Monday, December 3, 2012

1862 December 4 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Thursday, December 4, 1862

Had a nice long time to read &
after that walked through the woods
with F[annie] & E[mma], Was very tired but went to
my sewing with a fresh feeling, & did
more than usual.
Heard that the Yankees met a waggon
loaded with wheat--took the wheat to the mill
& obtained flour for it & took all the horses &
left the waggon in the road=what is
to become of the people?  Oh, that we may
all learn to trust in our God-He will
never leave us nor forsake us=surely he will
bring good out of all this evil & lead us
through these fiery trials.  I was so much
struck with the 12th Hymn in the P. Book
as being appropriate to these times, beginning
God works in a mysterious way;
His wonders to perform.....
----------------------------------------------------
dear Fannie is unwell. I am
always frightened at the least appearance
of sickness: O, God, Have mercy upon
me & teach me humble submission to
thy will, in all things enable me to say
Thy will be done.

[as transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]

MSS 15406

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