Sisters T. and W. That’s all the name that has been left to us through history. These two sisters lived at Crewe, in Cheshire, England.

In February, 1848, missionary Lyman O. Littlefield arrived in Crewe. “I must speak to the praise of Sisters T. and W.,” he wrote to his mission leaders. Every Sunday morning these two sisters engaged in delivering tracts to the town’s residents. “They distribute them upon the principle of exchange, leaving [an issue] and calling for the one they left on the previous Sunday.

“They take the streets by rotation, and frequently call at two hundred houses in one forenoon, and attend the regular meetings besides.

“Now what credit do such women not deserve? They are frequently abused; but they ever defend the principles, and go on like bold soldiers.

“I only wish that the sisters through England would pattern after their example. They can do as much good in this way as it is possible for the elders to do. Are there not elders in this kingdom, who have not done half as much good for the building up of the kingdom as these two sisters are doing?”

I tracted as a missionary – a lot – but I don’t think we ever knocked on 200 doors in a morning. Sisters T. and W., your work is remembered, even when your names are not.

The link between the (pixelated, sorry) image and the story is that Spencer’s Letters, being published as individual tracts in 1848, were the materials that Sisters T. and W. were distributing.