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1 tcrolt.-r 14, J9l7 WILMETTE LIFE throu~h REV. F~ C. STIFLER FINDS it-------============ Office. a dt.·:t.en lads out the St;ttc. now farmers ·mc.l merchants and MANWITHHEARTOFGOLD' Pilgrirns to Holy Land Offer A1uch of Interest railroad mt·n. were luckless orphan.., when found them. l"ndt· Uam <·nee ··Uncle Ham," Seventy, Keeps Up i Spirits of Seventy-five in 1 Tourist Band This is the th:rd article of a series by the Rev. Francis Carr Stifier, pastor of Wilmette Baptist church, tellinR of his recent journey to the Holy Land. It is a story emphasizing the high lif(hts and is interestin~ from start to finish. ·.'1~'!',: t '-~ 1,, I I: i I M \' -~··ti l i :t tllil trn· "'tl"p t·ct. 1k-j f1,r l·~ 111·t c:trt· t·.1 tr:t\t J :ti··TI··. :\h· "11ij·: tlti"'l' tJH':tll a ~t t· :t t dt'al tu ·t. 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I l!' ,J 'f' d j "~~I· ' \ 1t !', t·h< ·. 1, II ·I T dtol!l.t jj \' l o\1 l 'ol !J:,J 1 :11<! -1'\ 1 !' ' \ · ',(' ,.,.,,,,]c \' l ll:(,tfl t (ttl! oli tht tlt'-t'l IT···- ·\' til·: t ,,f Jii1. !1 ,llo'. · '.t· ·d tl ·" \\r ,; " ' l 111 r,· .1 ... ;~-.. ... i: n: Ltl,J, . t ill · ' ' hil'h ·: ;,Jt-aJi .. tn .l! :d d til'- li\ :11...: :t·· \'. ,. lntroducin~ ·' · rt. ·r . \' ·. I ! r rnr t11 1 Uncle Ham ·1·r th.t' t~1n I", .. u-.. t!·n ·L ·}· l' II" \\l' I t1 I :t ir.. i. ·I 1-rt' "' ;h.tt .tt T , , . l': "~ · r I ... ('I' til ( I ; l .11 ~·' ,· r '11'11 Tht·rt· ;ar~· t hrce distant corners to our ttlcl 'iriend\ farm. (He is vour iril·tul no\\ -- cn·n tht· !'idl~lllin~ lawp·r down in ~J akinaw whom Uncle had H·nt reclinJ:.{ to th·~ floor in the middlt.: oi a trial. ri:-;king rmHcmalt of court, t·\·...:n he lo\'t·s Cndt· Ham now). Well. on t hcst· t hn·e cona·n., Iitt lc cottages Ita rc J,ccn ··rcrtcd. In each of them is I a l·ed ;uul l'hair and stove. They arc ! u-.nalh· ocrnpic<l hy men who arc out I oi \\'nrk. l'nck Balli tilles them over. ! lie nt·n·r 'P"il-. tht~rn . The countr;~idl· j.., iull ui ft·llows ht· has helped arou11d t !11' l'1 ·rtH·r \dtt·n t lw erop . . h:l\ t · iailt:d. ' 110t the rcmini~c~tll L·nrlt· Han1 i. '"rt. lit· i-. :d\\ay~ think:ug ahcatl. Ill' i=" thinkin~ a goo·l c..lcal of the da,· he P<h·t'" thn·u ~ h the gatts. He doesn't il·ar that cb_\·. lie take:-, it inr g-ranted. It j., going t1, he a not her of his Creator\ ).!itt:-. like lif<·. and health. and fric-ruls. and opportunity to help. H,. is thiuking ahout that little deposit at the hank. (~od can us<~ that after he has gone iu:-t as it has hcen used throu:.:hottt the vcar:-.. He is thinking <Jf an orphana!.!C', nr a Home for th<' Friendk:-.... I dare :-;av it i=- ~ttl writtl'n down and witnessed to. Jerusalem at Laat But ht·iorc these thin~s should be, Unci<: Ham wanted to sec the Bible Lancls. He ~rcw weary waiting- for Southampton. It was the first week in hi:; life he had · not looked at field:, that rai~c corn ancl oab. In Eugland ant1 in France. the cattle and the crops loc!;ed better to him than the catlscdrals and castles. Bv the time I left him at 'Al~·xandria. his patience had heeil almost exhausted. It has been twentY-fL\'e davs since he left Illinois. a net it :-till \\'t)ttld he three more be· fore he entered the l!atcs of Jerusalem As a t)artv. \\'t.> really had no chance tu get al'C)Uaintcd till Wl' ~tided from tht' dock at ~lars~illcs ior ;, fi,·e oav cruise arn.~ss the lcn~th and bn·adth f·f the ~[cditcrrant:an. \Vc almost filled th<' ~Ct'nnd Cia~~ accommodation'. \\·c dt)lllinatcd tht· atmosphere oi tht· diniug- · m<..,lll. \\'e are con-.tauth· tlll.!t·tha on till· <krk. \\'hat intaeo..,till).! tim~-. \\\.' had. Some oeoplt.' makt· a laJZ\' time t~f :o-uch a stretch. I nnTr Cttttlcl. T sclu:dttlt·d tn\' da\'5 and iu t ltc ~chl·dulc. I (ldibcratclv put the Pt·ri< td:- \\hen l shoulcl ':tlk to "ttrh ami "ll~' a 1·~·rsn·t. about ~urh <ltld sud1 a top:r. TIH· r~ \H'fl' .;uch rare pcoph.