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Title
Letter of January 5, 1833 from Abraham and Rosina Myers Barb (parents of John Myers Barb) to her brother Johannes Myers, Jr.
Subject
Barb, Rosina Myers (1803-1879)
Barb, Abraham (1799-1874)
Myers, Johannes, Jr. (1796-1879)
Date
January 5, 1833
Identifier
051-003-078
Document Item Type Metadata
Location
Bristol (Ohio)
Original Format
Manuscript
Owner
Deborah M.S. Brown
Notes
Letter of 5 January 1833.
Bristol January the 5th 1833
Sir I received your letter and the Money in Several Days after it was put in the Post office in Woodstock I also received the Cloth you sent I have sent a letter to Jacob informing [him] that we have lost all of our Children they three Died in one weak [week] the Sickness was the Cankereigh we grately [greatly] Mourn for their loss but the Lord give us them and the Lord took them away again and plesed [blessed?] be the Name of the Lord trials? and trouble we have to Pass through on this world but let us Prepare our Selves [sic] to Meet them again in yonder world of pliss? [bliss?] on fair Canons? Share were we Shall Part? No More wase? [was?] there Shall be No more trouble nor sorrow and God will wipe the tears from every eye was? [was?] we Shall rest untill [sic] the Morning of the Resurrection See Revelations the 20[th] Chapter and 12[th] verse and I saw the dead Small and great Storm before God and the Books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of life and the Dead were Judged out? of those things which were written in the Book according to their work so that our works May be good So that we may receive a good reward, my sorrows are great but the will of the Lord be Done I Can [NOTE: “only” inserted above the line here.] with the Pact? in his hymn say hail ye happy blessed spirits Death no more shall make you fear Pain nor sorrow grief nor anguish Shall no more disturb you there they are gone to a better world Jesus is the[i]r Shepheard [sic] there See the 10[th] Chapter of Saint John and 11, 14, 27[th] verses where Jesus Said I am he good Shepheard [sic] the good Sheperd [sic] giveth his life for the Sheep yes my friends Jesus Died for us on mount Calvery
p.2 [1833–01-05a]
the 14[th] verse he said I am the good Shepherd and know my Sheep and am known of mine and in the 27[th] verse my Sheep hear my voice and I hear? theirs and they follow me others let us follow the great Sheperd [sic] he is now Calling us that we may enter into eternal life for he said in the 28[th] verse and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish? neither Shall any man pluck them out of my hand let us therefore Commit our selves [sic] in the hands of Jesus knowing that in the hands of Jesus there is safety for we shall all stand before the Judgement [sic] seat of Christ for it is written As? I live saith the Lord every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall Confess to God Romans 14[th] Chapter 11[th] verse with these few lines I Shall Close my letter my hope and heards [heart’s] desire that you will all trust in the Lord and if we meet No more here below we all will meet in heaven above the Night is far? Spent the day is at hand let us therefore Cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor? of light
So Much from an unworthy Dust
Abraham Barb
Please let our friends and relations read this letter.
[NOTE: “Cankereigh” might have been a German term for cholera. There was a cholera epidemic in Columbus, OH in 1833, and that certainly could have spread all over Ohio. – Also, it could have been “Cankery – Gangrenous, infection.”]
Bristol January the 5th 1833
Sir I received your letter and the Money in Several Days after it was put in the Post office in Woodstock I also received the Cloth you sent I have sent a letter to Jacob informing [him] that we have lost all of our Children they three Died in one weak [week] the Sickness was the Cankereigh we grately [greatly] Mourn for their loss but the Lord give us them and the Lord took them away again and plesed [blessed?] be the Name of the Lord trials? and trouble we have to Pass through on this world but let us Prepare our Selves [sic] to Meet them again in yonder world of pliss? [bliss?] on fair Canons? Share were we Shall Part? No More wase? [was?] there Shall be No more trouble nor sorrow and God will wipe the tears from every eye was? [was?] we Shall rest untill [sic] the Morning of the Resurrection See Revelations the 20[th] Chapter and 12[th] verse and I saw the dead Small and great Storm before God and the Books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of life and the Dead were Judged out? of those things which were written in the Book according to their work so that our works May be good So that we may receive a good reward, my sorrows are great but the will of the Lord be Done I Can [NOTE: “only” inserted above the line here.] with the Pact? in his hymn say hail ye happy blessed spirits Death no more shall make you fear Pain nor sorrow grief nor anguish Shall no more disturb you there they are gone to a better world Jesus is the[i]r Shepheard [sic] there See the 10[th] Chapter of Saint John and 11, 14, 27[th] verses where Jesus Said I am he good Shepheard [sic] the good Sheperd [sic] giveth his life for the Sheep yes my friends Jesus Died for us on mount Calvery
p.2 [1833–01-05a]
the 14[th] verse he said I am the good Shepherd and know my Sheep and am known of mine and in the 27[th] verse my Sheep hear my voice and I hear? theirs and they follow me others let us follow the great Sheperd [sic] he is now Calling us that we may enter into eternal life for he said in the 28[th] verse and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish? neither Shall any man pluck them out of my hand let us therefore Commit our selves [sic] in the hands of Jesus knowing that in the hands of Jesus there is safety for we shall all stand before the Judgement [sic] seat of Christ for it is written As? I live saith the Lord every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall Confess to God Romans 14[th] Chapter 11[th] verse with these few lines I Shall Close my letter my hope and heards [heart’s] desire that you will all trust in the Lord and if we meet No more here below we all will meet in heaven above the Night is far? Spent the day is at hand let us therefore Cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor? of light
So Much from an unworthy Dust
Abraham Barb
Please let our friends and relations read this letter.
[NOTE: “Cankereigh” might have been a German term for cholera. There was a cholera epidemic in Columbus, OH in 1833, and that certainly could have spread all over Ohio. – Also, it could have been “Cankery – Gangrenous, infection.”]
Repository
Deborah M.S. Brown