The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-06-09
A CALIFORNIA EPISTLE
DR.. E. W. CurIe Writes The Senti.
mel From Kingsburg
Delightful Music Reaches the Doctors
Ears as lie Writes and Lifts His
Thoughts to the World Beyond
The Sw eedish Citizens Are Jealous
Church Workers.
Kingsburg, CAL, June 4, 1906.

Kingsburg, CAL, June 4, 1906.
Editor Sentinel:
Today is the Sabbath and pleasant
thoughts are coming to me because,
as the church bells are calling, the
bright faced, happy people of our lit
tie town are crowding the ways lead
ing to the temples Of the most high
God. Fifty feet away from my win
dow is the Nj. e. Church, South. Our
Swedish brethren Of the Mission
church are holding their services there
each recurring Sabbath morning.
Christian courtesy extended them by
our peOple-they having no church in
the town. We have small congrega-
tion which meets in the evening The
mellow tones Of the organ and the
| soft, sweet voices of the people are
rising and falling in enviable pathoS
and devotion to the hymns and tunes
Of MethodiSm, as | pen these lines to
you. | cannot understand the words,
but at this distance it does not mat
ter. | could not tell that it was not
English, but message of hope rein
forced by words. even less clear,
reaches my heart, Transforming my
thoughts and clearing my moral
skies Angels and humanity sing;
devils, never. BY man, came death
to the world" and the devils jered;
but infinitely better, and, so grateful
and as surely, ''by man came also the
resurrection Of life," and then, 1.-THE
morning stars sang together and all
the sons of God rejoiced."
With added experience Of human
life it is not strange to me that the
world has clung with indiSSOluble
homage to music-the gift Of heaven.
Irresistible and priceless, the world
holds it with increasing joy, and
makes it's way under it's guidance to
its enthroned home, in "the palaces
of the skies. F" My thoughts are in
wonderful keeping with my surround
ings and this ideal day. No glowing
light and color of an Italian sky can
hold pre-eminence over the translucent
glory that floods the intense blue of
the heavens and kisses the fair sweet
face of California today. The great
VI UilC w CoO ID uiiNitiS UiliOuSu
the gates OF gold" a road strong
breeze that floods the valley with a
delicious GOODNESS, giving a spice to
life that temptS almost irreSiStably
to outdoor life, while the warbling
SOng-birdS are Straining their little
thrOatS in, perhaps, unconscious
praise to the prOdigality of nature in
her most indulgent mood. Today is
but duplicate of yesterday, fair to
look upon, and right royalty was it
enjoyed by the little people, as well as
many grown up ones, Of the towns Of
Fowler. Selma and Dinuba. A unison
Of the Sunday schools of these places
had an outing on Kings river, about
a mile and half south of KingSburg.
Early they came, on bicycles, in auto
mobiles, in wagons, carts and buggieS,
as many as forty or more little folks
occupying one wagon,
singing, laughing, shouting in the
very joy of living. Their vehicles dec
Grated with flags and flOwerS-not for
getting the horses-they moved,
veritable little army in white.
Mr.. Editor, am glad to say Cali
fOrnia is more than holding her own
ON moral and educational lines, and
how good it is that God has made it
so. How incomprehensible human
life would be but for the fact that be-
yond its environment stands the in
imitable pledge of it's author in the
stars that mutely reveals his
glory, his power and wisdom that
speaks in the lilies OF the valley, the
flowers by the wayside and by His son,
that immortality stands upon
the borders of mortality. and will
make good the wisdom of God in the
creation of man. "Lo these are parts
Of His ways, but how little is known
If Him.
am sorry to say that the native
Americans of our little town are not
Is appreciative of church privileges as
lre,Our Swedish brethren. We have
/ small congregation that meets regu-
arly every Sunday afternoon.
Bro. Paul, of Selma, our sister town
i've miles away, is preaching for us.
for the honor of his Master,
le ably and faithfully serves the
people, yet so few pay any heed to
he invitation and call to worship
Tod. This is very serious drawback
% KingSburg.
l have been interrupted so much in
ny effort to interest you this time,
hat perhaps the waste basket would
,e the safest route out of this affiic.
ion. Yours very truly,
E. w. CURLE.