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as well as to his own religious feelings. Text 'If a man die, shall he life again'? His arguments were drawn from the analogies of things around us and from reason and were suggested to my mind in thinking of your poor horse. It is just a year yesterday since you were here, but quite different weather from that rainy Saturday. There was a sudden and plentiful shower last evening and how exquisitely lovely is the face of all nature, this calm, tranquil, beautiful Sabbath! -- The thousand varied hues mingled with the all-pervading brilliant emerald of the distant foliage, the fragrant fruit trees in blossom, the delicate graceful leaves of the locust just spreading out their tiny waving arms, latest in making an appearance but beautiful indeed. -- The birds how sweetly they warble, - Oh how much there is in nature to gratify the sense, and to delight the mind, an ever new source of pure enjoyment! I am seriously thinking of retiring from teaching for a season to enjoy the kindly influence of home and friends. -- Have you had unclear? if you have not I fear when you come I shall quite lose your society for a time. Dickens "Bleak House" I like much better than David Copperfield but have you read the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? Sister Ann