“Good!” cried Miss Walsh.
“If we meet any children who don't know about missions, we might tell them about our band and what we do,” said Daisy Roberts timidly.
“The very thing, Daisy!” exclaimed Miss Walsh, patting the tiny girl on the shoulder. “And you think that might start them up to become mission workers, do you?”
“Yes, ma'am,” replied Daisy.
“I think,” said Marty, after various other suggestions had been made, and she wondered that no one had thought of this, “I think we all should take our missionary boxes and banks and barrels and jugs along with us, and put money in regularly as we do at home.”
“That is very important,” said Miss Walsh, “because if we neglect to lay by our contributions at the right time, trusting to make up the amount when we return home, we may find ourselves in a tight place and our treasury will suffer. And now, dear missionary workers, wherever you may be, at home or abroad, don't forget to pray every day for the success of this work. Remember what we are working for is the advancement of the kingdom of our blessed Lord and Saviour.”
And then before the closing prayer they all stood up and sang,
“The whole wide world for Jesus.”
This meeting filled Marty with the greatest enthusiasm and she felt as though she could do anything for missions. She would not forget the subject for a single day, she was sure.
“Oh Miss Agnes,” she said, “I sha'n't forget missions. I'll study the subjects every week and learn lots of missionary verses. I'll save all the money I can; and I'll tell somebody, if it's only Evaline, all I know about missionary work. I'll tell her the first thing when I get there. To be sure she can't have a band all by herself, but it may do good somehow.”