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as a child. I have been to Jackson and
to Bolivar since I got up two weeks ago
but do not find that my health or
rather my strength improves. I did not
preach on either occasion & took the least
possible part in our services. I trust that
I shall gain more rapidly in a few
days: nevertheless I have been kept & am
now in perfect peace! My faith and
hope have not for a moment failed.
What a mercy to such an one as I know
myself to be! I do not think that I was
ever in my life so impressed as a [..]
time since with the beauty & force of the
expression in the Post Communion prayer
"and are also heirs thro' hope of thy
everlasting kingdom by the merits of thy
most precious death & passion of thy dear
son!" What a foundation on which [..]
a poor sinner to rest his hope! "the merits
of the most precious death & passion of thy dear [S..]