And to-day I can praise His name for His
wonderful love to the children of man.
I told you that my brother was the oldest child of eighteen and he was
in his teens when he was sent to the war; and it was a great thing to
him when he found himself in the hands of a people that were so kind and
good to him and showing such love for him, after being knocked around by
those he had been staying with, and it seemed like a heaven to him; and
he did learn fast, and he felt so glad to learn to read and to write,
and he would sit at nights when he was through with his daily toil and
write, so that he could let some one look at it and see how well he was
getting along, and I saw how anxious he was to get an education. I asked
my lady to let him come there and wait on the table, and have time to go
every day to school, and she did so, and he would go to No. 1 School to
Mr. C. Dosey, and he did nicely in his studies, and God be praised that
he had that much to take home with him, and I shall always feel glad
that I gave him that much.
I was thinking of my dear brother when the news reached me that he was
in this city, and I can never tell any one how glad that I was to see
the only boy that my mother ever had, for we all loved him dearly, as he
cared for all the rest of the children and it was no more than natural
that we should; and my mother thought so much of him that she often
would say if we were all boys she would not have to worry, for boys
could do so much better than girls.
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