Last evening I attended a German Reformed church in
Frederick City. I was not quite near enough to hear all the sermon,1
and I regret to say fell asleep; but had I been near enough to hear, would
probably not have been so unfortunate. The minister is a gifted one, and the
building beautiful. The pews are arranged in a circular form, so that every
person faces the pulpit. The town appears to be a charming place, neat and
beautiful. The ladies and gentlemen were sitting in front of the doors, and all
looked so comfortable, and I may say elegant, according to my ideas, and their
enjoyment looked so genuine, that my heart was in sympathy with the
surroundings. If such scenes could only surround me in Lexington, how my heart
would, under a smiling Providence, rejoice!
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1 His modesty had led him to take a back seat.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 346
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