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Yours of 2nd inst was received and ought to have been
acknowledged are this but I have been much engaged and could not
very well have written sooner. I am thankful to be able to say we
are all well. Pa appears to be better than usual for him. Our city
has been highly favoured of Providence this fall—in an exemption
from all Epidemics, and indeed it has been unusually healthy which
calls loudly upon us for gratitude to the Author of all our mercies.
The Maryland Institute is now having its annual exhibition
it is represented as being much superior to any former one, and is
very numerously visited. The girls and E.R. have season tickets,
and go whenever they please. I do not feel any disposition to mingle
in such scenes, and therefore stay away. I know how to sympathize
with you in the privations to which you refer, but our heavenly
Father is not confined to places and while we trust in him and
seek to please him, we shall realize his presence and favour. We
have our Closets and his written word, means instituted by himself
and through them he has often revealed his love to the hearts of
his Children. From these sources I have drawn my chief consolation
and support in my deepest sorrow. Truly the Lord has sustained me
around and about me have been the everlasting arms, and though I
cannot understand why my dearest comfort was taken from me, yet
I feel that it is my duty to submit. I believe that He who has
taken my beloved to a mansion of bliss, will guide all my steps
and wandering below, and if I am faithful until death I shall be
reunited again in an eternal reunion with my dearly loved ones
around the throne of God. Pray for me.
I have had a Tombstone placed over the hallowed grave of
my dearest Love. The base is plain white marble-surmounted by a
slab of Italian, the whole surmounted by an urn of the purest
white—on the upper part is a wreath in the centre of which is
the words "To my Husband", below the wreath is his name ago and
death in large raised letters, and then follows the inscription.
The verse of Scripture was selected by himself. (The foot stone
is plain with his Initials on it). It is plain but very neat-and
said to be very pretty by those of my friends in whose judgement
I could confide. I should like Mr. S. and you to see it. I hope
he will come on next month. Try and come with him if it is only
for a few days. Ma and the girls send their kindest regards.
E. R. is very busy with her lessons. She joins me in love to all.
Write soon.
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