The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-05


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permitted to bud ana hloasom and
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roll
/ SIR Erwtu responded as follows
when thv program c1mmNtce u.
formed me that was 10 rcspund 20
Mrs Jones address Of welcome ms
courane almost failed for J felt IN
|my Utmost heart that nay vocabulary
Twas not sufficient for this delightful
privilege For SIX years have rack
ed my brain and blunted my pen
once each year trying TO put Ia eX-
iutesslye aud impressive language
the gratitude of the union for these
warm. hospitablc greetings OF vel
come | fully intended looking Nj
some new aud more expressive words
OF thanks for / knew these Waxaha-
chic ladies. through Mrs. Jones,
would welcome us with the elo-
uuence of Cicero and the grace OF
: a Chesterfield, for they really did
want us TO come and We knew from
| the way they gave the invitation
/ that a great revelation awaited us.
Now. using my same old hackneyed
phrases (for with the manifold cares
of a woman no new words have
coined from one great Anglo-Saxon
store house tit for this occ1sion),
/ but in listening to the gracious, low
/ ing greeting Of our peerless hostess
THE heart is stirred to throb with
gratitude and appreciation and
would fain burst from its bounds and
transcend all spoken words in its
efforts to be understood for we feel
like Tennvson that words like ma
ture only half reveal and half con
ceal the soul within We are so
glad; we are so happy to be here and
your hospitality is as fresh and frag-
rant and refreshing as Gods sun
shine and flowers. We were expect
ing this for Lancaster and Ennis
clothed us in fine linen and fed us
Isumptuously every day" while God s
Town spirit led us out upon the noun
tain heights and we beheld visions
THAT strengthened the soul and puri-
fed the heart and life. Preparation
is our union theme and let us pre-
lpare our hearts to receive the truth,
lengraft it into our lives and become
tChrist's living witnesses. Words fifty
lspoken are like apples of gold and
pictures of silver says the wise man
Solomon. These spoken words OF
welcome will shine in our busy lives
: and adorn our memories through
all time. The fame OF Waxahachie
has Travelled afar. She is noted foi
her hospitabie homes, enterprisine
Ipopulation, schools of learning, In
SllNuliODH hbdl hPiiil thN Nb'N''N
churches of all faiths and last blu,
not least, for us an earnest body OF
Presbyterians ready and willing tc
, do the Masters work. Now we are
lyour willing guests, for your homes
are so faultlessly swept and garnish
/ ed, your church home so redolen
, with sisterly love and kindness
) that we feel not the stranger within
your gates, but your own sisters II
e Christ our elder brother "Blest b.
r the ties that binds our hearts IL
/ christian love. The fellowship o
+ kindred minds like that above" II
= becoming your guests we becom
G your debtors and we will strive t
t discharge this delightful obligation
r by the giving of our very best, w
o would not withhold a single thing TO
Il we are yours and Christ is ours. Ma
e his divine spirit preside over ever
meeting and dwell iu every heart
/, may every thought and word emulat
J. Him. and may self, our creates
l. and most powerful foe, be dethrone
Y and have no place in this meetin
1, but the meek and lowly Saviour b
lie Ienthroned in every heart while W
u bring forth the royal diadem an
he crown him Lord of all Your "preI
De aration' for us is complete. We al
as honored We are uplifted We al
royalty itself, If feelings decic
n things, and may we discharge tt
ry Kings business In such way tn
others will want to enlist In His Sc
I'd vice while you who have wrought
IS well in your sweet service for us w
ny lbehold that rarest OF visions, Christ
emulation, "inasmuch as We did
ed unto the least OF these little ones
of did ii unto me-, and the cup or co
ct water in His name will be 70
he glory, while we will say In the wof
et of solomon, "Give her OF the fru1
he of her hands and let her own wor
"a ,,,o{e, bar within the gates.