(seq. 19)

Rev. [?] [hipel?] that I
am too unwell to [?] today.

Last Sunday evening my wife was safely
put to bed. The infant was dead: but as
her life was spared & her health is fast
returning. I [percieve?] so [suat?] a [?]
as [?] & goodness as'n the course of
Providence that the disappointmnt
is as nothing & I feel no emotions but
those of gratitude. I [?] enclose
the within note. If [thne?] [4?] any form more
appropiate in this can be [?] to think of [us?].