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the long wished for union between which was now completed. - Soon after his arrival, he wrote a few lines to his friend, Isaac L. Kip, Esq. of New-York, which begin thus: "Many cares and arrangements, inseparable from a new habitation, have engrossed my attention since I came to this place, and prevented me from dropping a line to you. The new part of my dwelling is yet under the hands of the carpenters, and the old requires much alteration and amendments, to render it comfortable for the approaching winter. But, in the midst of all these, I am kept through grace, in some measure near the Lord, and live by faith. I have made sacrifices to promote his cause, and he hath said, he will not leave nor forsake me. Upon his word of truth, I confidently rely, and desire to feel reconciled to the cross of Christ. His grace will be sufficient, for he is the Lord my righteousness, my strength, my help and shield. Amidst all my cares, and in the multitude of my thoughts, I still remember most affectionately, the whole flock and my faithful friends. My prayers are for them, and I am confident they cannot forget to remember me and mine continually before the throne."

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tim caused him considerable disquietude, but such was the fact. He was under the necessity of purchasing the place that was now undergoing repairs and alterations, to put it in a comfortable state; and, to pay for it, he had depended upon the sale of some property he had in New-York. More than a year elapsed, however, before he could effect a satisfactory sale of this property, and meanwhile, his situation, on account of his debt and prospect of support, was an anxious and very unpleasant one, as will appear by an extract from another letter to the same individual: "I said the sale of my place would be considered as a merciful providence, because I wish much to dispose of that property. I wish it, because I have made a purchase here, for the discharge of which I depended wholly upon the sale of my place there. I was convinced, and I still am, that it was my duty to come here. Events, of the highest magnitude to the prosperity of our churches, appeared to depend upon my comig. It was high time for me to decide and to remove. My refusal or delay might have rendered all abortive. - I found there was no habitation for me to be obtained here, excepting that which I purchased. I knew also the public funds for my support, after I was here, were not yet ascertained. Notwithstanding all this, which to the eye of prudence was forbidding, I yet ventured, as I trust, in the obedience