TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MALVERY TIMES JOURNAL OCTOBER 21, 1918 P. 1
France, Oct. 4, 1918.
Mr. D. K. May,
Dear Brother:
Will today, with the greatest of pleasure, answer your most highly esteemed letter, which was received yesterday, and you can’t imagine how much good it does one over here to hear from their old friends and the old home church. This is the first I have heard from any of the good people of dear old Pleasant Hill since I have been over here, and I am truly glad to hear that you are all willing to do anything you can for us boys over here. We are trying to prove to the world that we can do something for civilization, and Christianity, and we can’t lose in this game that we are playing, for we feel we owe it to humanity and Christianity. Of course it is hard to do some things we have to do, but we will win in the end, and I believe that will not be long. Dear brother, you can’t imagine how hard it is to keep the standard of our most high and holy Father over here, it is trying, and the hardest fight I have, but may God help me, and I want you Christians at old Pleasant Hill to pray for me and remember that I am always praying for the day when I can be back with you and do something for my dear lord. As for dying here on the battlefield, it don’t worry me in the least, for I know that my Redeemer liveth and will never forsake me, and I feel that if on earth I never more shall meet you, dear brother, and sisters, that I will meet you again in the land where there is no night. I want you all to remember me in your prayers, that I may be able to keep up the good fight for my Lord and for humanity. I will close, hoping to hear from the dear old church often.
I remain, your brother in Christ,
Prt. Isaac W. Walker, Hdqs. Troops 1st. div., American E. F.
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TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITTMAN
France, Oct. 4, 1918.
Mr. D. K. May,
Dear Brother:
Will today, with the greatest of pleasure, answer your most highly esteemed letter, which was received yesterday, and you can’t imagine how much good it does one over here to hear from their old friends and the old home church. This is the first I have heard from any of the good people of dear old Pleasant Hill since I have been over here, and I am truly glad to hear that you are all willing to do anything you can for us boys over here. We are trying to prove to the world that we can do something for civilization, and Christianity, and we can’t lose in this game that we are playing, for we feel we owe it to humanity and Christianity. Of course it is hard to do some things we have to do, but we will win in the end, and I believe that will not be long. Dear brother, you can’t imagine how hard it is to keep the standard of our most high and holy Father over here, it is trying, and the hardest fight I have, but may God help me, and I want you Christians at old Pleasant Hill to pray for me and remember that I am always praying for the day when I can be back with you and do something for my dear lord. As for dying here on the battlefield, it don’t worry me in the least, for I know that my Redeemer liveth and will never forsake me, and I feel that if on earth I never more shall meet you, dear brother, and sisters, that I will meet you again in the land where there is no night. I want you all to remember me in your prayers, that I may be able to keep up the good fight for my Lord and for humanity. I will close, hoping to hear from the dear old church often.
I remain, your brother in Christ,
Prt. Isaac W. Walker, Hdqs. Troops 1st. div., American E. F.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITTMAN