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81
Parramatta. Jan 15th 1805.
New South Wales.
My dear Madam
It is so long since I have had the pleasure of
hearing from you that at times I think you have forgotten us which
if the case would give me me great [indecipherable] - The last letter I wrote you was by
the Calcutta, favored by Mr. [indecipherable], who promised to call on you & deliver
a letter & small box containing some native [indecipherable] & a netting box for Miss Stokes
made of the Beef Wood; & a few other things which I hoped would be acceptable
as they were not common.

You no doubt wonder how we see going on much in the old, dull &
uncomfortable way with respect to religion, yet there is one thing which has a prom-
ising appearance; there is more attention paid to the Sabbath. Mr. Marsden
has both at Sydney & Parramatta a very large congregation, which is voluntary
so that by degrees they may be brought to fear his name, & we do not know what
the Lord may do for this colony. We may yet raise up a faithful people
to publish his name, & tho I may not live to see it yet it is a consoling hope
that he will not entirely forsake this place; which at times I am almost
tempted to think he would do for its great wickedness. You that live in
the midst of Gospel blazes know not what it is to live among a people entirely
ignorant of God & his ways. at times I feel so dead & lifeless that I think I have
never been a child of God, & doubt whether I shall even enjoy those seasons of grace
which had afforded me such real comfort. Let one boy dear Madam an interest
in your prayers that I may be enabled to [indecipherable] that I may gain the prize
of everlasting life. Permit me to return you my sincere thanks for your
kind attention to my dear Ann when she was in London Mrs V

81
Parramatta. Jan 15th 1805.
New South Wales.
My dear Madam
It is so long since I have had the pleasure of
hearing from you that at times I think you have forgotten us which
if the case would give me me great [indecipherable] - The last letter I wrote you way by
the Calcutta, favored by Mr. [indecipherable], who promised to call on you & deliver
a letter & small box containing some native [indecipherable] & a netting box for Miss Stokes
made of the Beef Wood; & a few other things which I hoped would be acceptable
as they were not common.

You no doubt wonder how we see going on much in the old, dull &
uncomfortable way with respect to religion, yet there is one thing which has a prom-
ising appearance; there is more attention paid to the Sabbath. Mr. Marsden
has both at Sydney & Parramatta a very large congregation, which is voluntary
so that by degrees they may be brought to fear his name, & we do not know what
the Lord may do for this colony. We may yet raise up a faithful people
to publish his name, & thos I may not live