The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-22
Cawnpore, India.
Cawnpore, India, Jan. 13, 'O7

Another Sunday afternoon or
part of it shall be spent in talking
to you. I might almost say talking
with you for our home mail came
last night bringing your good let
ters. You say you enjoy our let
ters but I doubt whether you have
the feast that we do when our
budget IF mail arrives on Saturday
night.
Twill now take up our expert
ences where my last descriptive
letter left them-at the Cawnpore
station. Arriving here about 9
o'clock Sunday evening we were
met at the station by Mr.. Calkins
and the official members of our
church who welcomed us warmly.
Mr.. Calkin's especially seemed
thoroughly delighted to see us. I
never saw him act so full in his ex-
preston of happiness. I guess it
meant the relief of Cawnpore over
again to him. Dear man of God!
Not changed at all in appearance
nor in fidelity. He is true-abso-
lutely true. Well after shaking
hands all around the party went to
the gari and were driven, not as
we expected to Calkins but to our
own parsonage. Mr.. .Calkins in
forming us that we were to begin
housekeeping at once in our own
home. Il
We noticed that we Mr.. Calk
ms and ourselves were riding in a
very nice ''gari''- -(garry.) "This,' =
said Mr. Calkins, lis your own
gari, the entire, horse, driver and
feed furnished by the church.
It being dark of course we could
see nothing as we drove along but
finally we turned into a large park
like enclosure, which Mr.. Calkins
tells us as we roll up the driveway
is our own compound and now
we hear singing-"Safe in the
arms of Jesus The veranda is
full of people a worthy throng
surely British red coats, mem
bers of the church, and native serv-
ants all here to welcome the
''padri" and family to their home.
Yes the song is appropriate. We
are safe. God has brought us 12,-
600 miles without sickness mis-
hap or delay. Yes, safe after a
year Of perplexity and various test
ing. Let them sing. We shall
never forget that this is the song,
"Safe in the arms of Jesus.
As we alight from gari, Mrs.
Calkins is the first to greet us cali
ing me Edd. Next the native
pastor steps and hangs around the
neck of each of us a garland of
flowers, a custom Of theirs. The
children are bewildered.
Mrs. Calkins introduced us to
the crowd with-'Here is your
new padri''- and we rather than
stand and be stared at get busy
shaking hands including thanks to
our ignorance the lowest caste
servants.
This reception is soon over for
as we go on into the house with
Mr.. and Mrs. Calkins, the friends
outside slip away and the soldiers
go back to their yoke, fellows
meetings in another room of the
parsonage. While we talk and
gaze about the room, native sweets
are brought in to US and we find
that candy in India is very delici-
GUS.
Now dinner is ready and we sit
down with Mr.. and Mrs. Calkins
to our first mesl in our own home
tho we feel that we are the guests.
It is a good dinner and finely
served by Yusuf, our cool; and
head servant.
After a long visit and unpack-
ing the necessary clothing, bed
ding. etc, we go to bed d-tired-but
happy in the realization that our
long journey is ended and we are
in our own home again. "Ebe-
nezer.'' Hitherto the Lord has
helped us.
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