Name/Title
AU Harris, Joseph Hastings - 1895-01-01 letter to Bertha Elizabeth LambertEntry/Object ID
1990.1.13Context
[Ada, OH, to Miss Bertha Lambert, Bartlett, Ohio, “Washington Co.”]
Box 479, Ada, O. Jan 1, 1894 + 1.
Miss Lambert,
Bartlett, O.
Dear Bertha:
This evening finds me at my post once more, arrived here 4:30 this evening mid the tumult and din of solicitors etc. Pres. Stockstill has not come in yet so I avail myself of this opportunity instead of writing Y.M.C.A items.
As I lost view of you this morning I seemed to realize more fully what a grand and exalted privilege I had enjoyed since Sat. I sat down and commenced to reflect and I must confess seemed oblivious of all about me. I seemed to have descended from the mount of transfiguration to the solemn realities of life, yet my mind seemed willing to meet them, come as they may. I thanked God for all His tender mercies toward me on this beautiful New Years morning and especially that in His great and wise providence He had given me a friend whose life and motives seemed a part of my own, that there is a divine essence which flows from soul to soul even though separated by miles, and “though we part today in sorrow, yet my love, we'll meet again.”
I waited at Columbus more than an hr. When Leonard came in and of course we had a very pleasant and seemingly short trip to Dunkirk where we proceeded to unload the sachel of its inviting viands, but even both of us were not able to devour all its contents so I finished the last morsel this evening as a second supper. It was an excellent lunch, both in quality and quantity. Leonard said of course the quantity was regulated by the amount I had been eating while at Westerville. How about it? We had only four hrs to wait at Dunkirk. My friend Mr. Woods met us at the station and welcomed us to his home where we had an excellent time making the time seem short. I calculated to take Trig. Greek and Latin, but the three come in two hrs. so I shall have to make some change.
You are spending your last evening at home thinking of your departure tomorrow. You have my earnest and sincere wishes and prayers for your success during this yr. and may the Holy Spirit bless each of our lives to the good of the other, making us nobler and better.
As another day is soon to be ushered in, I leave these few hurried thoughts to partake of the refreshments of slumber.
I shall try to write again next Sunday.
Your own true one,
J. H. Harris
