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 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS--Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Date: 1830-10-30 , Associated Pages:(4)