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2 it would only give him pain--But, Thank God, it is all made plain 'now and I am hartily glad thankful. You will never
know what a relief the 50 which reached me last Tuesday from David, gave me. The taxes ( 30) were due. That is to say, a fine
would have been imposed if not paid within four days more and I had only 10, and was needing a cord of wood out of that.
I am all right now, and was able to let Joanna have 5 more to keep her along till she gets more from Walter or until we hear
from Scotland. Walter still writes encouragingly about his new business. Joanna keeps up good courage 3 We, of the Baptist
Church are in great tribulations for our new church building, which we had, with a great effort, been able to reconstruct
out of the Old Presbyterian One, was on Saturday the 9th burned up. and is now a mass of ruins. I don't say burned down for
the walls still stand they being remarkably strong thick. And the rafters are still there some or the roof but the sky can
be seen through it. The flames licked the interior clean. And the poor people who sawed hammered and dug sand made many sacrifices
to build it are now without a Church House. Mr. Fawcett preached in the Opera House yesterday to