Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy, Jan. 1919.

My dear Brothers :Your valued parcels of gospel tracts are safely received, and are greatly appreciated. Even some, whose faces I have never seen in places of worship, have asked me for more of these tracts, when I have them, especially Daniel Mann and The Drummer Boy. We have had a series of largely attended and blessed meetings in various schools, and even stables and barns, and your tracts have stirred the interest of many in these Alpine valleys. I have rarely seen such interest, and it is a solemn time for these parts.

The French tracts are especially needed for these valleys, but Italian tracts for other parts of the country. Brethren 'that have been liberated from military service have eagerly resumed colportage work, and find open doors, and many wounded hearts to be bound up. They come to ask for tracts. I myself hope to have some printed here. If you have more that you could send, both in French and Italian, how gladly I would receive them.

I have at heart, sometime this Spring, to gather the colporteurs of northern Italy for a few days' prayer, with study of the Word. It is a marvelous thing that none of the brethren nor their sons have been killed or wounded in this terrible war. Your President has received wonderful ovations in all the Italian cities through which he passed.

Thankfully, your brother in Christ,

P. BABIDON.