· t hrn:. and we lla<l -..o IIIIIch in common. \\'c \\l.'rt· iu-..cd togl'lht·r with otw holy dt:..,ire. Fond Hope Realized ' ·I rc ·11!1 1 I l111 ' \I I'll' Ill,. "I 'll l' ··· nr-. j., .. · , · .t·!,,. I I In m:tn ,. c:bt's \\'e w crc rca liz iug 'tt.' iPil<ft. ... t lw11~ <·f ,.t::us. \V t' were -.kirtinl.! at th· \i.'rv montt·rtt the 11'0!it intt·re~t in1.! :-;pot-; in the world. Italy. kir·t!' and ;1 1!. und<"r thl' thumb of ~1us· -.oliui. Turkcv and Grccrc. iust fivl' vear" old in the· mo-.t prornisint.< ucw ~lart tltt.'Y had ha -l f<'"~r rent1·rics. Et:!vPt sln·int! ~1\\·a,· from England with iust a h·tc morr frN·rlnm than l,eforc. Pal(·qine hri··tling- with tb(' orohlem~ and P<,..~ihilitit.·' nf a Rriti!'h mandate Tut' , 1<1111 11. 1: ··:t t 'II! 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II, '~'·d' l.t'·d t·· pn open. hut at last · in~t·r landc<l at wharf in Alexandria ·,afkifliT :t'roUrJcl 011 tht· dt'{'k. i'Jli(l\"ill:..! r ~II\ hi-. -.{olf'\ lit· h:1 ... 110 fCa:-.01\ t() ~top I ; Jack llotll'k, a young ~t:W ·hp ht·avv c;('il when t'\'t·n m 1·rnl 1t·r.:. 41 f \\t·rn· 11\1'! tin.tll\t' IIi-. hc.llth is all ; York paqnr. and ~I ariorit· l Iouck ·ht· cr('\\' ,, .c'f'{' .,:ck. 1 fhl 111 )1 krill\\ ·h.tt ;1 Jll:ttl ,,j tl : rc,·-~rt~re H'<lf~ au<l , (ln\H'I' kit 1 : 1he gt·nial Captain :1irn that fb\·, di 11 .11 , 11 t'\'t'tl 1.; 1111 \,. tktt h'll r.t!l :t-..k I [J ... "'11'1 i~ superh. I le Phillippi of th~.· ~. S. ~lctzinc-er w \l';t<i :1 nwmlwr 11 j our part~. .\nd Ita-. .1 111:nt1 ,, . . pure ao., a little child, ' ( lowl'f right). · mi~jnd~t·d him. .tn.d ·~ l.titJ _, :t-. linn. lie livt:~ his fait!:· I · '· · · 1 , 1 lit-; !arm , . . on tlw l' ~~~~ ot town: Ius 11 1 · 1 1 k · can't in<IL't' a tl!an 1 H'l':Ht . . t· r11· 1 1" 111 l' lll't t\\ll .\t·ars tf It 1' ·~~r.--.trom tlC >an· ' a rtl )kH'r Cfl ;ar 'dnr :·' 1 ' ' ' .t·· I l k j ... a pillar ui t ht· ~ll·t hndi~t church. udrss rtO\\' ··onss "'rau 1 ,,. rnore· and hi-. \\1·rd i:-. wei:. !ltti,·r 111 · the coun.. \'otJ · "", · L". .) thout him ao.; we 1 . ·nc 1 l' .. 11 a:n 01 11 : · · · I h'IS 0 1( f Wfl!l..; · 1·1 I'( t 1\l'l'. k Ill · 1lOt.II 1 .,,·Is tl ('SSC( l!la\·nr\. "' rorrlt'r ::-tnrc:, than arc the ·he wave;; T h:n'~" indic.·att·cl. ~t:itlwr ·an V()U hhmc a Tourist Thirdl·r on hi.; Friend of tbe Luckless ·ir~t · trin fot omittin~ his daih- sha,·c· The :-.,.,,·in~ rirdc of the Church. "~"'"' arlff th('n .. Fvr··nt for hi" Jward. meets in his parlor t·,·crv Thursday t·nde Ham travellefl liJ,!ht. He car- for work. And here is what thev do. "it:d one small suit-case and no over- Perio~licatly, l'nclc llam goes to his 1 ,.('\I · .· irit·nd , til'· Wl';tltlt\_· <lr~· .'r<.l'l<l.,· <l"'.:llcr " "" ' '· in 1\·oria. and hu··:; Ul> the otld en<ls · of caps all(l dressc!\, l·hildrcn's things. ~tockinus s , l>arrel\! of tl1e1n. ,.. .·tnd "'llt)" "' " . " The ladies OP<"Il the harrels. and sort the goods. Ami far and au·ar, the worthy lloor arc using them. The girl that works ·in the bank, and keeos Un· de Ha~n's accounts, one night a· month, another girl that runs the Post ------------------1 and Zio .. i-=m: Svria wrig~lin~ in the of Fraw.·e. Tht.· troubled watt·rs of Chan·hdis did not <'a use a t r<'mor in the S. S. Ccn<'ral ~letzirH!<'r. hut it star·cd many a rla~;sical ripple in our cnnversation. \\'hen our ~.das.;~'" hr:nwh t i·· t L ·· ,·it ... of Rh<'m·io. from that point on we were fellow-travelers with St. Paul. \\' <· ha(l rt:ached the Bible Lands alreadv! How furiouslv we t ... lkl'cl How "'trcnttou~lv we ar(!ued. How rapidly th(· conls of affection were being wm·cn. \Ve had lit·le servic<'s toe-ether each niJrht in the lounge. One evening, the Caotait1 invit('d us as his JtUests into the First Cabin drawin~ room where we did our stunts and cracked old chestnuts. French boats make no (Continued on Page 4J) hand~