Memoir of the Chisholm

206 LETTERS FROM LEAMINGTON.
" Leamington, May 4th, 1838.
" My dearest Mother, — Thank God,
I am getting on very well in health, and
Jephson told me yesterday that I should very
soon be ' sound from the crown of my head to
the sole of my foot.' I quote his words, but
not profanely ; for, as I write, I remember
these words, in the first chapter of Isaiah, as
figurative of spiritual health. May we be
more and more thankful for mercies temporal,
and may we seek, above all, to be made spirit-
ually ' sound,' and ' clean ' through the ' pre-
cious blood that cleanseth from all sin. 1
" I trust, my dearest mother, that you con-
tinue in good health, and that Jemima also is
well. Give her my warmest love. I conclude
in time for the post, and remain, my dearest
mother, — Your most affectionate son,
" A. W. Ohisholm."
" May God bless you and Jemima for
Christ's sake."
" Leamington, May 11th, 1838.
" My dearest Mother, — I am going on,
thank the gracious God, who sends sickness
and health in perfect wisdom and love, as well