GLASGOW, 14th December 1874.
MY DEAR NIECE EMILY,
—It was very good in you to write
me so nice a letter. It was well written every way, and makes me think you are
already greatly the better of being away from home, breathing your native air.
Your great-grandfather never saw Kelso, but I am sure he would have rejoiced to
see his descendant, who is so like him in form and feature, walking by the
banks of the Tweed and Teviot, and storing her mind with solid learning and
precious truth. I enclose a little book (not so big as a Christian
Treasury, nor so attractive as Hymns of Faith and Hope, but)
containing a brief history of this year's awakening. Perhaps it will interest
you. 'The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all that have pleasure in
them.' Dear Emily, every day look to Calvary, and to the Right Hand of the
Throne, to see there the Lord Jesus 'crowned with glory and honour.' Every time
our soul 'touches' Him, there comes virtue out of Him, to heal and strengthen.
Your cousins here are all well and send their love to you. . . .
—Your
affectionate uncle,
ANDREW A. BONAR.
Transcribed from Reminiscences of Andrew A.Bonar D.D.
first published
LONDON, HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27 Paternoster
Row
1895
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