Ron Kelly, Jr: wrote about the song –
Rhea F. Miller (1894 – 1966) was the only daughter of Martin and Bertha Ross, from Brooktondale, NY, which is 8 miles out of Ithaca, NY. “Grampa Ross,” we called him, had been a drunk and wanted nothing to do with religion. His wife, Bertha, was faithful to God in spite of her husband’s drunkenness. Her faithfulness and the prayers of family and friends eventually led to his salvation and deliverance from alcohol. As a result, he entered the ministry and became pastor of the Baptist Church in Brooktondale. The Miller family attended the Baptist church, whose members included a young man named Howard Vassar Miller. He was saved in 1910 when he was just 16 years old. It wasn’t long before he and Rhea caught each others’ eye, and after he graduated from Colgate University, he and Rhea were married. [Read more…]
Archives for September 2014
58. Chief White Feather – Part 2
Who then was this Indian? Chief White Feather (1905 – 1980) was the grandson of Sitting Bull by his fourth wife. Remarkably, his mother was a Christian and taught him about the Lord when he was small. However, the results came years later. At one time, his father travelled with a circus with his children. Somewhere in their travels, contacts were made that resulted in the Chief receiving musical training. He had a wonderful baritone voice and became a professional operatic singer. [Read more…]
57. Chief White Feather – Part 1
When Franklin Roosevelt invited England’s King George VI for a visit to the United States in 1939, the significance of the invitation did not go unnoticed. No reigning British Monarch had ever set foot on American soil, not even in colonial times. Ever since America declared its independence from England in 1776, the United States and Great Britain oftentimes experienced tense relations, but President Roosevelt’s invitation to the King carried great significance in the history of Anglo-American relations, not only because of their colonial past, but more importantly, because it signified the dawn of a new era in American and British cooperation. With Europe poised on the brink of war, Franklin Roosevelt realised the necessity of fostering closer ties between the two democracies. [Read more…]
56.a Addition on the Hebrew Alphabet
Aleph is an Ox and here is its head,
Beth is a House where we all go to bed.
Gimel is a Camel, standing tall on his feet,
Daleth is a Door leading out to the street. [Read more…]
56. Truth
My mind goes back to 1954 when I was just 23. Our next-door neighbours were Jewish, and we had a good and friendly relationship with them. Their son Geoffrey was attending his Barmitzvah classes at the local Synagogue, and every Friday evening he shared his lessons with my friend Peter and me. It was our first encounter with Hebrew. [Read more…]