Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-09

me a start in the right direction than
to say you were the first to teach me
20 smoke and chew and swear and drink
and break the Sabbath
If you have noticed mo stepping any
higher this week than usual you may
just attribute it to the fact that /
found one of Gods jewels in this fine
appearing man of God. I am delighted
more than I can tell you. Although Ger
man, he was able to preach as a high
class sermon in English, on q text from
the Sd chapter of Col. (please read it
it is so nice). If you want to know his
name you will find the initials ard
name in their proper order in the sen.
tence preceding the clause enclosed in
brackets, provided, you are well ac-
quainted with your bible and the SPELL
ing book. And if you can'l decipher it
that way, just secure a Salem tele'
phone directory and you won't need to
look far to find it, beginning e. tho
first of the list.
Say I'm satisfied that it will pay
others to get out and do some church
visiting, provided, you go with a heart
full of Gods love and a desire to help
somebody, though that somebody may
differ with you in Some respects. Try
is won't you9
Speaking of school-teaching on my
part | want to say that l am not a col
lege professor in the strict sense Of the
term. I studied hard after l was mar
ried and was rewarded by receiving O
third grade certificate and after teach
ing for a while and spdying some more
1 finally landed a second grade ccrtifi-
cate of which | felt very proud. To be
sure a man did not need very much
book learning then to handle a country
school. 1 will say, however, I have Sc
cured some very valuable information
since that time in the hard school Of
experience. One time while at DIR. Sem
er's Institute / remember l was suffer
ing so much and had been suffering
torments for more than two years when
something said to me ~ remember how
faithfully you attended church and Sun
day school and how you ysept your fam
lily altar up. You were also faithful in
supporting t.he ministry and the TEN
perance work and in short you werf
always faithful in every good work, sc
now, Son, there are brighter days ahead
for yon." My, wasn't I happy and
will never forget how the awful gloon
gave way to the blessed light. But say
How would it have been if l had NJ
treasures laid up on which / could draw
in the time Of needs Maybe / woult
be there yet, or else dead without hope
How often / asked, why should I be thu
one to suffer thus9 Say, J. am not ask
ing such questions any more but l an
praising God for the wonders of Hi
love in reaching down into such a pi
and saving me out Of the DEVILS hands
"Without controversy, great is tn
mystery of goodness. AS / ponder owe
the plan of salvation l am lost in admir-
alton at the wonders vf Gods love AM
the riches Of His grace.
After coming out from the service a
the Asylum last Sunday morning / me
a patient, an old friend, and I said +
him come ou. to the services can't you
He replied, they have dances in til
chapel and ] won't 60 into such a place
1 tried to smooth things over and pacif.
him but to no avail and the felloy
J who was with him chimed in giving hi
|, endorsement to his partners charge. S
as the scriptures say, by the mouth o
/ lwo witnesses the word was establish
|, ed in spite of all i could do. Now if
| were in the habit of using slang I woul
/ quite likely say doesn't that jar you7
Two crazy men know that it is ba
to have dances in the church, Well, ho'
/, about the dancing business anyway
} will leave you 10 think oyer what thes
, two fellows said. I wender if we wi
. have 70 build a new chapel as well as
3 new hospitala
w. F. PROCTOR.