Letter from Henry to Father and Mother, April 24, 1886

Letter from Henry to Father and Mother, April 24, 1886

Birthdays; Hymns; Gifts; Prayer meetings

Henry starts this letter on his birthday, then continues a few days later to talk about the day. His two sons got him gifts and chose hymns to sing, as they usually do for prayers morning and night. He briefly mentions that Mattie is about to become Mrs. Kerr. He sends his condolences for Mr. Crane's death.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection

Unpublished

1886-04-24

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton April 24th 1886
My dear Father + Mother
I have just past the
boundary of 50 years which seems
like beginning the experiences of old
age although I do not realize it at
all. May 3d I sat down to write a
letter on my birth day and wrote one
sentence when something interrupted and
I did not get to my letter again. The
one sentence will serve to show that
I thought of you at any rate, and I
can tell you more about the birth day
than if I had finished there. Only one
thing makes me realize that I am beginning
to grow old and that is that very find
print begins to look blurred [--ex--] especially
in the evening. I can use my Eyes
very well yet for most purposes but for
very fine print in the evening I need
spectacles and think I will get a pair
the first time I am in Hong Kong. I have
Every now and then wondered whether
Edward uses spectacles yet. Well I [?come?] I saw

to tell you about my birth day. I
had some little reminders in the
way of slippers + handkerchief etc from
Bella, a bottle of candy from Richard
Varnum and a knife from Willie --
Richard could hardly keep from telling
me all about his present the night
before but Willie by [illegible] of a good deal
of persuasion kept him [?pour?] deny it.
He went so far as to [u]whisper[/u] in my
ear "It is something [u]we can all use[/u]."
And we all did use it after it was
Eaten up he got to thinking about it
and said to his mother, "I think I
won't get [u]candy[/u] for Papa's birth day next
time. I will get a [u]knife[/u] A [u]knife last
longer[/u]. He and Willie select hymns usually
to [--send--] sing at prayers morning + Evening
The following seem to be their favorites
Richard's [?is?] usually in the morning and
Willie's in the Evening and so I will
give them in that order
Richard's (1) Im but a youthful pilgrim (2) Then like a little pilgrim
My journey's just begun Whatever I may meet
They say Ill meet with sorrow I'll take it joy or sorrow
before my journey's done And lay at Jesuss feet
The world is full of trouble Hell comfort me in trouble
And trials too they say Hell wipe my tears away
But I will follow Jesus With joy Ill follow Jesus"
All the day All [Note: Page torn]

(3) Then trials cannot vex me
And pain I need not fear
For when I'm close by Jesus
Grief cannot come too near
Not even death can harm me
When death I meet one day
To heaven I'll follow Jesus
All the way -
[u]Willie's[/u]
"I could not do without thee
Oh Saviour of the lost
Whose [--pre--] wondrous love redeemed me
At such tremendous cost
Thy righteousness thy pardon [--thy precious blood must be--]
Thy precious blood must be
My only hope and comfort
My story and my plea"
They sing these a great deal more than any
others and we think they are very nice
ones. Bella invited a company of good
friends in the afternoon and my birth
day was a very pleasant one from
beginning to end. Mattie happened to
get back from KwangSi in the morning
and so came up with Hattie + Miss
Butler. I suppose she will write you that
she is likely soon to be Mrs Kerr. Dr Kerr
as you know is an excellent man and
I wish them much usefulness and happiness.

I heard only last night of the death
of Mr Crane. I suppose it was not very
unexpected. No one can doubt but it
is [u]well[/u] with [--them--] him. I hope if you
have an opportunity you will give
the members of the family my kindest
remembrances and sincerest sympathy.
I must close as I expect to
have to lead the Monthly Concert this
evening -- I preached last Evening in
English from the text "My presence
shall go with thee and I will give
thee rest" --
We are having very pleasant
weather now although beginning to feel
the heat a good deal. With much love
and best wishes from us all

Your Aff Son
Henry



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广州 1886 年 4 月 24 日
我亲爱的爸爸妈妈
我刚刚过去
似乎是50年的边界
就像开始旧的经历
年龄虽然我没有意识到
全部。 5 月 3 日我坐下来写一篇
我生日那天的信，写了一封
某事打断时的句子
我没有再收到我的信。这
一句话就可以证明
无论如何我都想到了你，我
可以告诉你更多关于生日的信息
比我在那里完成。只有一个
事情让我意识到我正在开始
变老，这就是发现
打印开始看起来特别模糊
晚上。我可以用我的眼睛
非常好，但对于大多数目的，但对于
晚上我需要非常精美的印刷品
眼镜，我想我会买一副
我第一次来香港。我有
时不时想知道是不是
爱德华还戴眼镜。好吧，我必须

告诉你我的生日。我
有一些小提醒
拖鞋+手帕等的方式来自
贝拉，理查德的一瓶糖果
瓦纳姆和威利的一把刀——
理查德几乎忍不住说
我所有关于他今晚的礼物
以前，但威利 [无法辨认] 是一笔好交易
的劝说让他倾倒否认。
他竟然在我耳边低语
耳朵“这是我们都可以使用的东西。”
之后我们都使用了它
吃饱了才开始考虑
对妈妈说：“我想我
下一个爸爸的生日不会得到糖果
时间。我会得到一把刀。一把刀持续
更长。他和威利通常选择赞美诗
早晚祈祷时唱歌
以下似乎是他们的最爱
理查德的通常在早上和
威利在晚上，所以我会
按顺序给他们
理查的 (1) 我只是一个年轻的朝圣者 (2) 然后像一个小朝圣者
我的旅程才刚刚开始无论我会遇到什么
他们说我会遇到悲伤我会接受快乐或悲伤
在我的旅程完成之前躺在耶稣脚前
世界充满烦恼 地狱在烦恼中安慰我
还有试炼他们说地狱擦掉我的眼泪
但我会快乐地跟随耶稣 我会跟随耶稣”
整天所有 [注：页面撕裂]

(3) 那么试炼就不会困扰我
我不必害怕痛苦
因为当我靠近耶稣时
悲伤不能离得太近
连死亡也伤害不了我
当死神有一天遇见
到天堂我会跟随耶稣
一路走来——
威利的
“我不能没有你
哦失丧者的救主
谁奇妙的爱救赎了我
付出如此巨大的代价
你的公义你的赦免
你的宝血必须
我唯一的希望和安慰
我的故事和我的请求”
他们唱这些比任何人都多
其他人，我们认为他们非常好
那些。贝拉邀请了一家好公司
下午的朋友和我的出生
一天是一个非常愉快的一天
开始到结束。马蒂碰巧
早上从广西回来
于是想出了海蒂和小姐
巴特勒。我想她会写信给你
她很可能很快成为克尔夫人。克尔医生
如你所知，他是一个优秀的人
我祝愿他们多有用处和幸福。

我只听到死亡的昨晚
克兰先生。我想这不是很
意外。没有人可以怀疑，但它
他很好。我希望如果你
有机会你会给
我最善良的家庭成员
怀念和最真挚的同情。
我必须按预期关闭
必须领导每月的音乐会
晚上——我昨晚在
来自文本“我的存在”的英文
会和你一起去，我会给
你休息”——
我们过得很愉快
现在天气虽然开始感觉
热量很划算。非常多的爱
和我们所有人的良好祝愿

你的儿子
亨利

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