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[MS 471]

both & train you well for that sphere of
life He may please to call you to
- I have just finished the life of the Aged
& good Mr Simeon - It is a wonderful life
equal to that of any of the the old Testament
Saints - The same Divine Being that direc
-ted their steps & ordered their paths order
-ed his - I wish you both to read it I think
do you good - It will humble the Minister
to the dust - What an [atom?] I feel when
reading Simeons life - The Rev [Reverend] Mr Cart
-wright has it & will I doubt not lend
it to you if you could but get it over
- There is one point in which I have

been disappointed & that is - The want of
reference to His usefulness with respect
to this Colony He was the cause of Rev [Reverend]
Mr Johnston & your Grandfathers coming
to this country - Your Grandfathers name
is only mentioned once - and I am referred
to in one of his letters not by name
- It is full of interest - I think I see the
Dear Good old man; would that I could preach
like him - He is gone to his rest and how
truly do his work follow him - What joy
must there have been when He arrived
safe & met the [trophies?] of Redeeming
Grace at His Fathers right hand & [ah?]
ascribing their conquest to the Lamb whose