ould happen to the children during my
absence. I even accepted meetings with the proviso that if the children
needed me I must fail to keep my appointment. But as the days and weeks
and months passed, and all went well, I learned to trust.

"'Be still; be strong to-day.'
But, Lord, to-morrow?
What of to-morrow, Lord?
Shall there be rest from toil,
Be truce from sorrow?
'Did I not die for thee?
Do I not live for thee?
Leave me to-morrow.'"

In giving the following I wish to make clear that, had I been living a
life of ease or self-indulgence, I could not have been justified in
expecting God to undertake for me in such matters as are here recorded.
It must be remembered that I had stepped out into a life which meant
_trusting for everything_.

Before leaving China for Canada my husband had said to me: "Do not stint
the children with apples; give them all they want." But when I began
housekeeping I found this was not very easy to do. Apples were
expensive, and the appetites of my six children for them seemed
insatiable. However, I began by buying a few small baskets; and then I
did not need to buy more, for apples came in a most wonderful way. First
in baskets; then, as the season advanced, in barrels. These came from
many different sources; and in some cases long distances, express paid
to the door. On one occasion a barrel of large, hard "Greenings" came
just as we had finished the last barrel. The children complained that
they were too hard to eat, and begged me to buy them some "Snows"--very
expensive, but delicious apples for eating. I had only purchased one
small basket of "Snows" when a large supply, almost a barrelful, came
from a distant friend.

I feel that the Lord saw that I had given up all for him, so just showed
how he could provide, thus evidencing his love and care for my dear
children. We had set up housekeeping at the end of the fruit season, and
so I had not been able to do canning for winter use. That winter, again
and again, gifts of canned fruit came, sometimes from unknown sources.
Altogether, seventy jars of the finest fruit were sent to us. I will
give the details of just one of these gifts.

Shortly before leaving home for ten days, the servant informed me that
the canned fruit was finished. Accordingly, I went down and ordered
enough dried fruit to last till I should return. On reaching home I wa