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these evil days had come, Oh what a lesson do these ever constant changes of joy and sorrows teach us, and shall we turn a deaf ear to these teachings no rather would we be diligent to make our calling and election sure. Dear brother will you not, also (if you have not already don so) enlist in the Christian warfare under the Captain of our Salvation fight the good fight of faith, and come off conqueror over the great enemies of our soul the world the flesh and the devil? Will you not when you write to me speak freely of your feelings, whether you have or have not made Jesus your friend? Most especially do you need him now exposed to the dangers hardships privations and temptations of a soldier's strict morality does very well against temptation as far as it goes but it is not a sufficient security. Many Christian people seem to be now aroused to the importance of earnestly beseeching our Heavenly Father to guide and protect our Country in peril May he take special care of you my dear brother and my you acknowledge him in all your ways is the desire and prayer of your Sister Lucy L. Stout.