With a burning love for all the sinful and all the needy, she has gone from north to south and from east to west, seeking the lost as one seeks for hidden treasure. Through nights of weariness and days of toil she has sought them and loved them and wept over them, man or woman or child, as a mother weeps over and loves her own. She has borne their burdens and shared their sorrows--ever bringing to them the cheering word, the testimony or inspiring song, the faithful warning, the earnest prayer, the plain gospel message, the hearty hand-clasp, the loving "God bless you." We believe and pray that these pages may be greatly used of God to reach thousands of hearts and stir up many to carry forward the work so dear to her, when "Mother Wheaton" has crossed over to meet those that are waiting to welcome her on the other side. Yours, in Jesus' love, ETTA E. SHAW. S. B. SHAW. Chicago, Ill., 1906. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. BIOGRAPHY AND CALL TO THE WORK. Birth--Left an Orphan--Conversion--Marriage--Sorrow-- Sanctification--Call to Prison Work--Family Reunion--Sketch of My Life by My Brother 23 CHAPTER II. LETTER TO MY PRISON CHILDREN. My Limited Education--Disappointments--A Friend in Jesus 38 CHAPTER III. A PLEA FOR THE PRISONER. In the Shadow of the Wall (poem)--Letters to Prison Officers-- Worth While (poem)--Prejudice--A Look into the Cell--Insane Prisoners--All Prisoners Not Criminal--Prepared to Die 43 CHAPTER IV. A BRIEF PEN PICTURE OF PRISON LIFE. The Buildings--Entrance--Chapel and Dining-room--Chapel Service--The Cell-house--Workshops--Hospital 59 CHAPTER V. LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION AND KIND WORDS FROM GOVERNORS, PRISON OFFICIALS, ETC. From Governors--Prison Wardens--Chaplains 67 CHAPTER VI. SOME OF MY PRISON BOYS. A Prisoner's Conversion as Shown by His Letters--A Talented Young Man--Under Death Sentence--Commuted--Finally Pardoned-- Letters--Sentenced for Life--His Letters--Faithful Inside and Outside of Prison Walls 87 CHAPTER VII. LETTERS FROM CO-WORKERS AND MY PRISON GIRLS. Letters from Sister Co-workers--From My Prison-bound Girls 117 CHAPTER VIII. INCIDENTS IN MY PRISON WORK.