A Word of Acknowledgment.
By D. T. Bourdeau
I WOULD hereby gratefully acknowledge that, though my health is not perfect, yet owing to the special blessing of the Lord and my own endeavors to live healthfully, I have been enabled to accomplish more, and to labor with more ease and satisfaction during the past five months, than I ever have before in the same length of time. I am encouraged to still trust in the Lord, and to obey the laws of my being more strictly than ever before, believing that my efforts will not be in vain. Oh, how different are my symptoms now from what they were a year and a half ago. Then my voice and strength were fast failing, and owing to congestion of the brain, a cloud was constantly hanging over my mind; and I was told by one of the best physicians in the United States, that my chances to die were ninety out of one hundred, and that there was great danger of my dying within one year. Last spring during the season of prayer and fasting, the difficulty in my throat was checked, and my voice has been growing stronger, notwithstanding my arduous labors. I enjoy a clearness of mind that I have never experienced before. My mind is only clouded by deviations from the laws of health, which I mean to avoid. But I wish to spend my strength to the best possible advantage; and as I shall be left with greater responsibilities as a consequence of my brother’s returning to Vermont, I would say to my friends East, that they must not be surprised if I should fail to answer all their good letters; yet I shall appreciate encouraging epistles from all true friends.