Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va., Nov. 29, 1859.
My Dear Covenanter,
— Notwithstanding I now get daily more than three times the number of kind
letters I can possibly answer, I cannot deny myself the satisfaction of saying
a few words to a stranger, whose feelings and whose judgment so nearly coincide
with my own. No letter, of a great number I have got to cheer, encourage, and
advise me, has given more heartwarming satisfaction or better counsel than your
own. I hope to profit by it; and I am greatly obliged for this your visit to my
prison. It really seemed to impart new strength to my soul, not withstanding I
was very cheerful before. I trust, dear brother, that God, in infinite grace
and mercy for Christ's sake, will neither leave me nor forsake me till I “have
showed His power to this generation, and his strength to every one that is to
come.” I would most gladly commune further as we journey on; but I am so near
the close of mine that I must break off, however reluctant.
Farewell, my faithful brother in Christ Jesus! Farewell!
Your friend,
John Brown.
SOURCES: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters
of John Brown, p. 610
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