H15 R.W., V.C.
Oct. 8, 1908.

Dear Jenny Dear:--

I’ve just come back from hearing an awfully nice man at prayer-meeting, who talked
on Bible Study. You seem so not forgetting Canda + your wish— terms on the subject, and so far the meetings have been very good. But what I’m writing about— particularly is to tell you a very clever little parable that the Mr. Freeman told us, and that I saw one thought of one perfect for your idea. It seemed to illustrate the point that the idea is offering for Bible Study. I have one picture, there is the story. Outside Denver is a little rail- road called the Moffat road, & on this road runs a little engine which pulls a chain of cars up a steep grade. One afternoon it tried very hard to push its load up the incline but finally it had to give up. So then it returned to the round house—to see if it could get help. The first engine it came to was a big one with brass fittings and gleaming nickel. “I wish you would help me push my train of cars up the grade,” asked the little engine. “Me!” cried the big engine, “not much! Don’t you know I’m the engine that pulls all the fancy cars, even the Presidents + the other officials? Help you? No sir!” So the little engine went to the next engine + asked for help. “No indeed!” grunted the second one, “I’m loaded out hours today already, you want me to add more out of my time, see me next year!” So the little engine went on, and soon it met a pug-ugly engine and it asked of a “pep engine,” and it said “Could you help me push my load up the grade?” And the pug engine said, “Well, I’ve had a pretty hard day, but I think I can.” So it went back with the little engine, and started to help push, and all the way up the grade it said “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can,” and finally the top of the mountain was reached. Then it started back down the grade, very fast, saying “I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could!” The way he told it, the “I think I can” + the “I thought I could” sounded just like the sound of an engine. Do you suppose that we
could have the chaplain drive that point in us? We’d like to, if we could. If you think it by experience, read J. Cook, I is too much, shouldn’t ever one renew. Instead stop.

Lovingly,
Marjorie

COURSES IN BIBLE STUDY

Vassar College Christian
Association.

1908–1909.

COURSES IN BIBLE STUDY.

OPEN TO ALL

The Psalms
Leader: Mrs. Tillinghast

The Gospel of Luke
Leader: Prof. Chamberlain

The Minor Prophets
Leader: Ruby Brown

Department of Individual Study
(For all who wish to do systematic Bible
Study for themselves along any line)
Leader: Margery Fulton

OPEN TO 1909 AND 1910

Literary Study of the Bible
Leader: Ruth Fulton

OPEN TO 1909

Life of Christ
Leader: Margaret Sheldon

Life of Paul
Leader: Cora Edgcomb

The Ethics of Paul
Leaders: Frances Cutler
    Beatrice Daw

OPEN TO 1910

Life of Christ
Leaders: Eunice Avery
    Marguerite Wales

The Man Paul
Leaders: Marguerite Alden
    Hilda Pratt

Social Teachings of Christ
Leader: Marion Rea

OPEN TO 1911 AND 1912

Life of Paul
Leader: Miss Stevenson

OPEN TO 1911

Life of Christ
Leader: Mrs. Hill

Life of Christ
Leaders: Jean Terry
Helen Congdon

OPEN TO 1912

Life of Christ
Leader: Miss Babson

Life of Christ
Leaders: Ruth Fernald
Orlie Weed

Old Testament Characters
Leader: Dr. Wm. B. Hill

Exceptions to the limitations of admission will be
made only after consultation with the chairman of Bible
Study, Ruth Fulton.

Miss H. J. MacCoy
Overbrook Ave. & 58th St.
Philadelphia

POUGHKEEPSIE
OCT 9
11 AM
N.Y.