Section of Unsigned Letter
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Section of Unsigned Letter
Subject
Dialogue sermons; Writing; Education
Description
The author of this letter, probably Henry, starts this letter to his "4th floor Bro" by sharing fond memories. He remarks on the fact that his brother must write two sermons a week while he himself must only write three a year which is already difficult enough. He talks about a reunion of their class and expresses his excitement to hear from everyone again.
Creator
Noyes, Henry Varnum
Source
Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1872-06-10
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eng (English)
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noyes_c_cor_635
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Canton June 10th 1872
My dear [u] 4th floor [/u] Bro
Have you forgotten
that old [u] 4th floor [/u]? that lost
overcoat, "[?Conybeare?] & [?Nowson?]"
"our cause" &c &c? No indeed
you have not. And those [u] horse- [/u]
[u] shoes [/u] out in the back yard that
always went perversely astray when-
ever your humble servant in however
so modest a way ventured to
state even a [u] small [/u] [u] part [/u] of the
truth in regard to his skill in
pitching them. Aye my old chum
a late confession is better than
none & I candidly confess that
my heart was sometimes a long
way off from those horse shoes
when I pitched them up in the
sunshine so awkwardly. And
yet I enjoyed the pitching hugely.
You know I did, and by the way
I carry on a pleasant correspondence with
"my old friend" still although her last name is
not the same as I once thought it might be.
You say that you now have
to write 2 sermons a week.
Well my good brother down
[--do--] in the lowest substratum
of my "[?cordam?]" there exists
a feeling of sympathy for you.
I don't know how ministers
do it. I only have to write
about 3 sermons a year and
I always find myself sorely
put to it for material when
I come to write one. I should
have to go at it and try to
get myself [u] "developed" [/u] if I were
going to take charge of a con-
gregation at home. Your views
on the subject of "Temperance"
I pronounce "orthodox" & had
I heard your sermon on
"Woman's Rights" I have little doubt
but that I should have allowed an
audible or at least an inaudible
"Amen" escape me. I have no
doubt that your news on that sub-
ject are coincident with those of the
"great and good in all ages"
You speak of a Circular from
Bro McCurdy in reference to a
re-union of our class. I should
enjoy attending that re-union
but I fear there will be a
[--numll--] number of seats vacant
I wonders if the history of the
class will not be [u] printed [/u] after
it is written. I hope it will. I
should like to see a copy. I
fear the roll of "great men,"
"D D's" &c will not be very
long, but still with such men
as [u] J M Reid [/u], and [u] Wycoff [/u], and
[u] Luts [/u], [u] and other 4th floor brethern [/u] !!!
the class is not to be sneered
at. We may be surprised when
the record comes out. Who Knows?
I am sorry that it is so very
little that I know in regard to
the class. Quite to my surprise
I received by last mail a
letter from Bro Giffen. He wrote
from Albany Ill where he is
now settled. Dr Happer has
a brother with his family in
the congregation & this is
what suggested the idea to
Bro Giffen of writing to me.
He says he is married and
has one child 15 months old.
If I should come home I
suspect I should feel like
quite a young man among
my classmates seeing so many
"fathers" about me. I am
sorry to see by the papers that
Dinsmore is leaving Des Moines
on account of poor health.
It has been a long time since
I have heard from him.
What you say of our old
friend Richardson pleases
me. He will make his mark
somewhere no doubt. All
success to him.
