The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-14

going to send you 60 the soldiers /
orphan home" branch Of which |
was located In Greenwood, Iowa.
near Council Bluffs. We went To |
Amcs, Iowa. My grandfather helped |
to start the Ames Agricultural col |
lego, the best agricultural college Ia
the United states lie gave lands to
help start u. SO / went to the town.
went back last June to bury my
mother, The old hotel stands there
vet and / went upstairs In the same
room where mother. and Ed and
slept that night and they came. and
Wakened us about ] o'clock and said
Boys. get up. the train II comlng''
SO we hurried and dressed. Her
cyCs wero bloodshot and her hair
dishcyuled, her lips pale, her cheekf
sunken her form trembling. Whilt
ia aud ! slept, she had prayed. W.
went To- the depot. She put one arm
around ia and the other about me.
She drew us to her heart kissed us
and sobbed. People walked by. They
did not pay any attention. They did
not know and u they did they did
not give rap. We got Ia the train
raised the Windows. put our arms
and our heads out and heard the
conductors "Al! aboard"
The bell ON the engine rang ana
We walled and cried In the night,
and the last sound We heard was
mothers voice
We reached Council Bluffs In the
morning tired. hungry homesick
turned our collars up about our
nocks went shlveriug down the
street to the hotel We went around
to the back door and handled
the woman for handout and she
said: What is your nameY'
Ed and Willie sunday"
where are you from2"
"AmeA"
Where are you going2"
Going TO the soldiers orphan
/ home In Greenwood"
Didn't run away7"
80, ma am. Here's our letter OF
/ Introduction 10 the guardian Mrs.
stevens (who 10 now in the adlu-
/ taut generals office In Des MOines).
She said Come In, boys. My hus-
band was a soldier and he never
came back / have never turned
an body away hungry"
! We went in and ate our breakfast
We sat In front of the fire and fell
asleep, She came in about half past
eleven and said. Don't YOU want
some dinner"
So we ate our dinner and then
went over 60 the Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy yards, and played
around the yards and we saw a
freight train starting out. We
climbed into the caboose and sat
there afraid. Tho conductor came
around and said Where are you
going. boys?'
Going down TO Greenwood"
Where is your money! Where Is
your ticket2'
"Ain't got any.
We'll. YOU Will have to get off al
tho next station then. I will have tc
put you off at Pacific Junction. You
canr ride on this train without q
ticket or without money"
We began to cry and handed hin
the letter OF introduction from uuI
guardian, Joseph packtree, who II
now state senator. and president Of
the First National bank in Nevada
Iowa.
The tears rolled down his cheoki
aud he reached back and sIid: "Si
STILL boys, II, won't cost ypl a cen
to ride in my train. II is only 81
miles from Council Bluffs to Green
wood. There it Is up on the hili,'
II is used for a home for the fec
. ole illnutp now. we went NHtIt hn'
stayed. Then they discontinued tina
and took us TO Davenport. Then
left and went back to live with Col
John scott, lieutenant goI1rnCr o
Iowa and state senator, enc Of ~
best friends I ever had.
Mother wept and prayed. Sh
knew
i.d went to sleep. went to rleep
Didn't know.
think that is one r,ason why tn
- disciples went to sleep. Troy didn'
know. / love 10 1 c charitable. / vii
be fair with you, and 4 yea don
know, in Gods name | am informln
r. you and II you do know and sti
q are indifferent, then dod't expect m
4 TO have much sympathy fCr you.
d Lord. Is II ~ Tell me now muc
I you read your Blhlo how much go
O. pray, how much you 80 20 win soul
D TO Christ, and l viii tell you wha
figures you point to IN the spill
I IlIal thermometer and | will tell 30
4 how much you will weigh on IN
e scales they keep outside the door {
heaven, when you so tacrs and az
for admission.
In rising In a balloon you've &c
y to throw out the ballast. some {
q yuu' nave got to dump the bee' bo'
: Ties out OF your nome. OuNe GOT :
. cut loose from n lot of things tha
I, hold you an unwilling prisoner
this world and the blessing that yo
= know nothing of today. o. one ste
= 90 make atonement for the worl'
= ana the other my friends to cor
y demn us.
Multitudes plunge head first in,
- sin. disappear under the cover OF
" church membership and on Sundi
: morning they will bob up Ia the
= pews and keep little spit II inCh'
y square, warm while they listen 20
sermonet, and sing Jesus Paid
!, All" and Il Am Standing on n Soil
~ Rock" and maybe they are stuck
pair Of shoes that have not pa
II !os yvt " something OF that sort.
- ! tell you Christianity IS not a ce
=; tificate Of church membership &C
- will not send the wind to drive OF
"a ships unless we haHe got faii
a, enough 20 raise our sails. Then \
IN will do II II we will only believe al
trust In Him.
In Lord is 1t I? And then in the la
IT, place, difference In position, JUDI
,e IA IN, moD, right here near q
IA edge OF the garden, here, there.
e. Difference IN size The mob, eigh
fe three. one.
~ Difference in revelation, "Sit