The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
r. JENKINS HAMS,
RELIEVE ANDREE WILL return.
Faith Of the Explorers Mother and sister
In Tits safety.

Four vears have passed since A. AndrAe
started for the North Pole In a balloon
The Swedish courts have declared that
the explorer may legally be SUPPOSED 10 be
dead. AndrAe's own extreme limit OF
time has passed, s~eographerS agree that
M h lost. his Owl brother has accepted
the be1ucsta mad. TO him In Andres will.
We, his mot her and his sister are still con-
hdent thai he IL alive and will return.
The-a two women live NJ Gr-nnR In Sw--
den. They keep themsel We. ready to
receive him any day or night and dust
and clear every morning the rooms In which
he made the plans for his expeditions
say what you may, produc. the most con
vincing proof that Andre must he dead.
bring forth the strongest argument~ IN
favor OF vour contention, the mother and
sister will listen quietly and when you
nave Finished they will simply say Han
kfrer och ,iH otcrrondd HE is alive and
will rrtlrn.)
II IL not merely hope, not merely a strong
desir" that make- the~e women - atso-
iutely csrtain Of the r-turn 81 their son and
brother. II b their belief that Andres
vent forth 10 seek the North Pole and Ia
And II In fulhln"nt Of a mission given
a. him by God And the ord has mover
vet for~akrn one OF his servants. : II the
The mother Fru Ninna Andre~. y. nearly
~, though her clear, rIddv face. her -nct
earring, srd the continuous smile hat
plays around her fac. make her appear
mtrh Younger Her rather hus'
daughter. Fru Emelin. Spanb-rg, h. a
lively. good naturcd woman and mother
and daughter impress tho visitor a. a pair
Of The most intimate friends The cottage
they live In n n ruonly one stored buildtng,
furnished simply Most Of he furniture
j. substantial oak, and Al etching or t~o
relieves m. ~onihrrness Of thu walls
The are d- won't women and Fr Andre-
iuvoke- grace tefurr each meal And,
oh, Lord, keep thv -ervan' nv sou, and
return him safely, she has ended her
prayer every dsv for 'has- Tour year..
!Amen' Amen responds fri S~panh~rg
I, j. impo-ahl, Ia describe the glow ~
pride and Satisfaction which spreads oN-f
The kindly face ~ 'he mother when she
exhibits tho Hr~t shoe her son ~oIe. when
she points ont the fir, prayer book he
u~ei. when 81. holds M 10 your ~'usIrctiun
the white tic h. wore AT h's confirmation.
Aud when -he oJsi,S he drawer and takes
ont the V1rious tafchni-nir which testify
go IN. success of her -"n IN high -chonl
aid university. wien she handles 10.
various m,-dals H. received. when ~
asks NoutH Rad 'h- fRitering letters
in which countless ~csrtlfc -lctrii-s ;r''l-
Hed hin, ~ his election a. one ~ their mem
her~, hon. indred, Vuu 500 in her mother
hool glorfs@t
-Has there ever hcS.n = mother move
hL SOD than u she asks, and u nu.i ~
said tha, h..i face giNo- The answer From
hoyhood on my l-,y has fclt that. like tie
APOSTLES Of old. hc p,u~t 80 Ia psrts un-
known and pr-Pch the Go-lcl Not in the
sans Way ~ the regular mtssicnari.-.
Oh. no lie w1s tvrv-r much 81 y talk'r.
But God gave him 'hc capacity and on
- study, aud that L. also one
way TO make GuI's eostdn--- known N.s,
he VA Co hnd 'hr North pnl., aud by his
Discovery of this u,uch-sousht-sfier region
90 testify h-furr he World ~ the gr-a'i,eSs
cur Lord