NEW HARTFORD, CONN., Jan.
23, 1839.
. . . I have felt distressed to get my business done and
return, ever since I left home, but know of no way consistent with duty but to
make thorough work of it while there is any hope. Things now look more
favorable than they have, but I may still be disappointed. We must all try to
trust in Him who is very gracious and full of compassion and of almighty power;
for those that do will not be made ashamed. Ezra the prophet prayed and
afflicted himself before God, when himself and the Captivity were in a
straight, and I have no doubt you will join with me under similar
circumstances. Don't get discouraged, any of you, but hope in God, and try all
to serve him with a perfect heart.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 68-9
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