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March 23rd, 1878 | March 23rd, 1878 | ||
Dear Aunt Jennie:- | Dear Aunt Jennie:- | ||
Your letters were very gladly received yesterday and I am sorry that I must answer in such a hurry, but father wants to take this to the office at ten and so I have only about half an hour to write in. I have been pretty closely occupied this week as there has been a musical convention held in town and I have attended every evening, and either morning or afternoon of each day. I went three times the | Your letters were very gladly received yesterday and I am sorry that I must answer in such a hurry, but father wants to take this to the office at ten and so I have only about half an hour to write in. I have been pretty closely occupied this week as there has been a musical convention held in town and I have attended every evening, and either morning or afternoon of each day. I went three times the first day but found that it was too much for me. Professor L. O. Emerson of Boston conducted it, and last evening we closed with a concert which went | ||
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It makes me very sad to think of your home bereft as ours is of a precious mother. But each loss draws us nearer to each other and nearer to our Heavenly Father. | It makes me very sad to think of your home bereft as ours is of a precious mother. But each loss draws us nearer to each other and nearer to our Heavenly Father. | ||
We shall none of us have many more partings for we shall each be called ourselves. If I can only be as well prepared as you all are I shall not dread the summons. | We shall none of us have many more partings for we shall each be called ourselves. If I can only be as well prepared as you all are I shall not dread the summons. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 9 December 2020
Hillsdale, Michigan March 23rd, 1878 Dear Aunt Jennie:-
Your letters were very gladly received yesterday and I am sorry that I must answer in such a hurry, but father wants to take this to the office at ten and so I have only about half an hour to write in. I have been pretty closely occupied this week as there has been a musical convention held in town and I have attended every evening, and either morning or afternoon of each day. I went three times the first day but found that it was too much for me. Professor L. O. Emerson of Boston conducted it, and last evening we closed with a concert which went
It makes me very sad to think of your home bereft as ours is of a precious mother. But each loss draws us nearer to each other and nearer to our Heavenly Father. We shall none of us have many more partings for we shall each be called ourselves. If I can only be as well prepared as you all are I shall not dread the summons.