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 Results of a One-Cent Investment in One of Our Country Sunday Schools

At a Sunday School missionary meeting, the Superintendent received a number of letters from the scholars, giving an account of how they had traded with a cent which had been given them a year ago. It is needless to say that this was by no means the least attractive part of the programme. The following are some of the letters as received, in which we have made no corrections:—

"I bought a cent's worth of radish seed and sowed them in a plot of ground which my Mother gave me. I tended to them with care and sold them at 5 cts. a dozen. I sold 12 dozen and made 60 cts."

"Two years ago I took a cent to see how much I could make for missions. One year ago I took another cent. I spent them both and gained nothing with them. You can't speculate much with a cent. A lady wanted me to do some work for her and said she would pay me, so I got $1.15 for last year, but didn't get it in time for the meeting, and this year I have added 35 cts. more. Total amount, $1.50."