FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ THE VISIT ~ 14 October 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

THE VISIT

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge. She frowned. "We want to see the president", the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him. And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and Homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.

The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus".

The president wasn't touched, he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery".

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly, "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard. The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard".

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment, as Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them.

 

[luvie]

Dallas Christian Sound~This Is My Father's World

Glad~Before the Throne Of God Above

Cathedrals~He Cared That Much For Me

Casting Crowns~Praise You In The Storm

Bill Gaither/Velstal Goodman~The Lighthouse

The Trevecca Madrigalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~Sweet Beulah Land

Have a Blessed Sunday

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Almost an inch of rain here. The ceiling is so low I can’t see the mountains to look for white stuff.

Did you have a wonderful day at the museum?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOTS of homework done today....sitting in the lounger, blankie in use, and watching college football. Rough day. LOL!! Posting and paperwork for this evening.

Heavy winds last evening, and rain so hard on the skylight, in my bedroom, sometime in the night it woke me...beautiful sound.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA8litd3MSI

[lightman]

Michael stayed to our south...only 2/10 inch of rain but even that makes the lowlands pond. We could go without another drop of rain until New Year’s and still have a higher total rainfall than for any year since 2011.

The kneel/stand is slight variation on one of Lou Barletta’s commercials. He’s trying to unseat US Senator Bob Casey, Jr. who President Trump has described as “an absolute disaster.” Some polls show it very close—prayer up!

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wpn6LVxX0s

[mylife]

RIP TONK

[The Mayor]

Yes, Green, Gray, Cobalt Blue, Yellow, Black as long as I can match with the paint I use, I’ll do it. I’ll never do yellow again. Took forever a twice the amount of paint.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Yay, you got some rain! I haven’t checked .... is it cold enough for white stuff to appear on the mountains?

It was a great day at the museum .... non-stop busy. I had time to sit outside for one cigarette break and was on the go the rest of the time. Met a lot of really nice people from out of state.

I’m zombie-fied tonight. Two early mornings in a row and running the ol’ tootsies off today has caught up with me.

[mylife]

you paint? I do too

[radu]

A productive day but done in fine fashion. LOL! That’s the way to do it.

Ah, so you did get hit with wind last night. I hope they weren’t strong enough to leave a lot of tree debris to clean up.

Mm hmm. The sound of rain pounding on a skylight (or tin roof, in our case) is soooooo soothing.
We MIGHT get a little ran shortly .... unless it falls apart. It looks like it’s starting to do just that. *sigh*

[The Mayor]

Only my mixers.

[mylife]

I like the play on purple and orange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O86p6ZKcppI

[mylife]

Roll on Buddy

[mylife]

gnight gang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GphDS1FKAEE

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Hope you had a nice day. Did Sergio visit you?

Thank you for the hymns.

[The Mayor]

Cool! Thx