Name/Title
Letters to Barbara MaxwellEntry/Object ID
2021.2.595Scope and Content
A four page letter, handwritten on both sides from Marilyn Maxwell, St. Joseph, Mo. to Miss Barbara Ann Maxwell, Columbia, Missouri, dated December 7th, Sunday, and postmarked the same day in 1952. It is written on cream (pages 1- 3) and blue (page 4) and cream (page 3) stationary inside a business sized envelope from the Hotel Lincoln-Douglas, Quincy, Illinois with the senders home address beneath and containing a 3¢ NATO stamp. Written diagonally is the message "Can a Christian Hate?"Context
Querida -
Such a lot I have to tell you! This week has been such a busy one. . . . I shall start with Wed. and go on from there.
Miss Gallagher was not at school Wed. - Fri. . . . she fell at home and broke three small bones in her foot, displaced others, strained a ligament . . . , and hurt a muscle in the opposite leg. . . . . . She . . . hopes to be at work tomorrow . . .
Wed. I was pre-occupied with preparations for the program after the church supper that night. . . . things went off very smoothly, and our collection amounted to over $30, . . . .
While talking with John, I told him you enjoyed being home and hearing him again. . . . . He was in the midst of writing twenty-one prayers. . One of the radio stations is going to start & end each day with a prayer, . . . . .
I have now bought three Christmas cards for the minister, so we should be able to pick one that we like.
Butch . . . and Bill . . both were chosen for the City League football all-stars. . . . . . . (They) were also named to the all-Pony Express team, . . . .
. . . . , everything is happening on the 17th! . . . , the A.A.U.N Christmas party occurs, and our choir is to go caroling at the County Home. . . . Wish I were triplets.
And I wish you'd see all the good movies that have been, are, or will be here! . . . "The Quiet Man" . . "Way of a Gaucho" . , "The Lusty Men" . . . . "The Crimson Pirate" . . "Red River" . . , Les Miserables" . . "My Man and I" , and "O'Henry's Full House".. . .
Tomorrow night I have two A.A.U.N. meetings, . . the Music Group, . . . (and) the Board. . . . That will be two Board meetings I have missed; . . . .
This afternoon we are all going to the Fortnightly Oregon Recital, . . . J.C. coir is to sing, . . . Maxine is to play, . . . will start out with Bach. . . .
As usual, I have saved the best for the last. John preached this morning on "Can a Christian Hate?" . . . He started out with . . . "Be angry, but do not sin". . . . Today is December 7th; . . . Its infamy we can never forget. . . . From then on we learned, or were taught to hate the enemy. . . . Many times Jesus was angry . . . because of evildoers or hypocrites, . . . or the money changers. . . . . . anger, a thing of brief duration; . . "never let the sun set on your anger", . . . . We must seek forgiveness. . . .
But why spea of hate in the Christmas season? This is a time of love and peace on earth. . . . . - how can you fight Red Communism with love? . . . . . . . Letting anger grow and fester into hatred is sin. . . . It isn't' the big things that bring hatred, but the little things which we dwell on and do not allow to die, . . . . . . (The devil) works not only by temptation of the flesh, but by temptation of the mind & spirit as well. "Be angry, but do not sin".
It was powerful, . . .Hope you are well, . . . Mama has been having her back trouble again. I hope she is soon over it.
Love from all,Lexicon
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7¼" x 10½"
