Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-05-08
STRAY STRAWS.

ward that you have come up here to
stay with us all on the Plains,
thought | would write and tell you
II few things about these people. our
and etc. So | will begin
with the daddy" OF our town, L.
g. Conner, Esq. Have you seen him
smile recently? Oh my! But it is II
rare treat. He just smiles from ear
to ear and keeps on smiling. He has
quit building railroads now and
think forgot to feed his cattle for
several days during the cold spell,
all on account of a visitor ut his
home-it's girl
am glad You took such Il philoso-
phical view of the windy weather
that started the dust to drifting soon
after you all got here, by saying that
Il newspaper needed plenty Of wind
and some grit anyway. and il you
had said II few brains back Of the
wind and grit you would have had
it complete. think.
Well | have heard so many com
pliments about the paper since you
have had it in charge that ii | We're
to tell them all to you at one time /
am afraid Your head might swell up
so that you could not eat dinner.
And by the way, Edward, you seem
to have grown enough lcngthwise
and now it would not hurt ii YOU
iattened out sideways just II little.
OF course we can't all think alike
and | couldn't swallow all of that
article THE Modern Pulpit" pub
lished two weeks ago, no, not ii it
was buttered on both sides. | am
glad that my sweet mother taught
me the beautiful and sublime by her
lovely christian example as she econ
tended earnestly for the faith once
delivered to the saints" And when
Jesus renewed my heart from dark
ness unto light by the power of His
divine love, then | felt that the TWEEN
ty five words that Christ spoke when
he said, For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whatsoever believed in him
should not perish, but have everlast-
! ing life" gave more satisfaction and
JOY than anything that | had ever
seen written or heard spoken, and
/ feel now after many years that il IA
million, yes just IL million, infidels
We're to each write for one hundred
years, the most polished and intellec-
| tual thoughts their minds could con-
ceive of, would not he u single drop
compared to the " ords of Christ be-
| ing an ocean. | sometimes think il
an intidel were to get out some star
! light night and gaze upward among
| the thousands of stars that astronO-
mcrS tell us are suns. OF which our
sun is one and small one at that,
and he would say to himself there
! ~ nv ihihu Sicdtti lhdh iillc 'tuu llo
power greater than |, in fact, | am
lit | can imagine what poor
little biped OF II rat he would appear
to he in the sight OF the great Jehov-
all. And the poor little man cannot
make the sun rise or set one second
later unless he crawls under the bed
as the great luminous body appears
above the horizon and plays the
Scientist act on it and says it won't
rise yet for half an hour, because
mind is superior to matter" with
apologies to the Scientists, il | have
misapplied the illustration.
Now as to the gospel preached, |
| like lectures spIendidly, but when Il
preacher gets up in pulpit on Sun
day, | want to hear aGOspel sermon.
Like unto what Christ preached, de-
nouncing sin and unrighteousness,
and adm Onishing all to repent and
believe in Jesus Christ; teaching love
thy neighbor as thyself. That is the
!
| kind he lived for and died for rather
than take it back before his accusers
And believe when he gave the great
commission, 600 We into all the
world and preach the gospel to every
creature" He meant that same life
and death gospel, and not tickle the
ears of people with II little lecture
that will never reach their hearts.
Well. well, Edward, / have writ
ten SO much on this subject, but did
not say half that | wanted to, and
now this north wind is drying up
the ground so fast will have to go
to work.
UNCLE Bob.