LETTER OF
The GOSPEL TRUTH CHARLES G. FINNEY
1874
To Russell Houghton Emmerson
[MS in Finney Papers, Supplement # 177]
Russell Houghton Emmerson was the husband of Captain John Moody's eldest daughter, Mary.
Oberlin O. 6th. Oct 1874
R Emmerson Esqr
Dear Br. Br. Joseph Adams
informs me that you are
struggling against freemasonry
I am happy to hear it.
I send you by to days mail
my little work on that subject
the truthfulness of which you
may rely upon. Did I not
know it to be true I should
think it incredible that minis
ters of the gospel should coun
tenance such an abominable
institution.
I learn from Joseph that the
younger sisters of Ann Moody
Potter are with you. I should
so like to see them. Can they
not make us a visit.
For their Dear Fathers sake
as well as for their own we
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should gladly welcome
them to our house to pay
us a good long visit.
I was at their home in Goole
England & dined with
them one day. Give my
earnest love to them &
ask them to pay us a visit
at their earliest convenience
Please also make my most
Christian regard to you[r]
Dear Wife & when you
write to Ann assure her
of my undiminished
regard. God bless you
all evermore
C. G. Finney.
Footnote:
The two youngest daughters of John Moody were Julia and Matilda, both unmarried.