may dwell in me richly, open treasure of Thy
Word to me, fill my seed-basket.

Deliver us from evil..

For the Church of England and the Queen. (Initials of many friends.)

A plan of work for 1879—­“If the Lord will”—­was sketched out, but it was not the Lord’s will that it should he accomplished, and many subjects were not even attempted.

On her return from London in the early part of the year, her friends noticed the peculiar gladness of her service.  She said one morning to her sister, “Marie, it is really very remarkable how everything I do seems to prosper and nourish.  There is my ‘Bruey Branch’ growing and increasing, and now the temperance work, and so many letters tell me that God is blessing my little books.”

The “Bruey Branch” here mentioned was an effort to get children to interest themselves in the Irish Society, and met with signal success.  It had been started two years previously with eight collectors—­now hundreds of collecting cards had gone out.