THE AUSTIN PAPERS~ 485 pronounced depart _ye workers of inquity for I no you not, 0 my Dear my whole SQle.is dra~n out for you do not refuse to come wher~ tlier~. is ,so much felicity awaits ·you because pressed to by a person who is unworthy to bring you_the invitation , we have passed many years beneath the same roof we have born the same fatigues and tasted the, same pleasures, why then should we be sepperated now, why should they 1 be devided who by nature habit and friend- ship have been so long united I have undertaking a. journey to the new jerrusalem • Suffer nie not to go alone thither let neather the fatigue·nor the lenghth of the wey affright you we shall be provided for ever with the heavenly manna and streems of living water god himself shall go before us in '!- piller of fire and under the protec- tion of his wings we may wµ.lk without fear through the valley and shadow of death, come then my dear I am most unwilling to leave you beliind come support n1e go before me in courage and show me the wright wey I feel the wa~t pf a faithful companion and a cris- tuin friend suffer._ine to throw myself at you feet to imbrace you[r] knees and wash·your feet with the tears thnt is streeming from my eyes I ask no part of temporal possession on1y enough to live on but I intreet you to seek an internal [sic] inheritance, I seek neather gold nor·silver b11t ;I ,aqi ancio_s you_should share my joys I am solicitious that you should accompany me to mount sion to the sitty of the living god that you should mix·in the innumerable company of angels who are placed in the church of the first Born I am ancious therefore that you sh0l1ld come and.have your name written in the lam[b's] book.of l_ife. . I send this by a Mr C[l]opper he is a resadent of maryland he tell me he:is a going·t!) be a neighbour of ours I am much pleased with his appearances. .he is an·.acquaintance of S Culberson he brought J:i.im up and introduced him as one of my texas neighbours I felt rejoiced to think we were a going to have some inlitted [enlight- ened] peopl~· to settle· amongst us father and Isaac have written they have told yo~ the ri'e~s. qf the day l s[t]ill live where you left me, I have some idea of paying a ·visit t~ Baltimore this spring I feel very ancios to see rriy' sister once more I suppose when I leave here for texes it is not p~obbl~ :(-~y~_r _shall have the opportunity of seeing l \• I' • ' I J her aga~~ _if, .:r go I ·shall ~reak 1 up house keeping and leave my children with my friends they all think I ought to go Isaac ses he will furnish,-~1e•w.itI1 a horse I thought my expenoes would be very little more thnn if I were to stay at home, it is about one year since you left home,' H _I had n thought you would of been gone this long you would not o~ got _of w~th[_out] me O my very sole yearns within me for the partner of iny bosom my whole sole is led out for your restoration !n cri~t, give not sleep to your eyes not slumber ·to your . . . ·' . . '
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