Mrs. Cyrus Stone

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Excerpt from Mrs. Cyrus Stone: A Missionary, Abroad and at HomeShe went to the academy at Bridgeton, Maine, lived in the family of her minister, Rev. Mr. Douglass, attended the district school when her mother could spare her, engaged herself to Mrs. Chamberlain in Portland, in order to obtain money for tuition and books, and was treated there very kindly, went again to the academy, hiring a room, and boarding herself took a district school for a first and second time, in her native town.In 1833 there was a missionary meeting in Water ford. A speaker held up the wants of the West, and showed how much female teachers might do there. When the contribution-box was reached to me by my minister, I told him I had no money, but would cheer fully and joyfully give myself. This she made a sub ject of prayer, and also asked, by a note to the meeting.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.