Every year we make some head against the enemy.

Every year our hearts take courage and are refreshed by the smell of grasses and the odor of flowers and the sight of fruit-bearing plants in once barren and desolate places.

The ground is surely being made ready for the sower." "I am glad to hear you speak so encouragingly," returned Mr.Dinneford.
"To me the case looked desperate--wellnigh hopeless.

Anything worse than I have witnessed here seemed impossible." "It is only by comparisons, as I said before, that we can get at the true measure of change and progress," answered the missionary.

"Since we have been at work in earnest to improve the external life of this region, we have had much to encourage us.