File 2: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 2, pp. 298-702, 1817-1826

361 Sydney June 25th 1819 New South Wales

Dear Thomas I Received your Kind letter on reading of which it filled my mind with emotions of the Tenderest regard; and, I hope by the aid of Almightly God that I may be able to follow the advice given me by you in your Letter I am no longer a Teacher in the Parramatta Sunday School having left that place now nearly eleven months.

I have only visited it twice during that period the last time was at Christmas when the Sunday School was getting on very well; but I hope that it may still increase in knowledge an the Love

362 of God.

I now reside in Sydney in the same Situation as you once occupied although not at the same place, as I live with Mr Jenkins of Sydney. I therefore cannot fulfil your request to be remembered to [indecipherable] Holdsworth & Mr Cooper's family, nor neither can I announce it to the dear little children in the sunday School but - be assured I would not fail to do it with the greatest of pleasure - but I must mention to you what befel Jas. Koplin a lad of my class before I left the School - he shed many Tears at your departure but bad Example taught him to be negligent and not to mind what was said to him, nothing however would do, till at length I was obliged to part with him into the lowest class where he was still the same not minding what any of the Teachers said to him -

My Father & Mother desire to be remembered to you - we are well in Health. thanks be unto our Creator that we are still in the Land of the living that we have not yet passed the valley of the Shadow of death. so that we have more time granted to improve ourselves and to make ourselves more fitter with his help, to be admitted to enter the Kingdom of God. and in concluding I hope if we never more meet on this Earth we may meet in heaven to sing eternal praises to Gods Holy Name. I hope you will not forget to drop me a line next time you write to this far land

I remain Yours Truly W Longford

To Mr. Thos Hassall

J Longford 13/1819 answered

[MS 365] Batavia Roads Kangaroo 3 Sep 1817 My Dear Sir I just write these few lines to state that should you not see me before this comes to hand you may expect my arrival every day

Our passage has hitherto been extremely [Indecipherable] having now been 5 months from Port Jackson and instead of being there we fully expected to have been in England (word crossed out) we intended going round Cape Horn but off the South end of New Zealand found a leak under the stern (word crossed out) which has brought us hither for repairs - I have some [Indecipherable] Bills to the amount of (pounds)700 - & on board for you but do not send them because if we are at all successful we shall be in England before the [Indecipherable] My Father has shipped 12 Bales of wool, on board the Lord Melville (insert Capt Wethervale) consigned to you we understand she has been there & gone on to India to fill up. (word crossed out) My Father wished you to ensure

366 the wool - at roughly 2588 lbs net. We saw the Harriet Underwood at the Derwent all well & since our arrival here understand she got safe to Sydney.

Believe me I begin to be anxious, to get to London amongst you the time on board is like lost times day passes after day and hour after hour yet we do not consider we do not remember our latter end Out sabbaths are polected? and our hours has been spent in rain I long to sit under the peaceful sound of the Gospel & pray that its blessed influences may be showered upon me - Pray for me my dear Sir I am in the midst of dangers sit arround with temptation & snares in the midst of a crooked & perverse people - I received your very kind letter by Revd Ormond before I left Parramatta with the May [indecipherable] and the salatory advice gave me exceeding joy & grief when I reflected how fully I carried into practice those great duties therein specified - your Querys though correct I feel my inability

367 to answer - I hope & trust an ardent desire to learn the way of the Lord and proclaim his Salvation has led me to leave my Fathers house and brave the mighty Ocean - I am coming with trembling [indecipherable] knowing my own ignorance & unworthy. [indecipherable] but trusting that Our Lord & Master will make me perfect in [indecipherable] and prepare me for all his [indecipherable] - I know he can raise up weak things of this world to confound the mighty Moreover he has, promised that if we ask we shall receive - Remember me affectionately to Mrs. Hancox and other friends - and (word crossed out) forget me not at a throne of Grace - Your Unknown though sincere friend T H to Mr Thos Hancox London