“ Commander Evangeline Booth:
“I have just seen your picture in the November Pictorial Review and I do so greatly admire your splendid character and the great work you are doing.
“I want to thank you for the message of Christian love and sympathy you sent to me upon the death of my son in July, aeroplane accident in England.
“Without the Christian’s faith and the blessed hope of the Gospel we would despair indeed. A long time ago I learned to pray Thy will be done for my son—and I have tested the promises and I have found them true.
“May the Lord bless you abundantly in your own heart and in your world wide influence and the splendid Salvation Army.”
“ Dear Friends:
“Words fall far short in expressing our deep appreciation of your comforting words of condolence and sympathy. Will you accept as a small token of love the enclosed appreciation written by Professor ————- of the Oberlin College, and a quotation from a letter written August 25th by our soldier boy, and found among his effects to be opened only in case of his death, and forwarded to his mother?
I am
Yours truly,”
Enclosure:
“November 16, 1918.