Meeting the Children Who Would Be Hers
Do you know what day this is? It is the third anniversary of our meeting. Three years ago today, three simple, childlike girls received a costly gift from heaven, the gift of a friend after their own …
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Stories from inside it
The Biggest Man in Georgia
When I reached twenty-one the Captain told me I was a free man, but he urged me to stay with him. He said he would treat me right, and pay me as much as anybody else would. The Captain's son and I wer…
The Picture in My Left-Hand Pocket
Your grand letter of Dec 26 came last night and of course I was as happy as a kid with a bonbon, I am so glad you had a happy white Christmas. It is a good omen I'm sure and I sincerely hope that "flu…
On Christmas Day, 1829
Up to this period I had been principally engaged with my father in the labors of the farm. The leisure hours allowed me were generally either employed over my books, or playing on the violin—an amusem…
A Pedler Declared Us Husband and Wife
YEAR after year rolled on. Master Jonas Mannyfield lived seven miles from us, on the other side of the Blue Ridge; and he owned a likely young fellow called Jerry. We had always known each other, and …
A Grain of Sand Toward a Great Structure
I want to make myself worthy of the highest title, and that is a Child of God. Have I not told you often that we were done with all personal happiness? Now life comes to demand that promise of me. I …
Every Piece of Money We Could Save
So I sat down and wrote to Lucilla, that I could live alone no longer, and saying to her the sad farewell, which we could not say when we were sundered. I asked Mary R. Moore to come and cheer me in m…
A Home Where There Is Peace
You do not know with what affection this, my first letter from my new home, is written. A home where, praise God, there is peace and love everywhere, and we are all happy with and through one another.…
I Won't Tie You to a Cripple
I have just finished the Regimental Banquet. It was a very solemn affair. Colonel Klemm made us a speech on our duties to God and country, and Lieutenant Colonel Elliott made one on the duties of an a…