The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-10-16
Letter From Paul Joyner.


be multiplied unto thee, and great love
unfeigned in the Holy Ghost be given
unto every one Of you, and may you
all humble yourselves and pray and
seek God with all your hearts until be
pours out upon you the Holy Ghost
from Heaven and gives you the power
to confess all your sins and live true,
upright life before God and man; that
is what need and you need, for satan
is working with all his power to keep
souls out OF their birthright, for he
knows Jesus is coming soon and he has
only short time. My dear ones are
praying for me, and little Mortar Leon
ard, age four, prayed for you in morn
ing prayers, God, bless and keep Bro.
Joyner's mother" That is worth more
than gold to me. / was not there but
sister Matilda was and told me. Oh
how / praise and thank my dear Heaven
ly Father that he puts me on others
hearts and gives me children to pray for
me and also my loved ones and my
precious mother, for feel so weak, use
less and helpless spiritually, but God
is faithful. He takes away our strength
to show us our helplessness. Bless his
holy name. Then we call upon him.
He leaves us to show us the wickedness
OF our hearts, to make us ashamed of
our pride morality, uncleanness, so we
will be mortified and cry to him to
sanctiiy the old man OF sin. The old
Adam nature, whose power over us is
dreadful, and satan over that makes us
as chaff in the wind. What is man
that thou art mindful OF him? He is as
vanity as the grass that witherest and is
cast into the fire. Man is failure, and
il he could only see it he would yield to
God quicker and cry nightly unto God
for help. For these dark, dryhearted,
deceitful days sin is going to abound
more and more, and Holy Ghost
preacher will not be wanted in the
church. Geo. Gates was rejected and
so will everyone else be who breaches
Gods word in the power Of the Holy
Ghost. The Holy Ghost preaching does
not give glory to man, but to God. 1t
either pricks men to the heart and they
repent and accept and are saved, or it
cuts them to the heart and they 60 away
backbiting, fighting and rebeling against
God.
Pretty little Lucille and sweet Miriam
came over at and brought me six or
eight eggs, said they we're afraid i
wouldn't have anything for breakfast.
Lucille sticks to me and is fastened in
my heart and entwines her little self
more and more around my heart strings.
am learning TO love Mora, too. Miriam
said she loved me because / gave her
pigeons. But ! know she loves me
more than. that. She is my baby girl.
Lucille is my spiritual girl and helper
so unsel6sh. I told them / bad two
little sweet sisters who loved me and
she said Mora loves you, too. Most
sisters would not have taken up for an
older sister who gets most Of the praise
at home, being the first born. They
are lots OF comfort to me now, when |
need prayers most. Earnest, faithful,
childlike, truthful prayers are more
than gold, silver or greenback. l
still have the $50 grsenback. Since
the German Russian, Austria and
Servian and other wars everything is
down and they only offer eighty cents
on the dollar. So I'll keep it as have
Jew friend who will aid me. Bro.
Leonard and Randall are without, SO !
will be able to help them some. Can't
let my dear ones suffer. Maybe God
sent me before Like Joseph to get them
out of prison. As all banks are not
taking or cashing checks in greenback
and paper money, only gold. The
other Paul had to take Np collections
and help the poor saints at Jerusalem,
and surely am no better than he, and
though unworthy to even do this for
my Lord He permits even me to be
used in this channel and it is more
blessed to give than to receive. / tried
hard and stingily to make 81, 900 while
in dentistry and came out at the end
with less. And last year God gave me
500 here and in America more than /
could ask or think. His goodness and
care of me is uniathomable. Your
other children have to fret and worry
while / have only to seek his kingdom
OF love and Gods righteousness. ]
never take the least thought Of money,
clothes or house. My Heavenly Father
said he would do that il ! would seek