Letters from Londonderry

I cannot thank you enough for the magnificent parcel which came to me yesterday. God only can recompense you. I believe and think your repeated gifts followed by earnest prayers are bearing fruit, and I know, that is what you want.... The―’s are, I am glad to say, having a rest, they were completely run down with want of sleep and nervous strain, some of them during the worst riots, collapsing in the streets. They were so very young, mere boys many of them, bur they were brave and adaptable beyond their years, and a credit to their country. They are replaced by the— ‘s, and I trust they will do as well for us all.
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Your last large parcel has been, I believe, the means of blessing to many, both soldiers and civilians. We are still in a state of siege, and hemmed in with barbed wire, armored cars, sand bags, etc., but thank God we have no fear. The soldiers are very brave in the midst of civil war.