ching mice," said he. His sister gave him two or three cents for
every mouse he caught. Thus it appears, that this dear little boy was
going to throw all his earnings into the Lord's treasury.

But let me tell you a little more about the children to whom I before
alluded. Another says, "In some of the day-schools of this city, the
girls have formed sewing societies, and make pin-cushions, needle-books,
emery-bags, and the like, and send the money that is raised from the
sale of them to the missionaries, to be used for the heathen. There are
seven Sabbath-schools in this town, and in each of them there is a
missionary association; so that in all about five hundred dollars are
sent from the Sabbath-schools every year."

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