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I am in Mass with my friend or Parents I should have said My health has been very poor since winter. One of my lungs has been
quite diseased. I was not able to travel but had company and was very anxious to be with my mother you know that we always
feel, when we are sick that no one can do for us like a mother Well John how is it with you. You have been home and are back
in school again. It seems that you are going to continue on through And what then What are you going to make Are you going
to follow some business that will call out your mechanical genius as are you going to take some profession. Whatever you
may do, I sincerely hope you may never be influenced to give up the honest pure minded sen- timents of your heart, foun- ded
upon the love of Christ I used to think I seldom, if ever, saw a person less contaminated with wordly associations, and influences,
than yourself. The Christian character is beautiful, when it is to be found in its purity. But that is not often this side
of the spirit world John I wish you were here. Would you not like to be set back a century and see something old well if you
were here