Remembering - Angela

This is not a very good reproduction, but it is the front of a card I received from Angela Clark when we lived in New York City. It says, With My Thanks. Clara recently found the card and the enclosed note and brought it to my attention.

Angela was an hispanic lady who lived alone in a high-rise apartment in Flushing, Queens and who somehow found her way to our church. We soon discovered that Angela was walking to church on Sundays but that at times she needed to be picked up and/or taken home from the service. We did that for her many times, and of course we visited her in her apartment on more than one occasion.

Angela was what they term "legally blind," but she had found a way to read. Somewhere along our journeys as they intersected I had told her of the manuscript I had written on Eschatology, and she asked if she could read it. I loaned her a copy of one I had put together in book form not knowing if she would be able to enjoy it or get something from it or not. I discovered through this that Angela was a very learned person and that she had read extensively before her eyesight problem grew worse. The card she gave me includes a very personal and touching note in response to having read the book. I will share most of that note here as a remembrance of this woman we learned to love and appreciate. We found out not so long ago that Angela had passed on to be with the Lord.

Dear Pastor King:
It was a wonderful surprise to receive that book from you.
It is so well written that I was absorbing every sentence,
every word. It is easy to read and understand. I also like
that you have balance in the scripture, which is very important.

I admire you very much because you took a very complicated
subject. I am referring to the title - subject ESCHATOLOGY.
Before, I read about Transcendental Eschatology as eternity
is the form of true being, time is nothing but appearance and
shadow.

The term is very controversial. One idea has emerged. The
Bible presents Eschatology as the driving force of salvific
history radically oriented toward the future. Eschatology is
not just one more element of Christianity but the very key to
understanding the Christian Faith.

To Kant, Barth and others, this subject was completely
different. Your book is more precise, and clarifies better your
thoughts. May the Holy Spirit continue blessing your thoughts.

Please pray for my eyes, they are getting bad. Thank you.

Love to both of you in Christ's name.

Angela

As I have read this card several times the last few days it brings back many vivid and happy memories of this lady. She was truly a jewel.

Pilgrim on the way