Putnam patriot., 1915-09-17
Rnston Letter

Boston Letter
Your Boston correspondent and his
wife are spending the last part Of their
vacation on the highlands Of Mon.
Twenty one years ago this month |
formed the acquaintance Of the people
in this section. Yesterday just twen-
ty-one persons came in a "bunch" to
call on Us and renew their VOWS Of
friendship which grows stronger ~ the
years 90 by. When I became pas tor Of
the Easiford Baptist church q brother
minister said must be crazy 10 20 50
Ear into the country and live on q
country parsons salary We'll my
wife and { gained what money cannot
luy-true, deep and eternal love. And
financially God has blessed me above
most city eief2ymen. Nearly half a
million Of dollars has come into nay
family by marriage and business abil-
ity since / pitched my tent in good
old Eastford
/ know half dozen clerRymen in
the prime Of life who have given up
their pastoral work rather then 60
back from city pastornte 10 the
country. My uncle, Rev. Etaslus
Andrews, preceded me as pastor in
Eastford and you made one Of his sons
your governor, Hon. Chas. b An
dfews. A minister would make fail
uTe as a martyr or missionary who
cannot sacrifice enough to serve his
brethren in the rural parishes.
Most Of Boston, in common with the
world, is dumfounded at the heartless
and useless massacre of the best young
men IN Europe. If a war was ever
planned and promoted in perdition
this greatest and most horrible of all
wars had that origin. But God is still
living. The Bible aflirms that Hlhe
wrath Of man shall praise Thee, and
the remainder of wrath shalt thou res
train" Not a particle Of sin of suffer.
ing ever has or ever will exist unless
God over rules it for greater good He
would be u selfish tyrant if this was
not the fact
According TO Rev. Thomas Scott,
one OF the worlds greatest theologians
and commentators, the "golden age"
will begin in about a quarter of cen.
tury from now Then will come
eafth's jubilee Fer six thousand
years Satan has been the "God of this
world, p the next thousand years good
people, with the help OF the Almighty,
will show the universe what they can
do. Peace, prosperity, airships and
autos for the working people and q
good time generally and when our
thousand years are up, the Jews, Gods
chosen people, His First love, " will be
the leading force in church and state
till according TO geology the internal
fires of this planet break forth and then
this earth will become one of the
"many mansions which we shall in
herit-a kind Of "summer resort an
"old homestead" where we shall come
occasionally for an stouting0 and re.
view the dealings Of God with good
people of ali ages.
c see by the paper TINT Col. Rnose
welt, Gins. Sumner Bird and other
leading Progress We viii probably vote
| the Republican ticket al the next pres.
idential election. They should be
| kindly aud heartily received, but it
will be fatal to Republican success TO
dominate any Of these good Progress
>lve leaders Tor any prominent public
office, rs old ptejudiees would surely
defeat them and the party. The Two
old parties, Democrats and BePabIi.
cans, can survive defeat but new
national party never has risen from its
own ashes. \ new party and new
| leauers are essential to success. But
if al join hands to elect Republican
| president dt can be donel New York
state and Pennsylvania have struck
the keynote by overwhelming Repub-
lican maiorities ri the last state cleo
tons
AS soon as this European war is over
the fatal effects of free trade" will be-
gin to show its destructive power over
our industries. More than 100000 men
roamed The streets of New York city
seeking work in vain, during Cleve-
iund's last term, their families starv-
ing and they on the verge OF insanity
and suicide. DO we desire a repetition
OF that industrial destruction?
Rev T. z. Briggs.