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this afternoon as I have it - in my book -. Text - Col. 2:10. "And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power". Theme - Those who receive Christ - will have their highest wants supplied. Consider man's wants. Consider the fact that those who receive Christ will have every want completely supplied. Man's wants. 1. He wants saving knowledge. Man has knowledge by which he can make the rivers his road, and the ocean his highway. He can measure the distance to the sun and the starts, and make the lightenings of heaven do his bidding. He can weigh the hills in scales and the mountains in a balance. He possesses powers and faculties which fit him to be a companion of angels, and yet he needs that knowledge which will save the soul. All else is vain. 2. Man needs justifying righteousness. No one can obtain this by his own merits. 3. He needs the aids of the Holy Spirit. 4. He needs an Almighty Friend, to protect him against the evils which encompass him. 5. Man wants a home in Heaven. He know how dear is an earthly home and how we pity the poor wanderer who has no home. No home in all this wide, unfriendly world! Well may we love our earthly home; but we need a home beyond the skies, when the turmoil of life shall be past. Consider the fact, that those who receive Christ, will have every want completely supplied. Do we need saving knowledge? Christ can impart it. He is the medium of communication between God and fallen man. The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Do we need justifying righteousness? Christ is the end of the law to everyone that believeth. Do we need the aids of the Holy Spirit? Christ has promised his followers that he will send them the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost. Do we need an Almighty friend? Christ is such. He has all power in Heaven and on earth; and he has said he will never leave nor forsake those who trust in him. Do we need a home in heaven? Christ will provide us this. He says, "In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you". The sermon closed with an application of the subject - both to the professed followers of Jesus, and to the unconverted. Monday eve - Nov. 24. This is a cold, uncomfortable evening. I have just come in from a meeting of the choir. We are preparing some pieces to sing Thanksgiving day. I suppose it will be long after Thanksgiving before you get this letter. I hope it will be a pleasant day to your
Title
Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866
Creator
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date
1850-1866
Place
United States
Subjects
Bowdoin College
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Brothers and sisters
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DuQuoin Coal Company
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Description
Use the link to the finding aid for a fuller description of collection contents that explains the use of the name and subject terms appearing in this catalog record.
Summary
Correspondence, writings, diaries, and journals documenting family and rural life, as well as early business correspondence and records, and a few photographs, all pertaining to Isaac Stevens Metcalf and the Metcalf, Furber, and Putnam families. Family correspondence was used to keep all of the branches of the family in touch with each other when family members moved away. There are many instances where multiple family members wrote on one letter to one or more other family members, and some people even wrote "family letters" that were intended to be shared amongst parents, siblings, and the like. Topics of family correspondence tend to be related to religion, daily activities on the farm, weather, and the news of friends and relatives (births, deaths, sicknesses, etc.) Business records of Metcalf's pertain to land ownership, railroad engineering and construction, and running a coal mining business. The mid-19th century business records also document tax payments and some reports including labor and payroll expenses. There are a few drawings and sketches from Metcalf's tenure as division engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad. The first accession of these family papers was a donation of the letters between Charles W. and Albina Rich, given by Grace Leadingham, Charles Rich's granddaughter. This gift was facilitated by Keyes D. Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Biographical/Historical Note
Railroad engineer, farmer, and businessman of Maine, Ohio, and Illinois during the second half of the 19th century. Isaac Stevens Metcalf was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 29, 1822. His father, Isaac Metcalf, had married Lucy Heywood in 1810; she died childless in 1820. In March 1821 he married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich, the widow of Charles Rich, by whom she had had three children (named Charles, Elizabeth Anna, and Almeida). Isaac was born to Metcalf and Rich, followed by Joseph, Lucy, and Eliab. Isaac Metcalf (father) died in Boston in 1830, and the family relocated to Milo, Maine, where half-brother Charles had purchased a farm. Isaac Stevens Metcalf lived there with his mother and siblings, preparing for college and working on the farm until he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore in 1844. He graduated there in 1847, having taught school while studying engineering. He surveyed and built railroads in New England until the spring of 1850, when he became a division engineer on the southern section (near Centralia, IL) of the Illinois Central Railroad. Metcalf worked closely with the Chief Engineer, Roswell B. Mason. Metcalf remained on the job until the line was completed to Cairo, IL, in 1855. While in central Illinois, Metcalf purchased land and with his partner Chester A. Keyes laid out the railroad town of Du Quoin, which was officially dedicated on Sept. 20, 1853. On Jul. 5, 1852, he married Antoinette ("Nettie") Brigham Putnam, the daughter of prominent New Hampshire minister John Milton Putnam. The couple had twelve children, three of whom died young. They settled in Elyria, Ohio, in Nov. 1856, to be near Metcalf's half sister, Elizabeth Ann (also known as Ann Elizabeth), and more family joined them within the next ten years. Metcalf and family lived in Elyria for over 41 years, farming and running a flour mill while Isaac Stevens Metcalf maintained business interests in Du Quoin, Illinois (real estate and coal mining). Antoinette died Aug. 14, 1875, and three years later Metcalf married Harriet Howes. That couple had six boys. Harriet Howes died of pneumonia Dec. 7, 1894, and Isaac Stevens Metcalf died Feb. 19, 1898, age 76. A more complete Metcalf genealogy family, focusing on the children of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, is available in the Special Collections Department information files. The genealogy was compiled by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Extent
10.8 linear feet (20 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Format
Business records
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Correspondence
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Diaries
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Genealogy
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Invoices
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Manuscripts, American
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Personal narratives
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Records and correspondence
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Sources
Archival Collection Title
Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers
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Midwest Manuscript Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
midwest ms metcalf Box 4 Folder 104
BibID
821787
Size
2901px × 3844px 63.85 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_104_013_004.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FFQ6
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