im light of a candle, hour after hour, till far away
into the morning, picking at the cloth in order to get it finished;
then, tired in body and spirit, she would throw herself down to sleep,
and recruit for the struggles of another day. Whenever the children
had any new clothes, which was too seldom, they were made by her hands.
Necessity had taught that thrifty little woman many a thing, until in
time she learnt not only to earn and make their clothes, but even to
mend their shoes herself. Many a homely patch did she put upon their
clogs, and many a sole, too. She had fingers for anything, and never
stood fast whatever came in her way. While many others in her position
would have sat wondering and despairing, she arose, stuck to her task,
got it done, and if she had any time, she did the wondering afterwards.

Go when you would to Sally Lockwood's house, it was always tidy, and
there was a clean chair for you to sit upon. Although their clothes
were coarse, and patched with more pieces, if not more colours than
Joseph's coat, the children were always clean, though many a time they
hadn't a change of garment to put on. What that means in a large
family, the thrifty wives of hard-working men will understand. The
frequent late washings on Saturday nights, when the little ones were
gone to bed, were something wonderful, and what was even more
remarkable still was, that Sunday morning found their things all clean
and dried, ready for them to go to school like other children.

Ah, Sunday morning, beginning of the day of rest,--how welcome to poor
Sally after her hard week's toils and anxieties! When the family were
gone to school, and her honest man was somewhere at work in the
Master's vineyard, she could slip on her bonnet and shawl and just run
into the preaching service close by, and gather strength and
encouragement from the earnest prayers and humble exhortations of those
men whom God had found in the quarry, at the loom, in the mine, or at
the lapstone, and sent forth Sunday by Sunday into the villages to
preach a homely gospel to the poor, and comfort to His flock.

And thus she struggled on from week to week and year to year, bearing
with uncomplaining fortitude her own burdens, and lightening, when she
could, those of her husband; setting an example of patience, industry,
and piety before her family, thus by example, as well as precept,
training them up in the fear of the Lord.

No wonder that one of Ab