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W. D. Gann: the Tunnel Thru The DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER SUSAN R. GANN AND TO AN OLD SCHOOLMATE IN TEXAS MY NATIVE STATE THE TUNNEL THRU THE AIR or LOOKING BACK FROM 1940 BY W. D. GANN Author of "Truth of the Stock Tape" and "Speculation a Profitable Profession" Copyright, 1927 By W. D. GANN This E-Book is not to be sold. It is a free educational service in the public interest published by Gann Study Group FOREWORD “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding." -- Proverbs. BOOK, to be worth reading, must do more than Aamuse and interest. It must be instructive to be of real value to the reader. This book has a three- fold purpose: First, It is an interesting romance. Second, It teaches a moral lesson and proves the natural laws laid down in the Bible. Third, It shows the value of science, foreknowledge and preparedness. It has been well said that truth is stranger than fic- tion. This story is founded on facts and events, many of which have happened or will happen in the future. The "Tunnel Thru the Air" is mysterious and con- tains a valuable secret, clothed in veiled language. Some will find it the first time they read it, others will see it in the second reading, but the greatest number will find the hidden secret when they read it the third time. You will read it the first time because you are inter- ested in the love story and for amusement. This will create a desire to read it a second time for instruction and knowledge. The second reading will unfold some of the hidden meanings and you will gain knowledge thru understanding, which will stimulate an incent- FOREWORD ive to put the knowledge gained into action. You will read it the third time because you want to make your dreams and ideals become real and find how to start knowledge into action. When you read it the third time, a new light will dawn. You will find the hidden secret, the veiled meaning and will understand why the Bible says, “Seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.” You will want to understand more about the Bible. Then read the Bible three times and you will know why it is the greatest book ever written. It contains the key to the process by which you may know all there is to know and get all that you need to supply your demands and desires. You will appreciate why Solomon said, “Wis- dom is the principal thing: therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting, get understanding.” The future will become an open book. You will know that by fol- lowing the laws laid down in the Bible, man’s last great enemy, Death, will be overcome and will understand why Jesus rose on the third day and rested on the seventh day. Robert Gordon’s seven days will no longer be a mystery because you will have gained under- standing. I believe this book will prove interesting and valuable to men and women in all walks of life. If it does, you will be thankful to the power that guided my hand in showing you the way to eternal Truth. My object will have been accomplished and I will have my reward. W.D.GANN. May 9, 1927. THE TUNNEL THRU THE AIR CHAPTER I N the extreme northeastern corner of the Lone Star IState of Texas, about eight miles west of Texar- kana, in a lonely farm-house on Sunday morning, June 10th, Amelia Gordon turned over in her bed and watched the sunlight streaming thru the window on the head of her new-born son. She had always hoped that this, her third son, would be born on Sunday, but he was born late Saturday night, June 9th, 1906. A few months before his birth, his mother had suffered a severe shock on account of the death of her oldest son in the San Francisco earthquake in April, and for a time it was feared that her third son might never be born to live. She was happy this Sunday morning when she looked at her bouncing baby boy, dreamed of his future, and thought of what his name should be. Calvin Gordon, the baby’s father, had been a Captain in the U.S. Army in Spain. He had won distinction for his cool courage and daring nerve, and after the close of the Spanish-American war, moved from Tennessee to Texas. Capt. Gordon had been very much depressed after the loss of his eldest son in the San Francisco earthquake, and was very much cheered up at the birth of this boy, and hoped that the youngest son might ful- fill the ambitions he had for his first born. 2 It had always been the custom of Calvin and Amelia Gordon to go to the little country church every Sunday morning, but this morning Capt. Gordon remained with his wife so that they could talk over the naming of their son. Capt. Gordon suggested the name “Robert,” which was the name of his father, and his wife quickly acquiesced, so the baby was named Robert. Amelia Gordon was a great Bible student, and had always hoped that she would have a son born who would be a preacher, so she thought that little Robert might fulfill her hopes and ambitions. Capt. Gordon was a farmer, growing mostly cotton crops on the Red River bottom lands. The following year, 1907, after the birth of little Robert, Capt. Gor- don's crops were almost a failure. The Spring was late and overflows damaged cotton. This, together with unfavorable financial conditions, caused a panic in the United States in the Fall of 1907. Thus the first year of the boy's life started under unfavorable conditions. When Robert was a little over two years old, his mother gave birth to a girl, the first born to her, but still she showed great interest in Robert; talked much of his future and took great interest in teaching him to live according to the Bible. At about the age of five, his mother began to teach him the alphabet. He learned very quickly how to read and write, before he started to school. He was always willing and glad to go to Sunday School with his mother, took a great interest in the sermon, and what the Sunday School teacher had to say about the creation of the world, and about God’s great plan. 3 Little Robert went to church one day and the preacher took his text from 1 Thes. 4: 16-18, “For the Lord him- self shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one an- other with these words.” Robert was very much interested in this sermon, and asked his mother to explain how the Lord could descend from Heaven and what kind of vehicle we would ride in if we were caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. His mind puzzled over this for weeks and months, and he was anxious to understand more about it. He said, "Mother, I should like to meet the Lord in the air.” His mother said, “You will be able to do so some day, Bobbie.” When in Sunday School one day, the teacher read from 2 Thes. 1: 7-8, “And to you who are troubled rest with us; when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The preacher said that the Lord had placed the rainbow in the sky as a testimony that he would never again destroy the world by water, but explained that God would come again in a flame of fire and thus take vengeance on those who did not believe and destroy the world by fire. Robert wanted to know if the good Lord who loves us 4 so much would destroy the world and all of those in it. His mother explained that God would destroy those that were sinners and rebelled against him and had not accepted his word. Bobbie was in Sunday School again and heard them read from 1 Tim. 2: 11-14: “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived; but the woman being deceived, was in the transgression.” He asked the Sunday School teacher to explain what this meant, -- by learning in silence and subjection. He also wanted an explanation of the statement that a woman should not teach, because he said that his mother had always taught him and loved him, and his father had paid no atten- tion to him and had no desire to teach him. He wanted to know if it was wrong for his mother to teach him, and if God would punish her. The teacher replied that the Lord said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God.” She explained that his mother set an example more by her love and devotion than by words; that a mother's actions would influence a child more than any- thing she could say, and this was the great silent teaching.
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