NEW BRUNSWICK,
January 19, 1852.
MY DEAR SIR,—I have
heard with great interest and anxiety of your continued feeble health, and that
it had rather been more feeble since your decided testimony in behalf of
Washington's foreign policy. I was rejoiced to hear your words of soberness and
truth on the exciting question of Hungarian politics; and I trust that a divine
blessing will follow your counsels.
In this time of
impaired health, and sometimes trying despondency that ensues, it must be
refreshing to look away to Him who is a helper near in trouble, and able and
willing to sustain and comfort you. This blessed Gospel, that reveals the
riches of God's grace in Jesus Christ, is a wonderful remedy: so suited to our
condition and character, and so full of inexpressible consolation to us, as
sinners needing mercy. His blood cleansing us from the guilt of sin, His Spirit
purifying our hearts, and restoring us to God's image and favor. May you, my
dear friend, largely partake of its comforts, and leaning all your hopes on the
Almighty Saviour's arm, hold on your way, for life and for death, for time and
eternity, in His name and strength.
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 625-6
