"  One  great  feature  in  Mother  Harriet's  life  was  her  deep
sympathy  with  any  work  for  GOD  irrespective  of  its  being
carried  out  according  to  her  own  views,  and  she  showed
this  in  no  way  more  beautifully  than  in  her  constant  love
and  desire  to  help  other  Communities.  Writing  to  the
foundress  of  another  Community,  she  says  :

" '  I  am  always  thankful  if  we  can  by  any  means  draw
closer  the  links  of  unity.  Strange  that  our  variations  of
thought  should  ever  cause  difficulties  to  those  who  love
JESUS  and  work  for  Him.  If  we  each  could  chase  the
self  out  of  us,  we  soon  should  find  the  points  of  har-


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mony,  not  of  discord;  our  fingers  would  touch  them  in
visibly.'  "

This  friend  continues  :

"Often  have  I  seen  the  Mother  attracting  to  her  side
some  Sister  of  a  younger  Community  than  her  own,  who
listened  to  her  loving  counsels;  her  clear-sightedness  into
character  enabling  her  to  discover  at  once  just  what  counsel
was  needed,  and  her  full  heart  of  love  making  it  not  only
acceptable  but  very  sweet."

It  is  not  of  course  easy  to  convey  an  idea  of  personal
intercourse,  but  one  instance  may  be  given  of  the  kind  of
power  wont  to  be  felt  by  visitors  drawn  to  the  House  of
Mercy  by  the  desire  of  obtaining  Mother  Harriet's  help.
The  following  account  is  given  in  the  words  of  a  friend  of
the  person  referred  to.
"  One  great  secret  of  her  marvellous  power  of  helping
others,  lay  in  her  willingness  to  share  her  own  life  and  ex
perience  with  them,  thus  placing  herself  en  rapport  with
them,  and  enabling  them  to  feel  that  she  too  had  known
something  of  what  they  were  going  through.
