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In Charity and Children Baptist Church.' Paper
. By W. B. CTJLLOM
Rev. and Mrs. James Blackmore
Soon after Carl Townsend mar
ried Sibyl Braum of Yazoo City,
Miss some years ago be brought
her out to Wake Forest to see us.
When I met Sibyl, Carl asked me
whether I could tell how many
daughters-in-law I had. "No, Carl,"
said I, "but I am proud of every
one of them and feel greatly hon
ored and blessed In having the priv
ilege of adding Sibyl to that charm
ing group."
So far as i know every man and
woman that I have ever taught at
Wake Forest is my friend. This
statement is one of my ' proud
boasts. The fact that lies back of it
constitutes my chief asset in the
way of riches. Blessings on these
dear friends wherever they are!
May they carry on loyally and faith-
fullv In the name and In the Snirit
of mm whose we are and whom we
serve! , . .
There are certain ones of thb
number, however, who for one reas
on or another have kept in closer
touch' with me that some others
have done. This is natural and to bo
expected. One of these who have
thus kept In tdUch with me through
the years is James Blackmore of
Burgaw, N. C. When he was pastor
at King, when he was in training
for the chaplaincy, after he became
a chaplain, Vhen they sent him
across the seas all the time that
he was serving with the forces in
Europe, when he was teaching at
the "Little Seminary" in France
and on and on through it all, James
is one of that group that continued
to keep in touch with me. His lefc
ters and his friendship have been
a source of strength, of help and of
blessing to me.
While serving with the Army in
Wyoming he met a Red Cross work
er, Ruth Lillick, and before, too
long they went over to her house
in Iowa and were married. I con
fess that I felt a little apprehensive!
Had he married a piece of wild west
wind? Whither would she lead him?
What would be the result? While
he was in Europe Ruth came to
Warsaw to visit, his people. He
wrote me of her being there, and
I invited her to come over to Wake
Forest to see James' Alma Mater.
She declined to come because (as
learned later) of her timidity in
going among strangers. But James
brought Ruth to see me. They
spent a day with me to my great
joy and satisfaction. I saw that my
boy had married a real woman,
beautiful In face', comely in form
and as gentle, modest and Unas sum-
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X thought that 1 saw more; viz. that
James has a woman Who would en
rich his life by cooperating with
him down to the very depths of her
soul and to' the last ounce of her
strength. I was happy, to have her
take her place with Sibyl and the
rest of them. They have been, to
see me several times, and each
time I have seen her my first im
pression was made firmer, more
definite and greatly enriched.
Soon after they became settled
atWilmington, at the Masonboro
Church, they began to invite me
down to spend a few days with
them. My physical limitations and
other things, prevented my doing
so until April 10, of this good year
of our Lord 1948. Mr. Eustace Nor
fleet and his wife are in Wake For
est for a year or two completing a
course of study begun when Mr.
Norfleet and I were fellow students
here in 1891-1892. These good peo
ple are from Wilmington, were go
ing home on April 10, and took me
with them. And so it was that my
opportunity to visit James and Ruth
came to me. When Caesar went in
to Gaul in the long ago, all who
have read his commentary on that
campaign will recall with pleasure
his laconic words: "I came I saw,
I conquered." If I may paraphrase
Caesar's words a little I would say,
" Icame, I saw, I was conquered!"
I confess that my previous experi
ence with these good people made
me much easier prey for them
than' the Gauls were for Caesar!
The plain truth is that it is hard
for me to see how one could be
with these friends for a few days
without being conquered! Toward
the close of my stay with them, I
wrote my daughter who keeps
house for me that I couldn't see
how she and her husband 'could
be more lovely to me than were
James and Ruth. And that is put
ting it strongly, for I have good
treatment at home.
While I was with these friends
the mama cat gave birth to six
precious little kittens; one of them
was dead. The mama was black
and four of the five kittens left
were almost black. Each of the
four had a little speck of white
hair and one was a maltese. Four
of them were named "Enie, Menl,
Mini, Mo." The maltese was named
Caesar. This seemed quite clever
to' me. And if I had had no other
evidence of the estimate that I had
formed of Ruth, her conduct and
sentiment dealing with these kit
tens would have been amply suffi
cient evidence for an even strong
er statement about her than I
have given. One could almost have
thought the little things were her
babies! And how beautiful to see
her cherish and manifest such
lovely and simple tenderness. In
a world which seems much of it
at least to be worshiping force
brute force I thank God for
those who maintain and exercise
the spirit of Him whose eye is
on the sparrow."
It was my privilege to preach for
the Masonboro saints on the morn
ing of April 11, to lead their prayer
service on Wednesday evening and
to speak to the Sunday School tea
chers and officers in a supper meet
ing on Thursday night. Besides
this, many of them called to. see
me, and were so gracious and kind
to me. Without exception, they
spoke in the highest terms of their
young pastor and his wife. And
when one notes how Jim loves his
people, makes their sorrows, their
cares, their difficulties his own, he
can understand their affection for
him thoroughly, and would wonder
if it were In the least otherwise.
Many concrete cases of what I am
saying were seen In the regular
routine of the week that I was with
them. I thank God again for such
a beautiful combination of the
shepherd heart, of the sage's wis
dom, Of the friend's devotion and
of the Christian spirit as that
witnessed in my fellowship with
these young people. -
As suggested above, letters were
passed between Jim and me while
he was in Europe. Some! of these
letters bore suggestions that were
the outcome of rich and varied and
often trying experiences. One of
these suggestions has to do with a
matter that should sound a note of
warning to the Christians of Am
erica. I'm refering to the way that
Germany came to be In the plight
of soul and life that caused them to
thrust the world into the awful
holocaust of horrors that has over
whelmed us for a generation and
which threatens to continue indefi
nitely and even to grow -worse as
we proceed. I'm glad to be able to
give this statement which I have
in mind in James' own words. "We
cannot have peace without justice,
and we can have no Justice apart
from God. For jutice is based on
law, and law is based on ethics;
and ethics flowers from faith, and
faith must ground itself in God.
We are inclined to think that 'being
good' is enough; that character
training is sufficient for our child
ren. They tried this In Germany
and look at the results of such tea
ching. Three generations ago they
lost their faith, a second generation
lived in the twilight of that faith
and still kept the ethics of that
faith. But they could not give their
children the ethics without the
faith. Then came Hitler! The mo
tive had perished, and the con
science was dimmed. The flower
dies when the roots are cut. The
prophet has warned us. 'Woe be to
the nation that forgets God.' "
The parable of the empty house
and unclean spirits works in to
day's world exactly as' it did in
the day of our Lord. (Matt 12:43
45.) I came home from Wilmington
much encouraged. Under the lead
ership of Ed Chamblee and his
fine colleagues, things much worth
while are coming to pass in and
around Wilmington. May this go
on in a great way until the splendid
dream of the sacrificial Pritchard,
the heroic Kester, the cultured
Hunt, the saintly Foster, the con
secrated Sullivan and the younger
ones who have followed and are
still carrying on shall have been
realized!
It was my privilege to preach
for my long-time friend, Rev. T.
H. King on the evening of April 11,
In his lovely Winter Park Church.
Brohter King is one of our best
men and is surrounded by a fine
group of men and women. Bless
ings on these and all the rest.
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