"I have sent some overtures to Wright. If he accepts my pieces and
pays you for them, take the money and use it as you see necessary; if
not, be sure and bring the pieces back to me. I am strong in spirit,
and God who has been with me in so many straits will not forsake me
now. I know Him well; He is my Father, and though I may be a blind and
erring child, He will help me for all that. My trust through all
errors and sins is in Him. He who helped poor timid Jacob through all
his fears and apprehensions, who helped Abraham even when he sinned,
who was with David in his wanderings, and who held up the too
confident Peter when he began to sink,--He will help us, and his arms
are about us, so that we shall not sink, my dear husband."
May 29, 1850, she writes from Brunswick: "After a week of most
incessant northeast storm, most discouraging and forlorn to the
children, the sun has at length come out. . . . There is a fair wind
blowing, and every prospect, therefore, that our goods will arrive
promptly from Boston, and that we shall be in our own house by next
week. Mrs. Upham [Footnote: Wife of Professor Upham of Bowdoin
College.] has done everything for me, giving up time and strength and
taking charge of my affairs in a way without which we could not have
got along at all in a strange place and in my present helpless
condition. This family is delightful, there is such a perfect
sweetness and quietude in all its movements.
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