Your letter, my dear S e, came

I duly to hand, and I assure you was
' received with the greatest pleasure
I by y<nir interested friend. Previously
to hearing from you — I felt at tim^s
quite anxious on your account; and
was often led mentally to inquire^ How
is my Salome ? is she yet rejoicing in
hc^, or is*sbe again in a state of des-
pendency.
If not deceived, my dear g>rl, the
night which you spent with me, I had
joy which the stranger intermeddleth
not with. I trust we were both partak*
€rs of those joys which this world
knows nothing of. Oh yes, S , I
fBd wish to rejoice with you who re-
joiced — I thought i could call upon
my soul and all that was within me to
bless the Lord for what he had done,
and was still doing — I could say, bless-
I ed be the name of our God, that he
has determined a few precious souls
I should taste and see that the Lord is
fSracious. I felt a nearness and unioa



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for ycaii which I think I.dp not (or the

people of the world.
