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here I am constrained m bear this, uv dying: teeti- ; rnony, to the truth of Christianity, the power of God’s * grace, the cheering and consoling ^graces of His1 I ^ I tl, CJ WV . M . i. ] - I 1 1 • I T 1 *7 1 O giut/uo vi iiloHoly Spirit, and the sure hope which can be derived by the chiefest of sinners, from faith in Christ,Htin narfal/mrp Kff ri aT 41ia Or. _ 21J v 7 Ul xii vyiiiand partaking, by true faith, of the Sacraments of His Holy Catholic Church17* — ^ 1 A ! •!— —— — r ■m' A •» ^ ^From my infancy until a few weeks since, I wasa miserable, ignorant and blind sinner, and wouldih all probability, have gone down into everlasting.*4.__^ 1___ 4k-burnings, had it not been for the —eat mercy ot God, who, through the instrument iity of my* ve-V11T /I AQ M 11 n /I ^ 1 ^ L ^ 1 1 9 A 1 A—--7 J w... Viiv V/A 411J YUry dear and ever to be remembered spiritual father, pointed my wretched soul to the Lamb of GodTIT V\ f\ 4 O n wrA««p ^ a4*4 Vi a ^ .1 mi 1 1/ x J ^ UUllIU Ui U uwho taketh away the sins of the world. Thanks be*• «•» A -nk » J A ^ _ £ ■ ■ 1 1 _. _. a a 1 £ * w -w* aI ^ ^ * r ^ * V4 • X M X LVIIA O U \^/to God for His unspeakable gift, and for His grace conveyed to my soul through the channels of HisT~T n 1 V t II nl PhiiiiAli A A.___f * Holy Catliolic Church. And oh, my dear friends,1 sincerely exhort you to beware how you abuse, and it is awfully to be feared, blaspheme, what1 h rnn rrli A : ~ ~ A* ^^4. . i t~*J 7 j YV llCXtthrough prejudice, many do not understand. Forfhli 1nL.t A__________ *___L . * • , «the lust six days my dear teacher and guide lias spent at least six hours each day shut up in the nox-lnilC fttmAC'nhn»,o «4*----__11, * ’ — .--- J U|/ ill ULl I lUAious atmosphere of my miserable cell, poinlir. me to the only hope of poor sinners—-the blessed Redeemer- -praying with and for me, and affording methe soul-consoling and cheering comforts of theC aurth. His labor has not beenln vain in the Lord.and I confidently trust and hope, that I—even I—ainferable and unworthy sinner, will he a star of re-imrin(t in hic .____joining in his crown of glory, io.re.ver.In dosing these, my last words on earth, I musttender my sincere thanks to those who had charge ofmn itrl-kim i« 1 . i • it , - Pme while in jail—but especially those dear friendswho have disinterestedly entertained and extendedtheir ehnrifipss Ia a:_____ •/ .their c idrities to aiy dear, disconsolate wife andch . I pray God to shower down his choicest hies-AN.t « t /-t # h . . 1 * w ■sings upon them and theirs, both for time and eternity and to all, grace, mercy and peace.--Amrn.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Jeffersonian
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jul 27, 1841
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