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Being much ingaged [engaged] during the day to 9 0Clock at
night was afforded the only convenient opportunity
for that purpose. There were then
no Sunday Schools & if there had been He
wd [would] not have attended on account of his peculiar situation. His progress
was rapid beyond expectation for in a short time
he could read his Testament with ease. These evening
lessons were naturally interspersed with enquiry &
explanation & not infrequently we sat up until
a late hour regarding[?] to the useful & I trust profitable conversation. I soon found he
was a Roman Catholic & better taught in the forms & ceremonies of yr [your] [indecipherable] Church than might have been supposed at
his early age. In fact the questions he frequently asked were
above my comprehension & I had to read &
pray that God would assist & give me
clearer views of his own word that I might
be enabled to answer them
"defend the truth as it in Les