Saturday eavening thoughts

 

Depart vain world from earthly care

From earthly labors free

For Sabath hours my sole prepair

For rest O lord with thee

 

A Sabbath lustre breaks the hills

And paints yon eavening sky

Above around all nature fills

With heaven born melody

 

Again that song good will to men

By eastern shepherds heard

To ears of faith rings out again

In each familiar word

 

If thus thy Sabaths hear below

Can charm the earth warm breast

What joys the wearied hearted know

Who find the eternal rest

                                                JGS

 

June 8^th..62      Camp near Corinth Monday June 8^th..62 Miss

well, i am well at this time, hopeing and praying these feable lines may reach you injoying the same of gods blessings we expect to start for Memphis tomorrow morning, our train of waggons have gone to the river at Pittsburg landing for provisions whare we have gotton all our suplies ever since we land there except some flour that we got from the rebbels at Corinth and some 75 or 80 head of cattle and lots of hogs sheep and chickens that we have confiscated or jay halked from the rebbel citizens. our waggons will catch up with us while we are building a bridge that some mean rebbels burnt. wheat is ripe hear so is mulberryes and blackberrys O if i was only at home to see and help make things grow how much hapier i would be yes far hapier, but i i must be as happy as i can under existing sircomstances and dearist Ruth pleas do the same yes injoy your self as well as you can gods will be done and if my life is spared to get home i trust we will injoy our selves better than we did in days that are past and gone never to return O what pleasure we mite have taken but i was in the fault yes the cause of our trouble O may god forgive me yes and may friends and relations and wife and children dear for give me to and i will try to live / the remainder of my days to a life devoted to my god and my dear family. write to me ofton Ruth pleas do it does me so much good to hear from you and the children. now children be chearful your farther will come home this summer and fetch you some pertyes and have lots of funny storyes to tell to you next winters long eavenings yes and you must be good and kind to mother she it is that has cared for you watched ore your infancy and by your sick beads O what tender care she has taken of you, and how thankful you aut to be for such a good mother. well i hope you will all be be kind and good to all to mother and granpap and each other may god bless you with life and health and comforts of life

                        John G Scoville

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