Name/Title
AU Lambert, Bertha Elizabeth - 1895-02-07 letter to Joseph Hastings HarrisEntry/Object ID
1990.1.225Context
[Bartlett, OH, to Mr. J. H. Harris, Ada, Ohio, Box 479]
Bartlett, O., Feb. 7, 1895.
Mr. J. H. Harris,
Ada, Ohio.
Dear Joe: - Again after so long a delay, I grasp this opportunity of conversing with you for a few moments. I had no chance of sending to the P.O. after I had any time to write. Last Sat. & Sun. was qr. meetings at Mt. Hermon and amidst all I did not get to write and have had no chance to send to the office since I hope you will pardon the delay for I assure you it was not intentional, and I will try and prevent such in the future. How unhandy it is to live so near out of the world? I was very agreeably surprised this morning to learn that Mother was at Alva's, the scholars said I smiled all over my face. Grand-mother is so poorly that Mother came to see her. I thought I could hardly teach the rest of the day when I heard it, but she was going on to Chester Hill as soon as possible so I might as well content myself to wait till Sat. or Sun. I presume. We are having another blizzard. It has been snowing almost constantly for two days and the thermometer stands near zero most of the time. Sam took Grace & I to school and came after us today which was very acceptable. There is about six inches of snow, and I think the most disagreeable time I ever saw, however I think we will have some sleighing when the wind falls and it ceases snowing. Our protracted meeting still continues, Rev. Deaver is conducting it this week.
Mr. & Mrs. Burns, Mrs. Leniger and Nora Dille and Mrs. Ed Kelley have united with the church, and Mrs. Leniger and daughter, Mrs. Love & Bennie Pickering have professed conversion. We have had a very good meeting, but it has not reached the young people as I hoped it would. But I think it has done a great deal of good, and the results of it will not stop here, but will go on and perhaps influence some great work. I notice in the Herald that the societies are having some words again. Indeed I hardly know in which class to place our society, but fear it lacks ambition in active work whether it would to fight, (quarrel I mean) or not. We have done nothing at all towards our entertainment while the meeting was in progress.
I am sure I did not intend to bring up anything in the past which would throw a shadow on our lives. I am truly willing to forget the past and look to the future and surely thank you for doing the same. I wonder what were the results of the Y.M.C.A. election. I left Cora to teach school the other day and went to church. I can not see what you find in my letters that is so gratifying, but yours seem to have somewhat the same effect on me. I presume we know better than we can express especially in my awkward way.
I presume you are digging away at a Greek lesson if you can keep warm enough to study at all. Bertha Selby is wanting me to go to bed so I reluctantly bring this to a close.
“May angels guide your thoughts while you sleep.”
Good night,
Lovingly
Bertha
