Over 100 years ago throughout North America candles were commonly used to diminish the darkness. People valued candles as a good source of light. Fathers read to their children by the flickering candles and families played games close to the light. The importance of an event determined whether or not a candle would be lit. People knew the light would last only a limited time.... Read More.

Mrs. Lucy Peabody served as a missionary among Telugu-speakers in India. Her first husband, Norman Waterbury, died in 1886 while they were in India leaving her with two small children. She returned to the USA where she became a teacher, writer, editor and gifted public speaker. She rose to considerable prominence in the Northern Baptist Convention and served as secretary of the Women's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society for 18 years... Read More.