Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1914 — ANSWER WAS TO THE POINT [ARTICLE]

ANSWER WAS TO THE POINT

Old Lady of 93 Did Not Mince Words in Reply to Question Propounded by Her Pastor. ■ - > The pastor of a well-known Boston church was calling a short while ago on a dear old lady, one of the “pillars” of the church to which they both belonged. Looking upon her sweet, motherly face, which bore few tokens, of her ninety-three years of earthly pilgrimage, he was moved to ask her: “My dear Mrs. Adams, what has been the chief source of your wonderful strength and sustenance during all these years? What do’ you consider has been the real basis of your extraordinary vigor of mind and body, and has been to you an unfailing comfort through joys and sorrows which must come to all of God’s creatures? Tell me, that I may pass the secret to others, and, if possible,, profit by It-my-self." The good pastor. waited with unusual eagerness for the old lady’s reply. which she gave, after a moment’s reflection, while her kindly old eyes were dimmed with tears. “Victuals,” Bhe answered briefly.— Harper’s.