广州 1872 年 6 月 10 日
亲爱的四楼兄弟
你忘记了吗
那个丢失的旧四楼
大衣，“Conybeare & Nowson”
“我们的事业” &c &c?确实没有
你还没有。还有那些马——
在后院穿鞋
当——
然而，永远是你卑微的仆人
如此谦虚的冒险方式
哪怕只是一小部分
关于他的技能的真相
投球他们。是的，我的老朋友
迟到的告白总比
没有，我坦率地承认
我的心有时很长
远离那些马鞋
当我把它们放在
阳光好尴尬。和
但我非常喜欢投球。
你知道我做到了，顺便说一句
我与
“我的老朋友”虽然她的姓是
和我曾经想象的不一样。
你说你现在有
每周写 2 次布道。
好吧我的好兄弟下来
在最底层
我的“cordam”存在
同情你的感觉。
不知道部长们怎么看
做。我只需要写
每年大约 3 次布道和
我总是觉得自己很痛苦
放在它的材料时
我来写一篇。我应该
必须去尝试
如果我是，让自己“发展”
将负责在家中的会众。您的意见
关于“节制”的主题
我发音“正统”并且有
我听到了你的讲道
“女权”我毫不怀疑
但我应该允许
听得见或至少听不见
“阿门”逃脱了我。我没有
怀疑您关于该主题的新闻与
“老少皆宜”
你说的通函来自
麦柯迪兄弟提到了一个
我们班的重聚。我应该
享受参加那个重聚
但我担心会有一个
空缺席位数
我想知道历史是否
之后将不会打印课程
这个已经写完了。我希望它会。我
想看看副本。我
害怕“伟人”的名声
“D D's”等不会很
很长，但仍然和这样的人在一起
作为 J M Reid 和 Wycoff，以及
Luts 和其他 4 楼兄弟！！！
班级不可嘲笑
在。我们可能会感到惊讶
记录出来了。谁知道？
非常抱歉
我对这方面知之甚少
班上。令我惊讶的是
我收到最后一封邮件
吉芬兄弟的来信。他写了
来自他所在的奥尔巴尼病
现在解决了。哈珀医生有
一个兄弟和他的家人在
会众，这是
是什么建议了这个想法
吉芬兄弟给我写信。
他说他结婚了
有一个 15 个月大的孩子。
如果我应该回家我
怀疑我应该感觉像
一个相当年轻的人
我的同学看到这么多
关于我的“父亲”。我是
很遗憾从报纸上看到
丁斯莫尔离开得梅因
因为身体不好。
已经很久了
我听说过他。
你说我们的老
朋友理查森高兴
我。他会留下自己的印记
毫无疑问的某个地方。全部
对他来说成功。
My dear [u] 4th floor [/u] Bro
Have you forgotten
that old [u] 4th floor [/u]? that lost
overcoat, "[?Conybeare?] & [?Nowson?]"
"our cause" &c &c? No indeed
you have not. And those [u] horse- [/u]
[u] shoes [/u] out in the back yard that
always went perversely astray when-
ever your humble servant in however
so modest a way ventured to
state even a [u] small [/u] [u] part [/u] of the
truth in regard to his skill in
pitching them. Aye my old chum
a late confession is better than
none & I candidly confess that
my heart was sometimes a long
way off from those horse shoes
when I pitched them up in the
sunshine so awkwardly. And
yet I enjoyed the pitching hugely.
You know I did, and by the way
I carry on a pleasant correspondence with
"my old friend" still although her last name is
not the same as I once thought it might be.
You say that you now have
to write 2 sermons a week.
Well my good brother down
[--do--] in the lowest substratum
of my "[?cordam?]" there exists
a feeling of sympathy for you.
I don't know how ministers
do it. I only have to write
about 3 sermons a year and
I always find myself sorely
put to it for material when
I come to write one. I should
have to go at it and try to
get myself [u] "developed" [/u] if I were
going to take charge of a con-
gregation at home. Your views
on the subject of "Temperance"
I pronounce "orthodox" & had
I heard your sermon on
"Woman's Rights" I have little doubt
but that I should have allowed an
audible or at least an inaudible
"Amen" escape me. I have no
doubt that your news on that sub-
ject are coincident with those of the
"great and good in all ages"
You speak of a Circular from
Bro McCurdy in reference to a
re-union of our class. I should
enjoy attending that re-union
but I fear there will be a
[--numll--] number of seats vacant
I wonders if the history of the
class will not be [u] printed [/u] after
it is written. I hope it will. I
should like to see a copy. I
fear the roll of "great men,"
"D D's" &c will not be very
long, but still with such men
as [u] J M Reid [/u], and [u] Wycoff [/u], and
[u] Luts [/u], [u] and other 4th floor brethern [/u] !!!
the class is not to be sneered
at. We may be surprised when
the record comes out. Who Knows?
