Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-03-04
NASHVILLE, TENN.

lust writes when the Spirit moves her.
We have so many things on our mind
we would like to speak of, we hardly
know what to say first
Well, we are glad to report that
things are looking more hopeful to us
at least, as the writer's husband has
been employed by the J. o. Kirkpat-
rick & Son Lumber Co., working all of
last week for the first whole week
While hundreds have had to resort to
the United Charities, yet through the
goodness of God, we have not We say
this with humility and with gratitude
toward God The old prophet Habak-
kuk said: Although the fig tree shall
not blossom, neither shall the fruit be
in the vines. The labor of the olives
shall fail and the field shall yield no
meat; the fiocks shall be cut off from
the fold, and there shall be no herd in
the stalls" Yet he said, 81 will re-
joice in the Lord" And David said:
81 have been young and am old, yet /
have not seen the righteous forsaken
nor his seed begging bread" We do
not claim to be overly righteous our
selves, but by Gods help we are fight
ing for the right and against the wrong
But we did claim the promise that
we would not be forsaken or beg
bread. AS our parents and grand-par-
ents were Cody people altho' perhaps
had their faults and made mistakes,
but lived up to all the light they had
of being righteous.
think it reasonable to trust God in
the struggles and hard places of life.
Altho He is under no obligations to us
If we just sit idly down and not do our
best when We can; but after we do our
best and then canhot go any farther,
He then comes to our aid in his own
way. Not in our way, but in his way
the Lord will provide. have for
long time told those that were strug-
Cling with life's problems, that there is
way through If we look to God. And
after just having met one of the hard
est problems of our lives we yet say
there Is way through, for what God
has been to us in the past and at the
present he can be in the future If we
do our part He has not promised to
supply our wants-just our needs.
Well, as we said in former letter,
we are living in perilous times and
many may ask what is the cause of all
the hard times and all the trouble Of
various kinds that are following the
high cost of living. The Republicans
say its the Democrats, who have caus-
ed it all; the Democrats say it's the Eu-
ropeap war. Well, be this as 1t may,
but according to the Bible prophecy,
all this trouble was to come, and 1t is
all the result of sin. Why should we
feel hard toward the Democratic party
If we do feel that the present admins
tration has caused all business to come
to stand-still. AS said this all is to
be, let the cause be what 1t may Now
my friends may think for a Republi-
can this is very broad assertion, but
think good Republican ought to be
reasonable and level headed A DEM
ocrat feels he has just as much right
to his convictions as us Republicans.
l believe in giving the other person the
same right claim for myself.
Well, a little news and | close for
this time.
Nick Sewell of Green Brier, Tenn,
was in Nashville recently.
Geo Grant of Bloomington, ILL.,, who
has been visiting friends and relatives
in Tennessee, spent one day and night
with us last week We were glad to
see Geo. coming to the front, in spite
Of the struggle he has had to secure
an education, ard best of all he Is
Christian boy who has taken stand
Tor the right.
Yes, certainly, Lola Lee West, we
want to see you if you ever pass
through Nashville.
Thank you, Tennie Robinson and all
he rest of you good folks for your
compliments.
Say, Daddie Judd, why don't you
write from Lone Oak. Come again,
A'pheus, and write us line when you
ret over your founder
Well, we felt indeed sad to hear of
he death of Mr. Massa. Indeed
rood man has gone. Mollie Dahuff