DR. JOHN D . GODMAN. 29 



"Philadelphia, Feb. VI th, 1829. 

 MY DEAR FRIEND, Since my last to you my 

 health has suffered various and most afflicting 

 changes." "But thanks to the mercies of Him 

 who is alone able to save, the valley and shadow of 

 death were stripped of their terrors, and the descent 

 to the grave was smoothed before me. Relying on 

 the mercies and infinite merits of the Saviour, had 

 it pleased God to call me then, I believe I should 

 have died in a peaceful, humble confidence. But I 

 have been restored to a state of comparative health, 

 perhaps nearly to the condition in which I was when 

 I wrote to Dr. Judson ; and I am again allowed to 

 think of the education of my children and the sup- 

 port of my family." 



In reply to a letter from Professor Sewall, giving 

 an account of the last moments of his friend Dr. 

 Judson, he responds in the following feeling manner : 



" Germantown, May 21s, 1829. 

 MY DEAR FRIEND, I feel very grateful for your 

 attention in sending me an account of our dear Jud- 

 son's last moments. After all his doubts, difficulties, 

 and mental conflicts, to know that the Father of 

 mercies was pleased to open his eyes to the truth, 

 and shed abroad in his heart the love and salvation 

 offered through the Redeemer, is to me a source of 

 the purest gratification, and a cause of the most sin- 

 cere rejoicing. The bare possibility of my having 

 been even slightly instrumental in effecting the 

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