and seven members of this family have been led to become Christians,
and join the church, and, I repeat what I said before: 'they were all
brought in by a smile.'"

What a little thing a smile is! And yet, here we see how God made use
of so small a thing as this, to make seven persons Christians, and to
save their souls forever! Of the God who can work in this way, it
may well be said that he loves to work by little things. It is the
way in which he is working continually.

How eagerly, then, we may try to learn and to practise what has been
very sweetly expressed in

THE MITE SONG.

"Only a drop in the bucket,
But every drop will tell,
The bucket would soon be empty,
Without the drops in the well.

"Only a poor little penny,
It was all I had to give;
But as pennies make the dollars,
It may help some cause to live.

"A few little bits of ribbon,
And some toys--they were not new,
But they made the sick child happy,
And that made me happy, too.