Thank you for the 10 kroner and your letter which I received today with the list of those who have paid. Halma Haarseth, from Øvre Rendalen, has asked that her copy—which is being sent to Rendalen—instead be sent to Helene Haarseth at the same location. That change has been made. The subscription was already paid for 1914, which is why I am returning 1 kroner in stamps. Please return that to Sr. Gjertrud Wehme with my regards, and thank her for the money.

The letter written by Margit Ring, from Mjøndalen, was one of the best I have ever read by a woman. May God give her abundant grace and power over there in America. During a conference here, I came to understand that she was full of a spirit of zeal. That’s the kind of people that are needed. We need that tenacious and unyielding spirit of Joshua and Caleb to take possession of more land in Canaan, in spite of all the mighty giants. Sad to say, there are a number of the friends who have heard the word of truth and are more like the great multitude who murmured and rebelled against Joshua and Caleb and who succumbed to discouragement and despair. We must never view difficulties as something that cannot be overcome. We must see them for what they are and then reckon with God’s power and, in the name of the Lord of Hosts, go to battle.

God has given us victory until this day, dear brother, and we will continue to overcome. Our only task is to keep His word exactly and obey His commandments (read Deuteronomy 8, from verse 7); this is where the power for victory is hidden. This is the mystery of godliness—God manifested in flesh. And who can stand against Him? May we prepare ourselves with zeal, with this goal in mind.

Aksel sent you two letters that were intended for him. We are members of one another, and since we are all different, we cannot write to one person as we do to another. So I am sure you can understand that I would not, and could not, write to you the way I write to Aksel. But since our goal is godliness and self-denial, everything will develop in purity and be understood in the right way by those who are pure. So I am very happy to see that you have taken it as something that can stir up your sincere mind, not as something that should be interpreted in any other way.

Warm greetings from your brother,

Margit Ring has now been registered as a subscriber in America. We have very few copies of issue numbers 1 and 2, for 1914, so we need to be careful if we want some to be made into a bound volume. Write to the paper, and send your articles to Aksel. Address: Britannia Hotel, Drøbak.

Halma Haarseth has been sent two bulk orders of Prayer. The first one was 22 copies for 10 kroner, the second one was 27 copies for 10 kroner, since Aksel said she should get a discount.