Hesper the Home-Spirit: A simple story of household labor and love

In pursuance of one leading idea has this little work been written:—that of giving to true merit its due. The world is ever ready to celebrate the achievements of its conquering heroes who according to the conceptions of mankind are noble and great but the patient persevering heroism of those in humble life who struggle hard and suffer long is passed by unnoticed. Many such there are who bear their cross of suffering in silence and go down to the grave with their hard fought battles and moral victories unhonored and unsung. God and his angels alone take cognizance of such or it may be some soul who has known a life experience sends out a warmly gushing fount of sympathy to cheer these lone wanderers upon their way. It is not the great and overwhelming sorrows of existence but the petty inglorious vexations of daily life that most severely test the soul’s energies. They who can meet such trials with patience and firmness gradually obtain the mastery not only over circumstances but also over themselves and others. It is one of the eternal laws of God that thus it shall be and sure it is in its fulfilment as the promise of his word.