I am sorry that it is so very
little that I know in regard to
the class. Quite to my surprise
I received by last mail a
letter from Bro Giffen. He wrote
from Albany Ill where he is
now settled. Dr Happer has
a brother with his family in
the congregation & this is
what suggested the idea to
Bro Giffen of writing to me.
He says he is married and
has one child 15 months old.
If I should come home I
suspect I should feel like
quite a young man among
my classmates seeing so many
"fathers" about me. I am
sorry to see by the papers that
Dinsmore is leaving Des Moines
on account of poor health.
It has been a long time since
I have heard from him.
What you say of our old
friend Richardson pleases
me. He will make his mark
somewhere no doubt. All
success to him.
广州 1872 年 6 月 10 日
亲爱的四楼兄弟
你忘记了吗
那个丢失的旧四楼
大衣，“Conybeare & Nowson”
“我们的事业” &c &c?确实没有
你还没有。还有那些马——
在后院穿鞋
当——
然而，永远是你卑微的仆人
如此谦虚的冒险方式
哪怕只是一小部分
关于他的技能的真相
投球他们。是的，我的老朋友
迟到的告白总比
没有，我坦率地承认
我的心有时很长
远离那些马鞋
当我把它们放在
阳光好尴尬。和
但我非常喜欢投球。
你知道我做到了，顺便说一句
我与
“我的老朋友”虽然她的姓是
和我曾经想象的不一样。
你说你现在有
每周写 2 次布道。
好吧我的好兄弟下来
在最底层
我的“cordam”存在
同情你的感觉。
不知道部长们怎么看
做。我只需要写
每年大约 3 次布道和
我总是觉得自己很痛苦
放在它的材料时
我来写一篇。我应该
必须去尝试
如果我是，让自己“发展”
将负责在家中的会众。您的意见
关于“节制”的主题
我发音“正统”并且有
我听到了你的讲道
“女权”我毫不怀疑
但我应该允许
听得见或至少听不见
“阿门”逃脱了我。我没有
怀疑您关于该主题的新闻与
“老少皆宜”
你说的通函来自
麦柯迪兄弟提到了一个
我们班的重聚。我应该
享受参加那个重聚
但我担心会有一个
空缺席位数
我想知道历史是否
之后将不会打印课程
这个已经写完了。我希望它会。我
想看看副本。我
害怕“伟人”的名声
“D D's”等不会很
很长，但仍然和这样的人在一起
作为 J M Reid 和 Wycoff，以及
Luts 和其他 4 楼兄弟！！！
班级不可嘲笑
在。我们可能会感到惊讶
记录出来了。谁知道？
非常抱歉
我对这方面知之甚少
班上。令我惊讶的是
我收到最后一封邮件
吉芬兄弟的来信。他写了
来自他所在的奥尔巴尼病
现在解决了。哈珀医生有
一个兄弟和他的家人在
会众，这是
是什么建议了这个想法
吉芬兄弟给我写信。
他说他结婚了
有一个 15 个月大的孩子。
如果我应该回家我
怀疑我应该感觉像
一个相当年轻的人
我的同学看到这么多
关于我的“父亲”。我是
很遗憾从报纸上看到
丁斯莫尔离开得梅因
因为身体不好。
已经很久了
我听说过他。
你说我们的老
朋友理查森高兴
我。他会留下自己的印记
毫无疑问的某个地方。全部
对他来说成功。
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Section of Unsigned Letter,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 19, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/761.