Thursday, December 6, 2012

1862 December 7 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Sunday, December 7, 1862

Had breakfast very late.  It was almost
ten when we arose from the table.
Came to my room with my little crowd
-& spent the day trying to read but
can't say I really enjoyed my reading
till after I had put them all to
bed then I read the 1st Epistle of John
with much real enjoyment=Oh: how
far short I come of the law: But
by grace are ye saved, through faith
& that not of yourselves.  It is the gift
of God.
               What comfortable words

MSS 15406

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