Marcellus, Cass Co Michⁿ June the 2^d /74

 

Dear Children & my Dear Arthur

We Rec^d yours of May the 15^th Glad to here you are well excepting Doras cough hope it is better now I expect you have looked for a letter ere this perhaps John has writen dont know. left Union 6 days after poor Jacobs funeral

 

Am here with Elen since Thursday last. All well here onley I have a bad cough, worse since my side has healed up, but am able to be about some Bro France & I atended the quartley Meting at Wakley last Saturday & Sunday had a very good meeting & very good preaching by Elder Sicafuse & Bro France, Bro John Lutz from Vandalia was there spoke with power & feling in love feast, of our old accquaintance & good meetings in Ohio & especialy of my berevement & my sorrow, & the loss the Circut has sustained in the death of dear Jacob their Pastor /

 

O children how I wished you could have been here I never saw such a general time of weping by a large congrigation the suden death, & truley Jacob was beloved by the whole Circut, in & out

 

of the members all respected & loved him 2 old men ware emerced here by the Elder in the lake. Jacob had Rec^d them in the Church, they & others wept when introduced to me & the Elder too, it was all through the meeting hard for me.

 

here in this Church he preached his last sermon, here I was publicely introduced to all, his Leaders & stewerds of the Circut & his friends all feel their loss

 

In Love feast many had to speak of him & how they loved & respected him, he was a peace maker says some &c &c

 

the quartley conference our Circut paid for his coffen 35 dollars, & Bro France moved for a general or Circut donation for the widow which was voted unanimously this was very chearing to me when I herd it I was not in the conference (not proper I thought) /

 

the particlars of his disese & death as near as I can tell, was a chronic inflamation of the plura, diaphram & liver with dyspepsy & weak stomach

 

on Saturday he was about the house & yard & told sevral of the Brethern that he was better than he had been for some time thought he would be able to preach again ere long &

 

sunday Morning at 4 oclock he was taken sudenley with a severe cough ruptured a blood vein in his lungs bid farewell to all in the house & in less than 30 minutes, his hapey spirit took its flight, to the better world; to join those dear ones gone before & prais God and his savior for ever & ever

 

thus one more of our family has gone home to suffer & die No More

 

God help us all to meet them in Heven where all our trials & troubles shall have ended & we are permited to see each other face to face; God bless you my dear children Pray for poor me /

 

Bro France preached Jacobs funeral & the best sermon I herd in a long time from Jobe 14 & 14 If a man dies shall he live again &c.

 

Wednesday Morning 3^d I dont feel very good. my bowels are disturbed by this water I cant set any time to come out to you yet but will come as soon as I can get off

 

Cyrus dont like me to go, he is not very well & wishes me to stay with him & keep back. Wall, money is scarce & I am not well so you see I am bad off, but will come out if posible; all are oposed to me going except m I have had to spend some money to come & go from here & must try to make some more in plase of it, ere I can come out. What days does the stage run from P.water to your place. Mr Rinks friends want me to stop with them David Rink is in Gr. Rapids Doo somthing for Doras cough, Hemlock oil 3 to 5 drops on suger is very good try it my chest aches I must stop writing for this t. I think I will go to fields [?] home, next week, if you write to me soon send there. I will write soon again & you doo the same in haste

 

in Love

W^m Albright.

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