Excerpt from Autobiogaphical Sketch of Rev. Royal Crafts Spaulding: And Extracts From Letters of Himself, and of His Wife, Jerusha Bryant Spaulding<br><br>In a shrinking manner she inquired the stranger's wishes as though the sooner the errand were done the better. The caller had come for a purpose, and was' not to be discouraged. He told his name, his purpose to settle in the place, and of his standing as a member of the Baptist Church. Oh, I am so glad to see you! She exclaimed, and extending her hand grasped the hand of the other most warmly. We have just got home from one of our trips, and Mr. Spaulding is at the barn taking care of the horse. I had hardly got my things oh. The caller said he would not intrude, but would call again.<br><br>Such was my first interview with the heroic wife, mother, and missionary, Jerusha Bryant Spaulding. To me it was a simple act of recognition of the fact of their residence in the place, and oftheir work, as I had read of them. Of any particular re not dream. To her it was a gleam of light in a da1 and in the quick flashing of her woman's intuition she possibility for the Baptist Church of Houlton. As i afterwards, with the warm grasp of the hand there ca: mind the germ of the new and forward movement of tl Cause, which for seventeen years her husband and he toiled, sacrificed, and waited for.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.