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can fully appreciate the advantages I enjoy
and return forwith thanks to God for the
memories he has so abundantly bestowed
on such a vile (underlined) sinner (underlined) pray for me that
my ^belief^ (crossed out word) not be in vein and that their
previous lives may long be opened and oh
that they may see their Children walking
in their steps serving and fearing
the God of their fathers Papa often says
(Oh the pleasures of Religion) which comfort
you must now receive from it did you
ever read Montgomery's poems speaking
of religion he says
"Believe from realms of light decend
The friend of him who has no friend
Religion! Her almighty breath.
Brothers the mind and waves of death
She bids the storms of frenzy cease,
and smiles a calm and whispers peace" (sentence underlined)
the lines I think are pritty [pretty] and so are
most of his poems I have to return you
many thanks for the Track and letter which
I received safe and was particularly pleased
with I will forward your letter to my dear brother
tomorrow you will I am sure hear from
him very poor boy he has a [weakly?]
disposition Grace is all he wants and I thank
^he^ earnestly prays for it I was in hopes we should
have seen you once (underlined) again before you left
Wales but we must submit to the will of
providence who has ordained otherwise
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we shall always feel a [indecipherable] interest in
all that concerns you and shall rejoice
to hear of your temporal and spiritual welfare
we shall shortly be separated at a great distance
and possibly may never again meet in this
world let us pray earnestly that we may
not part for ever [indecipherable] for we at the
throne of grace that my sins may be
pardoned and washed clean in the blood of
the Lamb and that I might be found of him
not having my own righteousness but that
which is by faith in Jesus Christ forgive
this long [indecipherable] [indecipherable] I would write it even
were it not for the lateness of the hour -
(crossed out word) call on my Aunt in town I shall write to
her tomorrow and mention that you will
call on her Betsey desires her kind regards
and says she will write to you at a future
period the books we sent for and intended giving
you as keepsakes are not yet arrived when
they do we will try to find means of forwarding
them I must now conclude with every
good wish and kind regards in which
I am joined by my Sisters and believe
me to remain My dear friend
your sincerely
D H Griffith
we shall expect a long letter from you soon
remember I have written with the freedom
of an old friend entreating (underlined) it may meet
no eye but yours and when perused by
consigned to the flame as it is full of errors (underlined)
Anne has written to you I believe