THE FATHER SEEKETH AFTER THEE A
Quaker family lived in Pennsylvania; against the father’s wishes, the son Jonathan ran off and enlisted in the cause of the North during the Civil War. Time passed and no word from Jonathan. One night the father had a dream that his son had been wounded in action, was in distress and needed the care of a father. So the father left the farm, and discovered where the troops might be. He made his way by horse-drawn buggy until he came to the scene of action. He inquired until he found the commander and asked about his son. The commander replied that there had been heavy action earlier in the day and many had fallen wounded. Some had been cared for, others still left out in the trenches. But he gave permission to the father to go and try to find his son. He told him where the action had taken place. It was now about dark, as…
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