Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life
Amos Lawrence
on me. * * * * "From your ever-loving and dutiful son, A. L." (TO HIS SON.) "July 14. "I have been constantly gaining since my last to you, and with constant care, hope to acquire my usual health. I am, however, admonished, by the two attacks I have experienced within a month, that the continuance of my life for any considerable period will be very likely to depend upon a rigid prudence in my labor and living. The recovery from this last sickness is almost like being restored to life; and I hope the span that may be allowed me may be employed in better service than any period of my past life. We are placed here to be disciplined for another and higher state; and whatever happens to us makes a part of this discipline. In this view, we ought never to murmur, but to consider, when ills befall us, how we can make them subserve our highest good. What I am more desirous than anything else for you is, that you may feel that you are accountable for all your talents, and that you may so use them as to have an approving conscience, and the final recompense of a faithful servant at last. The period of trial is short; but the consequences are never-ending. How important to each individual, then,--to you and to me,--that we use aright the period assigned us!" CHAPTER XV. JOURNEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.--LETTERS.--RESIGNS OFFICE OF TRUSTEE AT HOSPITAL.--LETTERS. A few days after the date of the preceding letter, a change was thought desirable for t
