Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-11-30
ABOUT MEXICO And
MEXICO PEOPLE
REv. u. r. PITTHAE. FORMERLY
OF THIS CITY, EDITOR OF
aTHE WORD AND Way
TRLLs OF HIS VISIT
WITH FRIENDS
IN MEXICO.
COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD,
Preacher Pays Beautiful Tribute to
His Mexico Friends Of 1895
Who Have Passed TO
the Great Be-
yond
COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD,

poet, author, editor, orator, passed IN
TO the Unseen Hoiy last summer while
| ~ris over the sea; and Merrill Evans
Of Mexico, No, q radiant happy, fss-
cinating boy, went TO the home Of the
splendors Of the missing summers.
These twu-sage aud child-were not
far apart when they lifted the latch
% our Fathers door. l enjoyed these
two. Ford commanded my brain with
his wisdom Merrill Evans com
handed my affection with his glad
heart. Ford carried me through the
ages OF history. and Merrill romped
and rollicked with me Merrill and /
played ball with sofa pillows / fear
cd the reproof OF his mother, who Is
the daughter Of the lamented Joel
Guthrie But when | entered the
home Merrill would say. Here they
are.n and our hattie then and there
began. / dined 10 the home last week
and grieyed because Merrill had van
ished from the touch and sight OF
mortals; but my memory Of our jolly
battles with pillows is worth all the
sofa cushions In the world. His father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. s. n. Evans
went under the dark clouds OF last
Sunday to the laddies grave. The
mother has not learned how to spend
day or night without him. l looked
at the little baskets and the drawings
and other things WHICH his cunning
hands had made, but / could not see
them clearly, for the mists came be-
tween me and them.
Present civilization and most mod
ern discoveries and opening doors to
millions of luxuries that other gener-
ations never knew show US no new
light in the valley Of death, bring Us
no new word from the center Of all
worlds and ages; but some Of US lift
our Bibles into a sheen OF light and
read its revealings with eyes and feel
iBgs Of faith, and yonder in the far
away we see visions OF beckonlng
hands and hear the rehearsal Of songs
OF welcome.
/ preached three sermons Ia Mexico
last Sunday. Two pastors In that city
have surrendered their wives TO the
mystery Of death within a few months.
l met these preachers. One Of them
is II. E. Truck, the pastor OF the Bap-
list church OF Mexico. Beautiful has
been the gentle and chastened sympA-
thy Of his church and friends. He
tried TO be brave and erect. He would
not stagger 10 the beating storm Of
binding rain and crashing wind and
black night. He huddled his children
more closely 10 bis aching breast and
held them with his strong arms But
the storm had torn the vine from the
oak. saw the oak and its ~shelterine
arms weaken and sway In the storm
that would not pass. He felt like
reaching out and following after bel
but be could not let the clinging
children 90. / went to him and sal
by bis side. He has a Spartsn's cour
age and more. He would hold up Bis
crest and be a scripturally comforting
shepherd among his people
have known the heart and soul Of
H.. E. Truck since the eighties. HI
was much In my home and supplied
my St. Joseph pulpit many days, and
/ helped him in protracted meeting
work with Smiths Fork church IL
Clinton county. And now when be Il
smitten with a sorrow whose depth
and length he seemed unable TO reach
Invent to him and preached to hin
just IS / would have done before hon
tors had come thick upon him. w,
we're both younger last week. w,
found theology that is not In the
books. The old-tlme, loving fellow
ship came again. He heard me plead
With him TO fall fat down like a de
pendent, needy, undone sinner befor,
God and there give up all. To me II
meant healing for him when be sobbed
and cried aloud. / put my poor hand
on him and prayed that we might b
thankful for all blessings and submis
sive 70 all prosidences. When h
turned his great eyes on me and told
me that l had done him good and tina
OF all men In Missouri l was next u
his brother, Chester. 10 bis affection
/ felt very happy. ! went from tn
PASTORS door feeling that they VIII
need help are more than they VIII
knos how 70 give IL. Some Of tn
happiest years OF my lie were spen
in that Mexico pastorage, but Sunda'
night when | was assured that Coz
had helped me to help the strickeI
pastor OF that prescious church, l wa
happier still.
Certainly Mexico has faults / bayI
no inclination to see them. l neye
did seek for them. 1t Is the best com
munity 10 the world 10 me. When
went to Mexico In 1895 TO be pastor o
the First Baptist Church, A r Fleel
and A X YancY, William Harper AMI
7 B Hit, were among the great mel
in the church. Fleet went from th|
Missouri Military Academy TO Culyel
Institute. William Harper. A X
Yancey and T B Hit and Forres|
Guthrie, Mrs O II Hardin, Leslie Lee
Ms S J Rosaaond have gone 70 NEE
their God and our God But lbl
church grows and grows. John v
Million has won lmperishable renowr
as president OF Hardin College. W |
Fonsille, priucipal-of the Missouri
Military Academy, ranks among tn
foremost educatorS.- A Guthrie, {
A Witberspoon, J + Grifee, Threl
keld, Browning. Jones, Shoush. jess.
and other men and a great multi
tude Of women are making q mosI
effective church.
Mexico Is socially the most delight
fall citF in-in-Eell, l must not ex
sggerate. Mexico has extended to ml
and mine, 10 state boards, 20 religi
ous conventions, 10 agricultural anc
all sorts OF meetings ten thousand
| Inequalities fdined in several home,