In the case of your son fifteen years of age, it would be necessary for
him to reside with us for three months at least, and if at the end of
that time his services should be found useful, he might continue by
paying $150 or $200 per annum, according to the value of his labor, and
if he should prove to have a gift for active industry, in process of
time, he might defray his whole expenses, complete his education and be
fitted for practical life.
With the intelligent zeal which you manifest in our enterprise, I need
not say that we highly value your sympathy. I should rejoice in any
arrangement which might bring us into closer relations. It is only from
the faith and love of those whose hearts are filled with the hopes of a
better future for humanity, that we look for the building up of our
"City of God." So far we have been prospered in our highest
expectations. We are more and more convinced of the beauty and justice
of our mode of life. We love to breathe this pure, healthy atmosphere;
we feel that we are living in the bosom of nature, and all things seem
to expand under the freedom and truth which we worship in our hearts.
I should regret to think that this was to be our last communication
with each other.
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