Yes, by your hand
God will supply my need. Now do as you think proper. From your
unworthy
OSHANA.
P.S. The other letter (enclosed) is for Sarah, and on this subject.
Some time after he was engaged to her, she was very sick, when he
wrote as follows; and the reader will notice that the "honored lady"
gives place to
DEAR MOTHER, AND NOURISHER OF SARAH: I have no friend in whose
pleasant, pure love I can delight as in Sarah, and she is now
wasting away on a bed of sickness. My heart is very heavy with
sorrow on her account. Yes, I am so borne down with trouble, that
for three days my tears have not been stayed. I do not say this to
boast of my love. I owe her all this. I have a petition to make;
which is, that you will do all you can for Sarah. But I need not ask
this, for I am confident that your kindness, will lead you to do,
and cause to be done, all that can be done for her. But will you not
let me know whether her sickness increases or diminishes?--if it
increases, that my sighs and tears may increase in pleading before
the Lord for mercy, and if it diminishes, that my thanksgivings may
increase before our merciful Father in heaven.
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