Under Various Forms
All Are Energizing Together, I Trust, Under The Guidance Of A Superior
Spirit, Who Is Gently Moderating Acerbities, Removing Prejudices,
Inclining To Conciliation And Harmony, And Preparing England To
Develop, From Many Outward Forms, The One, Pure, Beautiful, Invisible
Church Of Christ.
LETTER XXX.
LONDON, June 3.
MY DEAR HUSBAND: -
According to request I will endeavor to keep you informed of all our
goings on after you left, up to the time of our departure for Paris.
We have borne in mind your advice to hasten away to the continent. C.
wrote, a day or two since, to Mrs. C. at Paris, to secure very private
lodgings, and by no means let any one know that we were coming. She
has replied, urging us to come to her house, and promising entire
seclusion and rest. So, since you departed, we have been passing with
a kind of comprehensive skip and jump over remaining engagements. And
first, the evening after you left, came off the presentation of the
inkstand by the ladies of Surrey Chapel.
Our kind Mr. Sherman showed great taste as well as energy in the
arrangements. The lecture room of the chapel was prettily adorned with
flowers. Lord Shaftesbury was in the chair, and the Duchess of Argyle
and the Marquis of Stafford were there. Miss Greenfield sang some
songs, and there were speeches in which each speaker said all the
obliging things he could think of to the rest. Rev. Mr. Binney
complimented the nobility, and Lord Shaftesbury complimented the
people, and all were but too kind in what they said to me - in fact,
there was general good humor in the whole scene.
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