One by one, our loved ones are crossing the river, and as the years speed swiftly by, our numbers on this side constantly grow less. From a large family who once gathered around the “Old Home Circle,” one sister, two brothers, and the writer remain. To that sister and those two brothers, this, my fourth book, is affectionately dedicated; with a fervent prayer that the perusal of its pages may be a source of inspiration to them, and an incentive to a holy life, so that when the call comes,