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Box 1, Folder 30, Item 5, Photocopy of Letter to Dick T. and Ora Morgan from W. T. Warburton
(1906 April 15)

Hagerstown-Ind-April-15-1907.
Mr-&-Mrs-Dick-Morgan-Wodward-Oklehomo [[sic]]
I was agreely surprised this morning when I received your very welcome letter-and glad you are
both well-It seemed like old-times-we are in only comon [[sic]] health at present-I am getting
over a spell of sicknees [[sic]] of five weeks-am weak yet-but am going I saw a number of your
friends this morning and they were so glad to hear from you-and that you had such a good salarythey all send their love to you both--I often think of the pleasant times we used to have-those
days are full of swetness [[sic]] I think of them yet “the memory of old friends with me are never
forgotten”
tell your wife that I never have forgotten those days that we used to go to the old Union Churchone very cold day we had a wood chopping to hold mee ting and then all went in and had
meeting but those days have all pased [[sic]] by and we are having other days as happy as them
always looking A-head. and when her Father lived in Merom-I was Trustee of that College for
25-years-do you remember Bro-W-A-Bell-he was a good man but he is gone-the way we all
have to go-and it matters not when so we are ready-I have had a good many !ps adn [[sic]]
Downs-in life but alwayes [[sic]] made the best of them i could-Trusting in God for Wisdom. I
left Hagerstown in 1883-went to Covington Ohio and remained 10-years-and built a Church
House costing =-$20000-and had a good Church-then went to Muncie Ind as a Missionary-and
sayed [[sic]] until we was called to Troy Ohio and from there to Springfield Ohio. and then

called back here-this is my third Pastorate here-I was called to get the Church in a good conhit
and we fixte [[sic]] it up with furnace all complete in one hundred feet of the Church and then I
resigned-and told them to get a preacher-and I live retired all but marraing [[sic]] people and
preaching funerals who requested-I am tired in the way But Not-Of The way I have preached a
good while-and received a great many in to Church About-2500. and preached about-2000.
funerals-and married over 1500-this is not boasting-A Smile Is often better than t [[sic]] sermon
All the Engraving that I want on my tombstone-is he lived for others Horas Mann onece [[sic]]
said (If we do not help others we are undoing our selves-) I was counting on how many friends
brought un things just little things-and there was 47-and not one half of them members of Church
hte [[sic]] way to have a good friend is to be a friend-God has been very Good to me in givnig
[[sic]] me good Help Meets they hone [[sic]] more than I have This is a very backward springthis is the middle of April and it has been snowing for three days and last it froze hard-Some-Day
Love Shall-Claim-His-OwnSome-Day-Hidden-Truth-Be-Known
Some-Day Right Assend [[sicc]]-The-Throne
Some Sweet Day-By & By
My Dear Brother you are your Wifte [[sic]]--please Accpt The Thanks Of My Wife
Us Fore And No MoreYour Best BrotherW. T. Walburton