This evening Mr. P.
left us for Columbia, S. C, whither he goes as a delegate to the General
Assembly. [Presbyterian highest church court.] . . . This night one year ago he was summoned
from his bed at midnight, by a despatch from General Jackson, and he had to
march the next morning with the cadets. Thank God he is called away on no such
summons tonight, but goes on the peaceful errands of the church. May the great
Head of the church watch over his precious life!
SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and
Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 162
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