Milford chronicle., 1918-03-29

My dear Mother
Here [ am in the great city Of Paris.
surely one Of the most wonderful and
beautiful places in the world. It is GER
tainly a great privilege to be here and
have a small part in this divine work Of
The T. NJ. G.. a. I count myself most
fortunate. Well I do wish that it were
possible for me 10 tell you all the inter-
esting experiences that I have had since
leaving home. but you know that is Inn
possible in these war times; sufficient to
say that everything has been most pleas
ant; that We have not had the least trou-
BILE in getting thru with our passports.
The Y. NJ. c. a. has a wonderful influence
everywhere in the war countries. We
have been here four days and have met
the head officials who are as fine Chris
rian men as l have ever met; they are 50
kind and courteous to US.
This morning our group was assigned
our respective fields Of service for a few
months. OF course we were a little anX-
ious until our names were called. Mine
was the first on the list and 1 was assign
ed to one Of the largest places. our
headquarters will be in a small city but
most Of our work will be outside in the
nearby towns. I have already met most
of the Y NJ. c. A. secretaries with whom
viii be associated. They are among the
very best over here. One is a regular
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary who has had a
broad experience, and was at Gary. Ind.
when / was preaching at Whiting. Ind.
only a few miles from me and Of course
knows many people whom I know. An
other is a prominent New York banker
IS rrfr ns
is college man Of wide reputation. So
you see that l am among the very best
men in France can hardly imagine
why they sent me to such an important
place. OF course all Of my training and
experience has we'll fitted me for this
work I fully exepct to make good but
will have no easy task 10 keep up my end
with this class Of men. Il is probable
that I will have ample opportunity to try
out all Of the iniative in me, but by the
help Of the Good Lord I shall make my
influence felt with the boys whom I meet.
AS TO the dangers of the enemy, can
only say that we will be more than a
hundred miles from the battle line, so will
not so much as hear the roar Of the guns,
so you need have no fear whatever of me;
IN fact, I will be just as safe as tho I
were in Delaware. so far as the shells
are concerned
Well. I have today met the wife Of
one Of my preacher friends OF Drew. She
is over here as a secretary in Paris. and
he is also one Of the secretaries doing
work among the French. We had lunch
together today It is a rare pleasure to
meet an American girl over here. I
had met her al Drew. Her home is in |
f. Orange and a personal friends Of Miss
Scott She will take dinner with me |
here at our hotel tomorrow evening. It |
is like a visit back home. While in Lon /
don I took dinner with a family who are /
personal friends of Captain Whitweus /
They also were very kind to me and urg- 4
ed me to visit them again when got |
the opportunity. So you see, the world |
is not so large after all. have met so /
many already who know people whom |
I know, so that I feel that l am still in [
the L. S. and among my old friends
Mother. I wish 7 could tell you all about /
the wonderful work our army is doing
in France. It seems to be most unfor-
tunate that the people at home cannot
know about it for II they could il would
create far greater enthusiasm.
They are literally Transforming the whole
country wherever they are. Our coming
to France $ the greatest blessing that
has come TO her in hundreds Of years
She will be a new nation afterwards. All
the Frenchmen that have met are such
appreeiative people. and love US with all
their hearts and souls. France IS cer-
.ainiy alive and filed with the spirit OF
patriotism and strong determination to
win this war. AS sure as there is just
Sod in the Universe we shall win this
war. but how long or short it will be.
lnly God knows.
Now. 1 wish you would not worry about
ny being over here. for / am perfectly
safe and contented and will soon be do
ng a great work. / understand that it
will be about month before we will
get any mail, but will write every week.
Ind you will hear from me much oftener
han I will hear from home. hope and
pray that you are we'll and happy.
pray for you every day and know you
IRE donig the same for me.
With best love to all, am.
Your son.
Rev. Paris c. Greenly