His conscience was clear and his soul at rest. “Under all these terrible calamities, I feel quite cheerful in the assurance that God reigns; will overrule all for his glory; and the best possible good. I feel no consciousness of guilt in the matter: or even mortification on account of my imprisonment; and irons; & I feel perfectly assured that very soon no member of my family will feel any possible disposition to blush on my account. Already dear friends at a distance with kindest sympathy are cheering me with the assurance that posterity, at least, will do me justice.”
