A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, wishing her a happy Mother's Day, thanking her for the subscription to Newsweek magazine, describing his birthday celebrations and gifts, expressing his happiness that the carnival season is coming to an end, sharing details about how they plan to get news from the States and manage their accounts better, describing his endeavors in gardening, praising Lois' mothering, asking for a picture of Elsie and Donald to share with Steed before they arrive, describing how active Steed is, and insisting that the new child will be a boy rather
A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, wishing her a happy Mother's Day, thanking her for the subscription to Newsweek magazine, describing his birthday celebrations and gifts, expressing his happiness that the carnival season is coming to an end, sharing details about how they plan to get news from the States and manage their accounts better, describing his endeavors in gardening, praising Lois' mothering, asking for a picture of Elsie and Donald to share with Steed before they arrive, describing how active Steed is, and insisting that the new child will be a boy rather
A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, thanking her for the birthday card and listing all the places he received cards from, describing the gift Lois gave him and the celebration the family had, giving an update on the children, expressing his excitement at their impending visit, mentioning that they reached out to his mother to see if she would be interested in visiting along with them, and asking if she could send the address of a family friend so he can write to her.
A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, thanking her for the birthday card and listing all the places he received cards from, describing the gift Lois gave him and the celebration the family had, giving an update on the children, expressing his excitement at their impending visit, mentioning that they reached out to his mother to see if she would be interested in visiting along with them, and asking if she could send the address of a family friend so he can write to her.
A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, expressing his and Lois' complex emotions about leaving Mayari, thanking them for their dedication to keeping up a correspondence with the family throughout their time in Cuba and specifically thanking them for the birthday letter he received, and sharing their plans for leaving June 2nd from Havana and spending several days in Lakeland before the conference.
A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, expressing his and Lois' complex emotions about leaving Mayari, thanking them for their dedication to keeping up a correspondence with the family throughout their time in Cuba and specifically thanking them for the birthday letter he received, and sharing their plans for leaving June 2nd from Havana and spending several days in Lakeland before the conference.
A letter from Morrell to his friends discussing the change of seasons both in the US and Cuba, reporting on the changes to their mission work given the political unrest and the increase of church attendance, discussing their joint work with the Agricultural School to expand their circuit work to include a youth camp, providing an update on the family's health and overall well-being, reporting on the work of the clinic, and comenting on the political tensions between the US and Cuba concerning the revolution.
A letter from Morrell to his friends discussing the change of seasons both in the US and Cuba, reporting on the changes to their mission work given the political unrest and the increase of church attendance, discussing their joint work with the Agricultural School to expand their circuit work to include a youth camp, providing an update on the family's health and overall well-being, reporting on the work of the clinic, and comenting on the political tensions between the US and Cuba concerning the revolution.
A woodcut depicting Adam laboring beside a skeleton (representing Death) while Eve feeds their child in the background. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Genesis 2 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
A woodcut depicting Adam laboring beside a skeleton (representing Death) while Eve feeds their child in the background. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Genesis 2 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) reaching for a duke, while a woman pleads before him over her child. In the upper left-hand corner is an hourglass representing human mortality. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Ezekiel 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) reaching for a duke, while a woman pleads before him over her child. In the upper left-hand corner is an hourglass representing human mortality. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Ezekiel 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
A woodcut depicting a woman crowned in stars facing down a dragon with ten horns and seven crowns while above her a child is carried to the throne of God by angels. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
A woodcut depicting a woman crowned in stars facing down a dragon with ten horns and seven crowns while above her a child is carried to the throne of God by angels. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) taking a child from their home as their mother is in the process of preparing a meal and another child cries after them. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, rests on the floor. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Job 14 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) taking a child from their home as their mother is in the process of preparing a meal and another child cries after them. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, rests on the floor. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Job 14 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).