[The Annals of the Poor by Legh Richmond]@TWC D-Link bookThe Annals of the Poor PART III 19/19
May the Lord anoint you with the same, and give you every grace of his Holy Spirit, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God; that you may know what is the height and depth, the length and breadth, of the love of God in Christ Jesus; that you may be in the hand of the Lord as a keen archer to draw the bow, while the Lord directs and fastens the arrows of conviction in the hearts of such as are under your ministry! "I sincerely pray that you may be made a blessing to him that has taken the place of the deceased.
I have heard that you are fellow- countrymen: I hope you are, however, both as strangers in this world, that have no abiding place, but seek a country out of sight. "Pray excuse all faults. "From your humble servant in the bonds of the gospel of Christ, "E--- W---." When I perused this and other letters, which were at different times written to me by the Dairyman's daughter, I felt that in the person of this interesting correspondent were singularly united the characters of a humble disciple and a faithful monitor.
I wished to acknowledge the goodness of God in each of these her capacities. I sometimes entertain a hope that the last day will unfold the value of these epistolary communications, beyond even any present estimate of their spiritual importance..
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