in a seperation from our near friends &
connections & I trust an evidence of thus
being in thy proper allotment is often mercifully
furnish’d to thy mind. Indeed I have no doubt
at all but this is the case and may thy
attention be more and more fix’d upon the
heavenly guide which, as it was to Israel of
old a pillar of Cloud by day, and a pilalr of
fire by night, so it will prove to thee, to
be as a lamp to thy feet, and as a Conthorn
to thy paths. and although thy path
may sometimes prove to be as among thrones
yet I trust thou has known from experience
that thee is not an uncommon thing to
those tho are call’d upon to stand as advocates
in the Cause of righteousness and that
sufferings and deep babtisms are frequently
then lot, and even at times to feel as though
they were left without this heavenly guide
then may we not at such times with pro-
priety remember that Israel were not to
Journey forward while the Cloud rested upon
the tabernade but rather to observe the
command given to them on the banks of
the Red Sea "Hand still and see the Salvation
of God. Herein was there