Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-01
CHAPTER yII.-Continued.

My dear young IeiloW. Sdiu W:
minister ~afectionately. mot al all.
Not at all! The church is the place
for young people to come whcp they
have doubts. 1t is a shelter. And a
growing place. Just trust yourself to
God and come in among His people
and your doubts will vanish. Don't
worry about doubts. Many people have
doubts. Just let them alone and put
yourself in the right way and you
will forget them. I should be glad to
talk with. you further. / would IKE
to see you come into communion VIII
Gods people. II you want to tino
God you should come where He has
promised to be. 1t is a great thing
to have a fine young fellow like you
and a soldier, array himself on the
side Of God. I would like to see YOU
stand up on the right side before you
go out to meet danger and perhaps:
DEATH.
John Cameron stood watching him
as he talked.
Hes a good old guy" he thought
eravely, but he doesn't get my point,
He evidently believes what he says,
but I don't just see going blind-fold-
cd into a church,, However, there
something to what he says about 60
ing where God is if l want to find
him." w
Out loud he merely said:
'.I'll think about it. Doctor, and
perhaps come in to see YOU the nexl
time I'm home" Then he excused
himself and went on to the store.
AS he walked awayshe said to him
self: ~
II wonder what Ruth Macdonald
would say if I asked her the same
+ wonder if She has
Thought anything about it? u won,
der if I'd ever have the nerve 70 ash
her
The next morning he suggested .te
his mother that they go to doctor
Thurlow's church together. A,Sh,
would have very much preferred go
ing to >her own church with him, bu
she knew that he did mo- care fol
1.-The minister and had never been yer,
friendly with the people,. SO she pu
aside her secret wish and went will
HIM. To tell the truth she was. Yer.
proud. to 20 anywhere with her hand
some soldier son, and one thing tina
mAde her the more willing was tina
she remembered that the Macdonald
always went to the Presbyterian
church. and perhaps they you'd p
there today and Ruth would Sc
them. But she said not al word 8
this o her boy.
John spent most Of the time will
hisF mother. He went up toHscollee'
for an hour or so Saturday evening
dronping in OF his fraternity for
few minutes and realizing what stru'
friendS hesshad among the fellow
who were left, though most Of then
were gone. He walked about tn
familiar rooms, looking at the nes
pictures, photographs OF his friend
In uniform. This one was a lieuten
ant in Officers' TraipingsCamp. Tina
zone had gone with ,theNSAmbulanc
Corps. Tom was with the Engineers
and Jimmie and Sam had Joined tn
Tank Service. Two Of the fellow
fvere ~in<France in the front ranks
another had enlisted in the Marines
it seemed that hardly any were LEFT
and Of those three had been tnrnet
down for some slight physical5defeet
and were working in munitiOP fac
tories and. the shipyard. Eve4ythinl
was changed. The old pIaymafes hal
become men with earnest s--purp0aes
He did not stay long. There WAS J,
restlessness about IT. all that puilet
the strings Of his heart. and mad.
him realize how different eterythilii
WAS. ],
Sunday morning as he walked n
Ichurch with his mother he wonder
Fed why, he had never gone more Mi1