LETTER OF
The GOSPEL TRUTH CHARLES G. FINNEY
1853
To Hamilton Hill
18 March 1853
[MS in Oberlin College Archives 7/1/5]
Syracuse 18. March 1853.
Dear Br. Hill.
Yours of the 14. inst is
just recd. I saw that Br. Goodhue
had not begun right & told him
so. He had letters touching his Xtian
character from some two or three &
wished me to certify my confidence
in the integrity of those men.
I did so, saying that of Mr. G.
I personally knew but little.
I made no allusion to his project
I told him I could say nothing
about that until he was authorized
by the Board of Trust to act for
them. He signified that he prefered
to do so. A I hope to return
to O. early in April. But they have
no minister in either of the three
churches & seem not likely to have.
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I dont know what to do. It is so
very difficult to leave under
such circumstances. The
work of the Lord progresses without
any abatement as I can see.
What are we to do for room
at O
this year. Is it true that
Br. Whipple has left, or is
about to leave Oberlin?
We are in good health.
With kindest regards
to Mrs. H. & to all the friends
I am as ever yours in the Lord.
C. G. Finney.
P.S. Mrs. F. unites.
Footnote:
Henry Ethan Whipple resigned from his post as Principal of the Preparatory Department.