My dear Brother William: Your welcome favor of the 1st inst came duly
to hand. I am much gratified with your kind expressions towards me, in memory of
my 82nd birthday anniversary and the many pleasant and agreeable personal asso-
ciations of the past. I appreciate the warm feelings of friendship you express on
your own behalf and on that of your family, Brother and Sister Cottam, Brothers
Samuel & Jos. Hardy, their wives, and also Brothers Pymm, Randall, McArthur and Atkin, and all my friends and the saints in the sunny and sandy south; and I
reciprocate their love and friendship and from my heart I bless them and pray God
my heavenly Father to pour out upon the in rich abundance every blessing, both
temporal and spiritual, that they can desire or ask for in righteousness, as a
reward for their integrity and faithfulness to the cause of Zion.
I should be greatly pleased to have an opportunity of visiting the saints
in the south again with the liberty I now have, according to my strength, of
My dear Brother William: Your welcome favor of the 1st inst came duly
to hand. I am much gratified with your kind expressions towards me, in memory of
my 82nd birthday anniversary and the many pleasant and agreeable personal associations of the past. I appreciate the warm feelings of friendship you express on
your own behalf and on that of your family, Brother and Sister Cottam, Brothers
Samuel & Jos. Hardy, their wives, and also Brothers Pymm, Randall, McArthur and
Atkin, and all my friends and the saints in the sunny and sandy south; and I
reciprocate their love and friendship and from my heart I bless them and pray God
my heavenly Father to pour out upon the in rich abundance every blessing, both
temporal and spiritual, that they can desire or ask for in righteousness, as a
reward for their integrity and faithfulness to the cause of Zion.
I should be greatly pleased to have an opportunity of visiting the saints
in the south again with the liberty I now have, according to my strength, of