JS and , Blessing, to Ezra Strong Jr., , Hancock Co., IL, 7 Oct. 1840. Version copied [ca. 1882] in Ezra Strong Jr., Notebook, ca. 1882–1884, [78]–[85]; handwriting of Ezra Strong Jr.; CHL.
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but let thy mind be solemn, and stedfast in the great Work restitution. for in a day when Iseral shall need Her watchman, when darkness will becloud the minds of many, and when the hole Earth shall mourn for want of rightous Judges, “Then” as one of the watchmen upon The walls of shall Thy voice be lifted-up, for thy gift shall be given thee when Thou Standeth before the world. When thou forth in thy youth, to Sowe the words of life; Depend not on what others may teach or Say, nor on books, but on that Spirit which hath thus farr ben thy guide. Store up knolledge from evry good book. [p. [82]]