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To W. G. R Y, M. D. : 



Blue Sulphur Springs, Se^.t. lltli. 



AVe left the Red Sulphur Springs yesterday morn- 

 ing and arrived here in the evening, (a distance of 

 about thirty-four miles). The travelling and change 

 of location has operated favorably upon us all — 

 worn as we were by watching and sorrow. 



We expect to remain ten days here and then go 

 directly home. 



You have been informed of our recent heav}' 

 alfiiction, and of the extraordinary evidences that 

 our dear Julia gave of her trust in God — and her as- 

 surance of heaven. She left messages for you, (her 

 physician). " When you go home, father," she said, 

 *' Send for my Doctor, in your study, and give these 

 messages, as coming from one who has only a few 

 days to live. Return my thanks to him for his 

 kind and unwearied attendance upon me. Tell 

 him, had it been the will of God that I should re- 

 cover, his skill would have saved me ; but He, who 

 is the All-wise, has willed that I should die early. 

 Perhaps, He foresaw that if 1 lived, I should be 

 worldly and forget my duty to Him. Instead of life, 

 He has given me a joy in my heart that I would 

 not exchange for the pleasures and riches of ten 

 thousand worlds. 



^' Tell him to forgive me, if I have misunderstood 

 liim ; but it struck me, either from his words or his 

 manner, that he was skeptical in religion, and ex- 

 pected to merit heaven by leading a moral life. I, a 

 sinner, plucked as it were a brand from the burn- 

 ing, want to tell him, that I never found peace, 

 until T cast behind me hiy own righteousnes>(, and by 

 repentance, prayer and faith, rested alone on tJie 

 merits of my Saviour. I was alwa3^s a believer from 

 education ; but never felt the power of religion, till 



