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consummated. Then the electric telegraph soon followed, and 

 within a few months has connected two continents altho ' there 

 is a temporary derangement. Yet the cable will likely do its 

 office work in time. Lesser improvements, yet of great value ; 

 such as labor saving machines, of which threshing, mowing, 

 sowing and plowing are the most prominent. Improvements 

 in agriculture, manures and a long list of etcetera. It would 

 seem that the Lord is lavishing temporal blessings in great 

 abundance upon Christendom, and particularly upon that part 

 now protestant. "Has God so dealt with any other people?" 

 A similar enquiry was made in regard to ancient Israel, — 

 and they forgot God, and where are they now, "a people 

 scattered and peeled." May they prove a warning to the 

 people of these United States. 



It is my daily prayer that you and your beloved wife — and 

 all our children — may be a blessing to the circles they move 

 in. Your affectionate father, A. A. Johnson. 



