The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-10
FORMER PASTOR
. OF CAIRO CHURCH
SENDS GREETINGS FROM NEW
HOME IN "DlxlE"-HAo sue
cEssFUL YEAR-hDVlcE TO
CAIRO eAPTlsTs.
Roanoko. Ala, Nov. I, l007,

Editor of The Bulletin Perhaps
some Of the old friends ana acquaInt
anccs OF an ex-Cairo citizen would en-
loy reading few personal news
rotes from this alien Cairoite away
down in Dixie where the cotton and
the sugar cane grows
First Of all | beg to acknowledge
/ the daily visit OF the most excellent
and well gotten up modern paper the
Daily Bulletin" which comes TO us
every day bringing not only the local
news of city ana surrounding country
but news the whole world around.
read every day the Atlanta Constitu
| zion, the Enquirer-Sun OF Columbus
| ga.. ana the Montgomery Advertiser
bnt the visit Of none of these papers
are looked for and appreciated IKE
The Cairo Bulletin. Especially 40 !
enjoy the Echoes From the Cairo
Pulpits 1t seems that more OF the
4 Cairo Clergy ought to echo a little.
| Second--I want to say to all my
good friends and acquaintances In the.
Il .Three States City''-"Como la Yah.
There are many things should like
10 write to my friends personally, but
annot flna time TO 40 SO, but by the
kindness Of your Editorship, | may
be permitted 10 make few edifying
ramarks to one ana all
Ii has been about one year and one
month since pulled mp anchor and
sailed ont from the River City to my
sew home In Dixie, but | have not
forgotten the four pleasant and sue,
essful years spent in Cairo and never
gill until the evening sun has gone
Iaown beneath the western sky TO rise
no more forever. often sing IN my
: fuiet hours-Away up on the OLD
! ohio River far-far away-there's
where my heart is turning ever
there is where some mighty good folhs
stay But the world is not sad and
lonely for Dixie is that land that flows
with milk and honey
/ This writer has had most pros
aerors year in his life's vocation. Iht
r raport of the years work shows fifty
/ dye new members added to tbs
/, church, 81 900 raised for missions ans
r "a 900 for home expenses making
!. total Of $4,000 spent for the advance
nent Of our Lords kingdom. We ar
~ build Sunday school annex T
sur already magnificent church ed
/. 8ce. the erection of which will begll
!, the first of the year. We have ever
lolIar OF the money raised and ~
building committee appointed an
nothing to do but 20 just build Vine
= fhis annex Is completed we Roanof
: ars win have one of the best churc
y buildings in the South land.
n beg to say to all the members
NV old flock that we are to have th
h honor and pleasure of entertainin
= ne Alabama state Baptist ccnyentio
in 1908 and take advantage OF IN
4 opportunity to give them all heart
- Invitation to meet with us. I'll
y state Convention OF Alabama repr
n ,ents $4,000 Baptists. the large
- .eligious organization in the state.
- have been intensely interested
m very improvCme made in your CT
,na especially have watched wi
ID special care the religious movement
IN am delighted to see the Old Cal
@@ BAPTIST church (God bless herr q
M ting her building clothes on. Nj
- she never lay them off until that Su
~ ,ay school department IS complete
u I have looked on from distance Al
= watched with much anxiety =
% avangelistic movements in Cal
m since | bid her good bye-but II seer
that none OF the late Evangeiis
ID have stirred the city and got her
m sack cloth and ashes" like Sid "
a@ liams from Texts. Send for Sid.
2 lcved. If You want things brought
nm pass. Some tender footed deae
m nav not like Sid and neither do
u satan. but Sid gets there just
- same
~ THANKSGIVING Day is not far
m md we all have mauy things to
.rateful for and one thing | am gra
N fui for that has been mine to pcss'
z IN DAYS gone by is that ] once 'liy
in Cairo. wishing one and al fr'
u Inc least to the greatest a big turk
m Tor Thanksgiving and heavens n
sst blessings on their future pathW
IL temporal as well as spIfiu
- things-I beg to remain
= Yours most cordially