/YI.!!.s . 6c-!-h/ r.Ue•t< {_, V- t..tJ < --W_ {} *- BON 8 - · ::. I ad.iAOl' l: Gt. Albany, . Gao December 1, 1962 We have sneaked through the rough places and filed down g ullies from Nashville to the bush country., Old 11 dirty Da ugherty 11 was w aiting for he:i.'"' own to svmllow o Did I tell you that we had a station wagon and another means of locomotion? I fear to call it a car as an honest persono It is really an alcohc., .ic; it reminds me of the girls and sunshine(! That Buick is a real drunkard -- takes oil of all kinds for chasers. It's about th:ee o'clock in the pout>ing down tons of shining Vlater.. Betsy., Fa1.th, and Janet are 11 M oo 1 vloo1.ng" away and the fellows "Chico 11 a nd Jack in TerrellJ John and Larry in Leeo Only me and the nieht are to G ether, on honeymoon from the mean world, the mad w orld • .And all the -while it rains on, ·water, water against the curb __ svJ ish-swashdown -- a jet plane thunders by, then still except for the water; nothing can stop the vv at erL It finds the levelo We are like the water, I guess .:t no shape., no rigid alvmys changing) mo difying our positions. We can become th ,, dirt or the "Guy" on the street or the college professor or student or the minister or junk m an or the lonely man and of course we are really all of these and more. We are the g emtle people of troubled truth, or paradoxical imperatives with a moral groundfl 11 Barabbas 11 makes the point: in the story by Per Lagerhuist he had smelled smoke on a street and heard of r unnin g fire! 11 Then suddenly he heard shods some dist anc e away: "It's the ChristiansL It's the Christianst " Then he got :tYes, it's the Christians who are setting fire to Romet Vfuo s etting fire to the whole worldt 11 Yes, 11 Sn icters 11 are also destroying evil, but w ith the cool flow of love's cle2n .;l re .fx ·es hing w at er .. W ater is so har m less but can rust iron and cut thr ough tons of earth ., One little eternal dripping can rip through strong concrete and w ear down the hig hest mounta in • We are the waters of Souch vve st Geor g iao We miss yout

YI.!!.s. ~'-- 6c-!-h/ r.Ue•t< re.:::(~ · he got it.~ :tYes, it's the Christians who are setting fire to Romet Vfuo a~~e setting fire to the whole worldt 11 Yes, 11 Snicters11

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~~, /YI.!!.s. ~'-"- 6c-!-h/ r.Ue•t< re.:::"(~

{_, V- ~ ~ t..tJ < --W_ ~· ~ ~j <-2~r {} *-

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BON JOUR~

50,~t. 8 - · ::.Iad.iAOl'l: Gt.

Albany, . Gao

December 1, 1962

We have sneaked through the rough places and filed down gullies from Nashville to the bush country., Old 11 dirty Da ugherty11 was waiting for he:i.'"' own to svmllow o

Did I tell you that we had a station wagon and another means of locomotion? I fear to call it a car as an honest persono It is really an alcohc., .ic; it reminds me of the girls and sunshine(! That Buick is a real drunkard - - takes oil of all kinds for chasers.

It's about th:ee o'clock in the morni~g ~d pout>ing down tons of shining Vlater.. Betsy., Fa1.th, and Janet are 11Moo 1vloo1.ng" away and the fellows "Chico11 and Jack in TerrellJ John and Larry in Leeo Only me and the nieht are toGether, on honeymoon from the mean world, the mad world • .And all the -while it rains on, ·water, water against the curb __ svJish-swashdown -- a jet plane thunders by, then still again.:~ except for the water; nothing can stop the vvat erL It alv~ays finds the levelo

We are like the water, I guess .:t no shape., no rigid form,:~ alvmys changing) modifying our positions. We can become th ,, dirt farmer.:~ or the "Guy" on the street or the colleg e professor or student or the minister or junkman or the lonely man and of course we are really all of these and more. We are the gemtle people of troubled truth, or paradoxical imperatives with a moral groundfl 11 Barabbas11 makes the point: in the story by Per Lagerhuist he had smelled smoke on a street and heard ~~1ouw s of r unning people,,"Fire~ fire! 11 Then suddenly he heard shods some distance away: "It's the ChristiansL It's the Christianst " Then he got it .~ :tYes, it's the Christians who are setting fire to Romet Vfuo a~~ e s etting fire to the whole worldt 11

Yes, 11 Snicters11 are also destroying evil, but with the cool flow of love's cle2n .;l re.fx·eshing wat er .. Water is so harmless but can rust iron and cut through tons of earth ., One little eternal dripping can rip through strong concrete and wear down the highest mountain • We are the waters of Souchvvest Georgiao

We miss yout