Sabbath Eve, October
14.
I notice in your letter to Salmon your trouble about the
means of having the house made more comfortable for winter, and I fondly hope
you have been relieved on that score before now, by funds from Mr. Hurlbut, of
Winchester, Conn., from the sale of the cattle there. Write me all about your
situation; for, if disappointed from that source, I shall make every effort to
relieve you in some other way. Last Tuesday was an election day with Free-State
men in Kansas, and hearing that there was a prospect of difficulty we all
turned out most thoroughly armed (except Jason, who was too feeble); but no
enemy appeared, nor have I heard of any disturbance in any part of the
Territory. Indeed, I believe Missouri is fast becoming discouraged about making
Kansas a slave State, and I think the prospect of its becoming free is
brightening every day. Try to be cheerful, and always "hope in God,"
who will not leave nor forsake them that trust in him. Try to comfort and
encourage each other all you can. You are all very dear to me, and I humbly
trust we may be kept and spared to meet again on earth; but if not, let us all
endeavor earnestly to secure admission to that eternal home, where will be no
more bitter separations, "where the wicked shall cease from troubling and
the weary be at rest." We shall probably spend a few days more in helping
the boys to provide some kind of shelter for winter, and mean to write you
often. May God in infinite mercy bless, comfort, and save you all, for Christ's
sake!
Your affectionate
husband and father,
John Brown.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 201-2
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