The Next of Kin: Those who Wait and Wonder

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Nellie L. McClung. The Next of Kin: Those who Wait and Wonder

The Next of Kin: Those who Wait and Wonder

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The Next of Kin

FOREWORDToC

CHAPTER IToC

BEACH DAYS

CHAPTER IIToC

WORKING IN!

CHAPTER IIIToC

LET'S PRETEND

CHAPTER IVToC

PICTURES

CHAPTER VToC

SAVING OUR SOULS

CHAPTER VIToC

SURPRISES

CHAPTER VIIToC

CONSERVATION

CHAPTER VIIIToC

"PERMISSION"

CHAPTER IXToC

THE SLACKER—IN UNIFORM

CHAPTER XToC

NATIONAL SERVICE—ONE WAY

CHAPTER XIToC

THE ORPHAN

CHAPTER XIIToC

THE WAR-MOTHER

AT THE LAST!

CHAPTER XIIIToC

THE BELIEVING CHURCH

CHAPTER XIVToC

THE LAST RESERVES

CHAPTER XVToC

LIFE'S TRAGEDY

CHAPTER XVIToC

WAITING!

A PRAYER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN

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Nellie L. McClung

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The congregations were small, particularly on the hot afternoons, for many of our people did not believe in going to church when the weather was not just right. Indeed, there had been a serious discussion in the synod of one of the largest churches on the question of abolishing prayers altogether in the hot weather; and I think that some one gave notice of a motion that would come up to this effect at the annual meeting. No; religion was not a live topic. There were evidently many who had said, as did one little girl who was leaving for her holidays, "Good-bye, God—we are going to the country."

One day a storm of excitement broke over us, and for a whole afternoon upset the calm of our existence. Four hardy woodmen came down the road with bright new axes, and began to cut down the beautiful trees which had taken so many years to grow and which made one of the greatest beauties of the beach. It was some minutes before the women sitting on their verandas realized what was happening; but no army ever mobilized quicker for home defense than they, and they came in droves demanding an explanation, of which there did not seem to be any.

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