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Andover Theo. Sem. June 20. 1832

Dear Brother Otis

I received by letter a few minutes since a hundred
dollar bill of the United States bank and before I do anything
else I feel bound to despatch a reply to yours to let you
know of the safe arrival of your letter. Indeed My Brother
you have redeemed your word honorably. I desire to feel
thankful to God that he has spared your life and mine to satisfy
the demands of our creditors as far as he has. May the
goodness he has manifested to us in so signal a manner
raise our thoughts to him in love. You speak of your
prosperity and especially of the diligence with which you
purse your own private studies to the no small joy
of my heart. I do hope your mind which is of no ordinary
cast will be active and reach out after the truth till you
shall be eminently useful and happy. But dont build air
castles. Brother Otis, they will fall and disappoint you. I wrote
to you from Chester. I spent about three weeks there, and in
that time delivered two addresses to the very respectable audience
composed of the parishioners of Friend Clement. The last
address I delivered was on the subject of education. I bestowed
on it immense labor and before it came on Mr
Clement had taken pains to give out that the views
were new and somewhat important which made them
eager to hear it. I had a good audience and it did me
much credit perhaps. Mr Clement has made me
promise to write a temperance address for some