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living ? Is it well or ill with them ? But there is no reply. 

 I can only pray for them ; but why say only ? Is there any 

 thing, my dear brother, we can do for each other, or for 

 those we love, more certain to serve them than prayer 1 

 That it is something, even my faithless, sceptical heart and 

 fault-finding spirit has realized. To the God of all grace I 

 commend you." 



