The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-21
APPEAL BY MRS. JOHNSON.
Asks for Funds to Erect Monument
at Husbands Grave.

Waxahachie, Texas, Feb. 20, 1908.
Dear Friends and Relatives: | APP
peal to you to assist me in placing a
modest monument to mark the grave
of my late husband, Rev. Angus
johnson. and myself, after | have
been laid by his side in the Waxaha-
chic cemetery. | ask this token of
love in our behalf AS we labored to-
gether in Christ Jesus for nearly %
years, side by side, SO may we be
permitted to rest l ask, as it was his
request, that / should place an hum
BILE stone that shall not cost more
than $50, and all that may be sent
in over that amount will be given
to rebuild Wood Chapel church
which was burned about a year ago,
and caused his heart to sorrow more
than any other trouble he had in
Texas for these last twenty-three
years of his life. This was one of his
chief desires that we might rebuild
it and build a church at Rankin, his
mission appointment two miles from
our home church, Avalon. The Lord
willing l expect to try to live in our
dear little home at Avalon that my
dear husband gave me several years
band lived until August 26, he ex-
pected to celebrate his one-hun-
dredth birthday in Dallas and at
night in Fort Worth, and as soon
! thereafter as possible at Houston.
All these appointments were arran-
ged for him by his beloved brethren
in the ministry of Jesus Christ sew
eral years ago, and another trip this
year to the general assembly and to
his native state, North Carolina,
through the courtesy of our highly
esteemed brethren But our God has
arranged it to his own pleasure and
we submit, we trust, with broken
| heart and contrite spirit, for the
| Judge of all the earth will do
! right
| promise to put all that is over
| this shaft into this church at once
and what we all do now, we ask you
to do quickly. For the night soon
cometh when no man can work. |
want to tell you that the last sermon
my husband preached was in Corsi-
cana, in Brother Bittner's church,
the last Sunday of 1907, to one Of
his widowed members and her five
orphan children who are still mem
Der of his memorial church, Johnson
and Stay. The memorial money that
goes to Woods Chapel church
will be the means of inscribing Mr..
Johnson name on a slab in the
church in honor of him, and friends
will please state what they want.
Please send all your gifts to me
through the Waxahachie National
bank, as | desire to deposit every
dollar there until the first and last
ODJectS are SuCCeSS. MI Johliooll
did not desire more than twelve
hundred dollars for either of these
| churches and the Woods Chapel to
be built first. Sister churches will be
cordially invited to help and will be
| invited to help us in preaching,
teaching, praying and singing our
Heavenly Fathers praise and who
labor to keep the peace among all
of Gods dear blood bought children.
Now, our dear friends of the
press, we ask you, for | ask in my
husband name, to publish this for
me in all of your secular and relig-
ious papers disregarding sectarian
or UNCONVENTIONAL lines, as often as
you can and as long as you can, un-
til this work can be speedily brought
to a close. l ask you to do this for
me without charge, as | shall be ex-
pected to do my part in each under
taking. My husband labored for all
the people, high and low, rich and
poor. as our Master did without re-
spect of persons. So may we all
work, as one common brotherhood
| that the kingdom of our Lord Jesus
may come speedily. Yes, even in this
generation. God bless everyone of
you and know that all are invited to
help, north, south, east, west, saint
| and sinner.
Your loving friend,
..nc AN-cJYC JnIINCON