I will not attempt a denial of such a charge now or ever but will leave my defense with “Truth, God” and I will wait patiently and with love for its unfolding. Although I could not repress the tears that would flow, or the reception of your letter I am not nor was I angry for a moment even. I am truly grateful for the love that prompted you to talk with me on the “subject” for if it were true I could reform and if not I am forewarned so the result will be what you designed, “Good to me.” I am sure that “Time will tell the true story of us all,” and receive your loving effort for my good with the truest appreciation endeavoring in the future as I have in the past to merit your great love, your self sacrificing care and your earnest labors for my good and onward march in Truth. I know not why these experiences of trial and trouble come to me in my loneliness but

“In the blest hereafter
I shall know
Why in His wisdom
He has led me so.”Editorial Note: These lines are from the last stanza of an anonymous poem titled “He Leadeth Me.”

Thanking you most sincerely for this and for all your “Mother love”