A Telegram Message delivered by "Sopie" the Scrub-woman of New York

  • New Jersey: Bible,Book and Tract Rooms, 1902
By Sophie Lichtenfels
New Jersey: Bible,Book and Tract Rooms, 1902. 14 pp. Printed soft cover, stapled.
A Telegram message by Sophie, delivered at Hamburg, New Jersey, March 2, 1902. Reported by Pastor H.J. Roberts, copyrighted by Sophie Lichtenfels. Written in a German accent, "De Lord has given me a telegram to deliver to you peeples dis morning"
Sophie lived near her church in New York City and felt she was bon a preacher. She gave her meager income to support the missionary outreach program and wished to be a missionary herself (Patty MeGarvey, U.S. Archives of the C&MA, Colorado)
5" x 3" slight staining and small tears on cover.

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