February
14th. Stonewall Jackson to his
wife: Your delightful letter of six
pages received a welcome reception this evening. I am thankful to see that our kind Heavenly
Father is again restoring mother to health.
I felt uneasy about her, and thought that Joseph had better make a visit
home. I have made the restoration of
mother's health a subject of prayer; but then we know that our dear ones are
mortal, and that God does not always answer prayer according to our erring
feelings. I think that if, when we see
ourselves in a glass, we should consider that all of us that is visible must
turn to corruption and dust, we would learn more justly to appreciate the
relative importance of the body that perishes and the soul that is immortal.
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