I am obliged to do my duty whatever risk it incurs. And this is made known to me as a duty viz— To advise you not to enter an Institute with Miss. Brown I have the tenderest and most motherly interest in her that one can have, but CI cannot be bli [?] Unclear or illegible nd to the fact that she is not sufficiently christian yet to plant so publicly the stronghold of the highest christianity. It will fall that is built on sandMatt 7:24 ¶Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: Matt 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matt 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: Matt 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. ; her foundation [?] Unclear or illegible  must be [?] Unclear or illegible less of self, less pride, less ambition that pushes aside others to make her own way, more pure, more Christ-like Corrected: Christlike at heart

Now do not make her my enemy for having done my duty to you I have written her plainly