Now, my dear girls, I want you to think of what has now been said about the formation of sewing societies; and I want you to ask your mothers whether they will not allow you to form such societies, to meet once a week, or once in two weeks, or once a month to sew, to get some money to send the Gospel to the heathen.  Many societies of this kind have been formed.  After I had preached to the children in one of the churches in Third-street, New York, the little girls who attend that church formed such a society.  The account which I received of it is as follows.  “You may remember, that in your address to our Sabbath-school, you related instances of little girls knitting, sewing, etc., to earn something for the missionary-box The examples which you related were not lost to the girls of the Sabbath-school.  Immediately they began to talk about forming themselves into a sewing society, and making small articles, and giving the proceeds to the missionary society.  They did not stop here, but went right to work, and soon formed their society, which they styled the Juvenile Sewing Society.  They are in a very prosperous and flourishing condition at present.  I know not the amount of funds they possess—­they pay a cent a week into their treasury—­but they have a large assortment of articles already made.  I understand, also, they meet once a week to sew.”

After I had preached at a place called Little Falls, New York, the girls formed a sewing society there.  The following account of this society I received from one of its little members.  “When you were here last fall, and told us how much good little girls had done in having sewing societies, we thought we would see if we could not do some good in the world, as well as they; and, since October, we have met weekly, and by holding a fair, we have succeeded in raising sixty-two dollars.  We hope it will be the means of saving some poor heathen children.”

Now, as I said before, I want you, my dear girls, to ask your mothers if you may not form such societies also.  Will you think of it?  I hope you will.

Another of the children to whom I have twice referred, says, “I can try and save their souls, if I am not there.  I can work for them, and send some money to you to buy them Bibles, and I can pray for them; and if I should save some souls, O how would they thank me.  But if I did not send my money, nor care any thing about them, and I should not go to heaven, and they should not, how would they rise up in judgment against me, and say, If we had had the privileges that you had, we should not be here.  O, how thankful we ought to be, that we were not born in heathen lands.  O, if the poor heathen could only have such privileges as we have, how thankful would they be; and if we were born in heathen lands, I have no doubt that they would come and tell us about a Saviour.”

I have received many letters from children, breathing the same spirit which is manifested in the notes I have copied.