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circle of a very different class, however,
and will therefore turn from the thought
which is often uppermost, that ingratitude
of the many which inclines to crush the
poor, and fill our land with poverty and
woe.

There must be much suffering
in our cities this winter tho' the benevo-
lent institutions have been increasing each
winter; but there are so many families de-
prived of their laboring members that a
great deal must be needful to supply the
wants of the lonely, the feeble and the juvenile.
We all need the faith of the energetic George
Muller. If you have a circulating Library in
your neighbourhood, let me recommend G. M's.
Life of Trust. P. Hurlbut purchased it to lend.
Then perusing it in her family she lent it out,
and now hears that it is read by many and she
knows not when she will see it again. I
think this a good investment of a dollar.

Thou knowest my dear that I am in-
clined to look for a sudden removal and tho'
I may be mistaken and may yet live to wear
out the patience and even the strength of
my friends, I do not expect it, but in the

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hope of better things will entreat thee,
should this sorrow fall suddenly upon
thy Cousin, my long loved brother, to has-
ten to him, and spend with him a
few days of what would otherwise be
his most lovely season. But oh! the
days, weeks, months, and perhaps years,
that he may have to wear the mantle
of loneliness and at time the gloom of despond-
ency! This prospect I dare not look at
much, lest my tender regard for him
should lead me to attempt to ward off
the danger from him, and plead for
longer life on his account, when I have
been so long assured that the Omniscient
Eye sees what is best for us, and guides
the movements, and helps forward the
plans of all who see for his Divine in-
structions.

I seem to be living a sec-
ond life having passed my fifty seventh
year ere I could see God as the loving
father of every intellectual being; ere
I saw him as good to his children
as an earthly parent must be even