of trust, faith over that dark picture, trust that all will yet be well, and have faith that Our Father will not send more upon us than we are able to bear; and let us continually pray for strength equal to our day; and let us rather suffer than bring reproach on the cause that should be first in our hearts; therefore my husband allow me to say, be cautious, watchfull, lest you be too hasty, and I know you will take this kindly; I will certainly feel considerable anxiety till I hear from you again; but be precise and exact in all your business, I know you will be conscintious in all matters, but do be prompt and exact to the very letter and I feel assured you are and will be. You mentioned in one of your last that you felt almost hard towards Aunt Melissa for insisting on me staying when I was intending to come home.  I don't think you ought to feel so, you don't blame our folks at home for wanting me here, and there is a nearer relationship existing between Aunt Melissa and I than ordinarily between Aunt and niece; and she said all the time if I had cares or duties to call me home, she would not urge me to stay, which you know I had not; when you think of these things I hope you will feel differently, for I want you to think well of that dear Aunt for my sake. We were up to Rising Sun to meeting this morning heard a pretty good sermon from Mr. Calfee, I think a brother of the one in the Legislature, it was rather bombastic to suit me however; Ross, Sammy, Jennie and Alvira Stain, who is boarding at Aunts going to school, came
