The leader., 1900-10-17
OUR TRIP AND TROUBLES.

udyS Trip through llke tOuut1 anu
Washington, st. Tammany and Tangi-
pahoa parishes, La, on missionary
tour. We touched at Moak's Creek on
Saturday aud preached to the Sunday
School Convention OF the Bogue Chitto
Association: thence Southwark. On
Sunday we preached to the Bala Chit
to Church and crossing the State Line
we touched at Mt. Herman, Brockville,
Mount Point and Franklinton, the lat
ter being the Court House town of
Washington Parish. Here there was
an appointment in waiting for us and
on Wednesday night we met an appre-
ciative audience and talked to them
about God and Heavenly things. On
Thursday morning, after spending a
pleasant night with Pastor G.. G.. Thorn
as, who is full blood Welchman and
an able preacher, we wrote> letters to
several parties, prominent among
whom was our better half. Southwark
we touched at Warner, doing cancer
work en- route. We spent pleasant
night with Jimmie Magee, Of the mer-
camille firm of Magee Bros, of Warner,
which is the terminus Of the telephone
line coming out from Covington, via
Franklinton. From Warner we pro-
ceeded Southwark to Zona, which con-
sists of three stores, a splendid Bap-
fist Church and number of nice res
licences, where live as noble a people
as can be found anywhere, Here live
the Magees, the Cockerns and the
Nights, prominent among whom is
Prof Kinzy Knight, the immortal singer
Those good people endured our preach
ing during the protracted meeting last
August. We were ppw in the easy
reach of Jerusalem Church, soms ten
miles from Covington where the West
Pearl River Association was to con
vene the next day Saturday. Driving
opt slowly, one mile from iona to see
a cancer patient, we were thinking of
the pleasant trip we had made so far,
and fondly contemplating meeting
day at the association and mingling
with people who are lovers of our com
mon Lord. Just as we came in sight of
the home of aunt Mary" Thigpen, for
which We were leading, we heard the
sound OF horses hoois in orr rear, and
on looking back, we recognized the
, rider as Arthur Corthern, noble
, young man from Warner, who, in a
rather excited manner, said II have
, bad news fov you from home" and so
saying he handed us telephone mes
sage as follows:
Bogue Chitto, Miss, Oct. 5, 1900. LII
, Their fell through cars at Harrison
, Hill Arm amputated above elbow;
(Signed) d. l.. EAsTERLING. d"
This sad message related to our
own dear boy, Luther, who was on
his way to school and attempted to
board the keystone Lumber train
while in motion. We we're seventy
miles from home, thirty miles from
the railroad and seven miles from tel
ephone service at Warner. We drove
on to "Aunt Mary's" and soon had a
plaster on her face and our horses
head turned homeward. We felt that
we had more for which to be thankful
than anybody. We thanked God for
the telephone and that the boys life
was spared For such kind friends as
Magee Bros, who sent the young man
Corthern. miles to bear the message.
In all our travels we have never found
better people than live in Louisiana.
We arrived at Warner in time to get
message through to our family that we
would be home as soon as possible,
and at o'clock P. NJ. Sunday we ar
rived at home and found our boy
doing better than we could have rea-
sonably expected. The operation was
skillfully performed by our two young
home physicians, Thompson and Mont
gomery. Thank God for such noble
young doctors! Besides the efficient
service rendered by physicians, every
thing that kind hands could do, was
done by our good neighbors Thank
God for good neighbors. We are under
lasting obligations to Mr.. Converse,
general manager of the Keystone Lum
Der Co., for dispat ching his engine to
Wellman in our boys interest, and to
Dunk Easterling and Fount Kyzar for
their interest in getting the message to
us. And Fount's wife, God bless the
good woman. We believe that Go will
one day take her t. Heaven because
she delights SO much to wait on the
sick Then there are Bob Brent, Ed
Hart and Cliff Counelly who bore our
boy home SO tenderly to his mother.
This mysterious providence of God has
caused us to feel that we have more
good neighbors and friends than any
body God bless them all, together
with |. w. Tyler And this leads US to
mention a wreck over the telephone
wire between Ira Tyler and our self
while enroute home on Sunday morn
ing. During our absence baby boy
was born to Tyler and wife. knowing
nothing of this event whatever, when
we came in touch with the Cumberland
Telephone some twenty miles below,
we showed ND at Ouinn's Bridge and