with the things of time & of the world; I am rejoiced that you do put your trust in God, & especially that you enjoy the consolations of religion now & that His promises are precious to you, let that word by your constant companion, it will exert a holy & refining influence over your life.  O that we would study it more, that it might be "the man of our council & the guide of all our ways".  You say in your last that you "wrote without reflection & had perhaps written more than would be interesting".  I wish you would always write so, for then you will write just as you feel, & you need never fear that your letteres will not intrest me, I only wish they were as long again, but my dear Husband I know you have been very perseverant and have written me good long letters, & have never yet felt like or had ocasion to sencure for neglecting me, I feel thankful that I have such a husband & feel honored to possess the affections of so true & good a man, I try to be worthy of much love & devotion.  Mr. Robinson was here today & he wanted me to go home with him & insisted very hard on me going, but I knew that you would rather I would not go & I told him that I would wait 'til you  come home, wasn't that right?  I like Mr. Robinson very much, but I know how you feel about the matter & I respect your views.  I don't know that I said anything to you about the school out at Robinsons, if I don't get a school near here I can get the school in that destrict, he is director and would give me all they could afford & he wants to come very much, he said that he wished that I had been out there this winter & they would have had a school that was a school; of course I took just as much of that flattery as pleased, but I guess he was in earnest; they had a very poor teacher there that began the copies with small letters it was deficient in other things in proportion.  I think if the Co Superintendent gave her a certificate I can get one.  Well the sun is almost down & I have nearly filled my paper, & I will close for this time.  We talk some of going to the Catholic church tonight the Priest will lecture on celibacy & the Latin language, the Catholics are preparing to build a fine church in the spring, a great many or at least a number of our citizens have subscribed large sums to build it, and many of them are members of protestant churches, consitency; good bye ever your  Mary
