Memoir of the Chisholm
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146 FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE.
and you must not confine yourself to the
house, and neglect your health.
" In the mean time you should every day go
out for a couple of hours in the wheeled chair.
" Give my warmest love to Jemima. May
God bless you. — Ever, my dearest mother,
" Your most dutiful son,
"Alexander W. Chisholm." 11
The next anniversary was the last which he
was permitted to commemorate. He was at
that time in better health than usual, and
looked forward probably to many a future
scene of usefulness ; — but the vision was not
to be realized here. How doubly precious then
is the following record of his faithful spirit !
"London, Feb. 15th, 1838.
" My dearest Mother, — In compliance
with your wish I now sit down to write to
you a few lines on this the anniversary of my
birth. It has pleased the Almighty God to
bring me safely through twenty-eight years
of life, and, through this whole time, He has
made His goodness to pass continually before
and you must not confine yourself to the
house, and neglect your health.
" In the mean time you should every day go
out for a couple of hours in the wheeled chair.
" Give my warmest love to Jemima. May
God bless you. — Ever, my dearest mother,
" Your most dutiful son,
"Alexander W. Chisholm." 11
The next anniversary was the last which he
was permitted to commemorate. He was at
that time in better health than usual, and
looked forward probably to many a future
scene of usefulness ; — but the vision was not
to be realized here. How doubly precious then
is the following record of his faithful spirit !
"London, Feb. 15th, 1838.
" My dearest Mother, — In compliance
with your wish I now sit down to write to
you a few lines on this the anniversary of my
birth. It has pleased the Almighty God to
bring me safely through twenty-eight years
of life, and, through this whole time, He has
made His goodness to pass continually before
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94961158 |
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| Description | Late M.P. for Inverness-shire. By the Reverend James S.M. Anderson. London: Printed [by Gilbert & Rivington] for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1842. |
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| Shelfmark | Stirton.c.20 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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