LETTER OF
The GOSPEL TRUTH CHARLES G. FINNEY
1856
To Hamilton Hill
11 January 1856
[MS in Oberlin College Archives]
Rochester N.Y. 11.Jan.1855.
My Dear Br. Hill.
I thank you for attending
to my correspondence. Br. Shaffer
tells me that you offer your house
for sale. How is this? I hope Dr.
Br. that you have no thought of
leaving O. The object of my
writing at this time is to say
that I have just recd from
J. S. Seymour, of Auburn N.Y.
a check for $100. intended for
the Institution. Now I wish
to ask whether your funds are
in such a state as to allow
me to use this check.
In fitting out & sending Julia
to Brooklyn I have parted
with nearly all the money I
had with me. I shall not
probably secure any here until
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I close my labors here. If your
funds will allow you, without
depriving others more needy
than myself, to let me keep this
I shall be glad to do so. I will
not use it until I hear from
you. If others need it more
than I do so that you can
not spare it I will send
it to you. Something was due
at Hartford which was to come
to me on the 1st of Jan. I suppose
you have drawn for that. If you can
let me keep this, you can use that.
The religious interest here is on
the increase. Love to all the
good people & especially to
your Dear family.
The Lord bless you My Dear Brother
C. G. Finney
Footnotes:
The last figure of the date would appear to be a 5. Finney should have written a 6.
The Hills did not leave Oberlin at this time.
Finney's daughter, Julia, went to the home of Hobart Ford, Mrs. Finney's brother, in Brooklyn.