LEXINGTON, VA., Jan.
21st, 1860.
I am living in my own house, I am thankful to say, as, after
trying both public and private boarding, I have learned from experience that
true comfort is only to be found in a house under your own control. I wish you
could pay me a visit during some of your leisure intervals, if you ever have
such. This is a beautiful country, just on the confines of the Virginia
Springs, and we are about fourteen miles from the Natural Bridge. . . . What do
you think about the state of the country? Viewing things at Washington from
human appearances, I think we have great reason for alarm, but my trust is in
God; and I cannot think that he will permit the madness of men to interfere so
materially with the Christian labors of this country at home and abroad.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 132
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