Letter to Thomas T. Sloan from Bridget Sloan, May 13, 1842

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Lexington May 13th 1842

My dear son,

Your letters April 10th and March 27th has come to hand I am happy to hear that you will soon be home. I am looking every night for you. I have no news to tell you I hope you will be here to hear all I could say. But I will not neglect this opportunity to tell you my regret at some remarks of yours, in your last letters on the Bible. You call it "nonsense and humbug" Theodore is it not the hight of presumption in you to pronounce so positively a sentence which was with the opinions of more than three hundred millions of people who took upon the Bible as the language of inspiration, and therefore [?] that "nonsense & humbug" of which you speak. Would not such language seem to say that you have more sense than all all them? But what seems stranger still, is that you should declare it to contain a great deal of "nonsense." I think the term "Jack-ass" is a curse term to be applyed to christian preachers. I admit however that many who mount the holy rostrum as you call the pulpit, deserve that term. But is it or can it be applicable to the great body of the Catholick Clergy who are generally admitted to be learned and profoundly versed in the Sereptures. Could you use such language to the late Bishop England of Charleston, Bishop Hughes of N.-- York and thousands of such men in the Catholic Church? Would you know less than

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before they commenced," when they left the "Sanctuary" after explaining the word of God? Could they do nothing else but "mystify that holy book or all they attempted to explain?" Ah! my son don't speak with so confident an air of that, which you "cannot fathom," lest you should fall into the most dangerous of errors. I mean that "conclusion" to which you say you have long since come, namely that it is best tp judge all matters in "relation to futurity in your own way." For in the first place you show a great degree of presumption in doing so, in opposing the combined wisdom and intellect of Christendom for eighteen centuries. And in the second place it is much safer and therefore wiser to be a Catholic Christian than an Infidel or Deist. Because if the Christian be wrong his lot in the futurity to which you allude will be no worse than yours, and if he be right his situation beyond the grave will be infinitely better. Hence your own good sense as well as your eternal interest should make you decide in favour of Christianity.

Yes there is a sweet voice whispers me that I shall realize the long cherished hope of my two sons becoming practical Catholics.

We have not heard on word from Missouri for four weeks. All communication between me and them are stoped. I have heard by persons pass -ing the girls have lots of beau's and are very much pleased except you. Miss Rebecker James is married to Henry Davis, son of James B. Davis. They are all living in Missouri. Mrs Brand has just returned

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from New Orleans. She has the family of Ray McNair with her on a visit. He is the brother of Miss Louisa McNair. They will leave this in June to visit St. Louis. His said that Miss l. is to be married soon. I have been thinking what more I should say, but my memory cannot call up any subject that can interest. You, Bob and Elizabeth are asleepe Mary, Paulina and Liza all doing the same just before me. And I must enter inter -duce you to Cora who is now lying at the childrens feet. She is the daughter of Rainy I still occupy the same room that I did when you left. Your room is in order for you. We have not had a serenade since you left. Good night my boy, sleep is stealing on my eye-lids, I must breath a prayer to Heaven for your safe return. And then to bead. Where are you now? perhaps on the broad ocean- Ah! The idea makes the cold chills now over me. Be still that deepe, deepe, water and calm the bosom that my first hope may be conveyed to his destined porte.

Your mother B. Sloan

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Lieut Thomas L. Sloan Baltimore Md.

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