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Show Letteis from his Fatnily & Relatives. quam· ted W·l t h gn.· ef'" I do pra' y thnt you may be nb'dle toL f ordg iv1e your en em ·lC ::., and to pt·n•. y for them ' as Stephen of old ell , " or , ay not h . h ,, this in to t e1r c nrge. . . 0, rend the 63d chapter of I ainh, and m~y 1t comfort and sustom youa'l·t m1 s mc. 0 ' " fe<a r not them that ktl•l the body a• ndd h' ave not power to 1u · 11 th c soul · " I feel that you w1ll be . r-.u stume m tre ve. ry con fl t. ct. J .ct 1' t rhcc1· Jv ou that thou!'nnds of Chnsttnns arc ou• cnng prayer to (1' 0t1 c1 ,· a'l y a11cl hourly in y· our behalf, and .t hat God w11l get honor an d g1 0 1. Y m· the finale of the matter. . I 1·ecc1v, ed a letter yes-tercl ny f rom 11 e1. that was Harriett 0--, sa. y mg, " 1 ell y. our brother how d cep 1y I £e c 1 and Pray for him in these lus days of tnnl, that Go. d "\vill be his friend and support to the last:'' . 'ister D-.- would umto ,•a· th me 1· n tl1 ·1,s , 1'f sl1c were here ·• for 1t 1s the first t1ung . thought. of ·when we meet- How shall we express our sympathy for ~1m? \Vhat can we sny that will add one ray of comfort ? I shall wntc to .Mar~, for my 0,~·n widowed heart can in some measure realize how b1t~er 1s the cup of which she mu t drink. I should dearly _Jove to rcrc1vc a few lines, at least, from you. My children send thc1r sympathy and love; und now, dear brother, God be with you, is the prayer of your uffectionate sister. MARIAN S. II. Please receive what mother has written as coming from myself also; nnd may God be with you and sustain you in all your trial', I can 11ay no more. Your affectionate nephew, A. K. II. FROl\I JOHN DROWN' NIECES. IIunsoN, Omo, Nov. 28. Dear Uncle John: Through the politeness of :.\fr. Lewis, from Akron, we take this opportunity to send you our love nncl heartfelt sympathies in your pre. ent tribulation. \V e think of ):ou almo.st every moment, and nightly our simple prayers arc offered up m behalf of our nncle John, that he may be sustained in all his afrlictions by an overl'uling Providence. \V c remain, as ever, your affectionate nieces, A. L. '\V. and F. C. ll. FROl\I JOliN DROWN'S llALF BROTHER. CLEVELAND, Nov. 9. Dear llrother John : I will not attempt to express my feelings of sympathy for you. You know my heart. Cnn I do any thing for you in regard to your business, or for your family? ... J~1:>on wants to go and sec you, but cannot. He says, "Tell father I Wl!:ih 'I cou~d help him." ... My family wish to be l'ememberccl to you. 'You w1ll live in our hearts, though dead in body. Yours affectionately· J EU.E:.\nAu Bu.owN • -- .. __ ___ . Letters fro1n his Family l\7:' l~clatives. 431 FRO!\'! JOHN BROWN'S COUSINS. 'VINDHA:\r, J>oRTAon Co., Omo, N ov. 12. My Dcnr Cousin: I hnvc ju t completed the attentive p erusal of tho account published in the New York Trihune of November 6, of your trial and sentence to be hung on the 2d December. N ever before did I rend such n sentence upon any relative of mine. From their own witne se:-; I cannot sec any ground why you should be sentenced to death for n single one of the counts presented in your indictment. You mny have one thing to comfort you under all your nillictions and sorrows : 11 The Lord r eigns ; " and lie will cau c the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder of wrath H e will re train. He knows well what were your motives in what you have done; and whether it was the best course or not, he will overrule it all for hi glory. The Dible throughout condemns oppression in all its forms, and is on the side of the oppressed, and their sighs und gronnings have come up before him, and he has seen nll their tears. Though man may not be able to deliver those who arc in bonds, yet God can do it with pCl'fcct case, and he has tnken the matter into his own hnncls, and he will certainly accomplish it. The prophet I saiah was directed to sny to the people, 11 There is no p ence, saith my God, to the wicked. Cry aloud; spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet; and show my people their tran. gressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Is not this the fa t that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that yc break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that arc cast out to thy house ? \Yhcn thou scest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou l1ide not thyself from thine own flesh ? " lie who hnth made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the faec of the earth sent his servants Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, saying, "Thus saith the Lord God of the H ebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me; for I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, that thou maycst know there is none like me in all the earth." Pharaoh said in the pride and stoutness of his l1enrt, "'\Vho is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let I rael go? I know not the Lord; neither will I let Israel go." So may the wicked slaveholders of the South say respecting those whom they cruelly l10ld in bondage; but the snmc king who delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage will surely deliver those who are oppressed in our own country, nnd it will n ot be in the united power of cnrth and hell to prevent their deliverance. God will accomplish it in his own good timo |