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JAY TO LINDLEY MURRAY. 447
We have both experienced afflicting dispensations.
Your portion of health has for a long time been diminished ; and I have not had a well day for the last
twelve years. You have been deprived of an excellent
brother, who was an excellent man; and I of several
relations, and particularly of an amiable and affectionate daughter. It is a comfort to hope and believe
that such dispensations answer merciful purposes, and
that the time will come when we shall rejoice in
having been reminded by adversity, that temporal
enjoyments are transient.
The winter having been more cold than common,
has confined me to the house during the course of it;
and the weather this spring has not yet been so mild
as to admit of my going abroad without risk. Although
my old complaint has gradually reduced me to a state
of incurable debility, yet I seldom suffer from acute
pain, except occasionally from rheumatism. In various respects, I have abundant reason to be thankful.
We have both passed the usual term of human life,
or (as the lawyers say) our leases have expired, and
we are now holding over. To be thus circumstanced,
is not very important to those who expect to remove
from their present abodes to better habitations, and
to enjoy them in perpetuity. That we may both be,
and continue to be, numbered with these, is the
sincere desire of
Your affectionate friend,
John Jay.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000474 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO LINDLEY MURRAY. 447 We have both experienced afflicting dispensations. Your portion of health has for a long time been diminished ; and I have not had a well day for the last twelve years. You have been deprived of an excellent brother, who was an excellent man; and I of several relations, and particularly of an amiable and affectionate daughter. It is a comfort to hope and believe that such dispensations answer merciful purposes, and that the time will come when we shall rejoice in having been reminded by adversity, that temporal enjoyments are transient. The winter having been more cold than common, has confined me to the house during the course of it; and the weather this spring has not yet been so mild as to admit of my going abroad without risk. Although my old complaint has gradually reduced me to a state of incurable debility, yet I seldom suffer from acute pain, except occasionally from rheumatism. In various respects, I have abundant reason to be thankful. We have both passed the usual term of human life, or (as the lawyers say) our leases have expired, and we are now holding over. To be thus circumstanced, is not very important to those who expect to remove from their present abodes to better habitations, and to enjoy them in perpetuity. That we may both be, and continue to be, numbered with these, is the sincere desire of Your affectionate friend, John Jay. |
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