263 - Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 16 February 1789
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see I am weak enough to judge of your feelings by my
own pardon me if I am wrong.
I’m glad to hear you attend upon the means of
Grace, it must be a pleasing relaxation to a mind
influenc’d by the spirit of God, the prosperous or adverse
scenes of life are comparatively small in their conse=
=quences to ye favor of God & ye eternal salvation of ye Soul
I wish’t much for you yesterday to have heard Mr Macquay
his text in ye morning was in Genesis 5.24 “And Enoch
walked with God” &c I never heard a better sermon, from any
man but indeed I had sufficient reason to look above
Man for yr Lord himself coud only impart what I felt
it was a Day I hope never to forget, I coud say from
my very heart; what I have long wisht for ytJesus Christ was & is more to me than any thing here
Below & I hope I can truly say that I saw the relationship
Clear between Christ & me, by his own covenant engagement .
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[damaged]
lose the pleasing [damaged] negligence
improvement is by the things of time & sinse
calculated in their nature to attract our attention
& draw us off from the contemplation of things [damaged]
& substansial.
I hope you will write upon the receipt {^of}
this & specify particularly when I must look for your
return; We are all thro’ mercy pretty well my cold
is considerably better. I shoud have been pleas’d to {?hear }
you had escaped free from yt complaint yourself {?but}
I hope from your silence on that subject you {?have}.
Papa & Mamma desire their kind respects to
you – ye former is always anxious to know ye particulars
of your business, I think if you had time to give [damaged ]
him yourself he woud be very much pleas’d this I leave
to you as neither he nor I ever mentioned it to each {?other}
accept my kind respects & believe me to be
your sincerely
Affectionate Wife
R Bateman
Manr Feby 16 1789
see I am weak enough to judge of your feelings by my
own pardon me if I am wrong.
I’m glad to hear you attend upon the means of
Grace, it must be a pleasing relaxation to a mind
influenc’d by the spirit of God, the prosperous or adverse
scenes of life are comparatively small in their conse=
=quences to ye favor of God & ye eternal salvation of ye Soul
I wish’t much for you yesterday to have heard Mr Macquay
his text in ye morning was in Genesis 5.24 “And Enoch
walked with God” &c I never heard a better sermon, from any
man but indeed I had sufficient reason to look above
Man for yr Lord himself coud only impart what I felt
it was a Day I hope never to forget, I coud say from
my very heart; what I have long wisht for ytJesus Christ was & is more to me than any thing here
Below & I hope I can truly say that I saw the relationship
Clear between Christ & me, by his own covenant engagement .
[new page]
[damaged]
lose the pleasing [damaged] negligence
improvement is by the things of time & sinse
calculated in their nature to attract our attention
& draw us off from the contemplation of things [damaged]
& substansial.
I hope you will write upon the receipt {^of}
this & specify particularly when I must look for your
return; We are all thro’ mercy pretty well my cold
is considerably better. I shoud have been pleas’d to {?hear }
you had escaped free from yt complaint yourself {?but}
I hope from your silence on that subject you {?have}.
Papa & Mamma desire their kind respects to
you – ye former is always anxious to know ye particulars
of your business, I think if you had time to give [damaged ]
him yourself he woud be very much pleas’d this I leave
to you as neither he nor I ever mentioned it to each {?other}
accept my kind respects & believe me to be
your sincerely
Affectionate Wife
R Bateman
Manr Feby 16 1789
[damaged] entire top of letter is missing
see I am weak enough to judge of your feelings by my
own pardon me if I am wrong.
I’m glad to hear you attend upon the means of
Grace, it must be a pleasing relaxation to a mind
influenc’d by the spirit of God, the prosperous or adverse
scenes of life are comparatively small in their conse=
=quences to ye favor of God & ye eternal salvation of ye Soul
I wish’t much for you yesterday to have heard Mr Macquay
his text in ye morning was in Genesis 5.24 “And Enoch
walked with God” &c I never heard a better sermon, from any
man but indeed I had sufficient reason to look above
Man for yr Lord himself coud only impart what I felt
it was a Day I hope never to forget, I coud say from
my very heart; what I have long wisht for ytJesus Christ was & is more to me than any thing here
Below & I hope I can truly say that I saw the relationship
Clear between Christ & me, by his own covenant engagement .
[new page]
[damaged]
lose the pleasing [damaged] negligence
improvement is by the things of time & sinse
calculated in their nature to attract our attention
& draw us off from the contemplation of things [damaged]
& substansial.
I hope you will write upon the receipt {^of}
this & specify particularly when I must look for your
return; We are all thro’ mercy pretty well my cold
is considerably better. I shoud have been pleas’d to {?hear }
you had escaped free from yt complaint yourself {?but}
I hope from your silence on that subject you {?have}.
Papa & Mamma desire their kind respects to
you – ye former is always anxious to know ye particulars
of your business, I think if you had time to give [damaged ]
him yourself he woud be very much pleas’d this I leave
to you as neither he nor I ever mentioned it to each {?other}
accept my kind respects & believe me to be
your sincerely
Affectionate Wife
R Bateman
Manr Feby 16 1789
see I am weak enough to judge of your feelings by my
own pardon me if I am wrong.
I’m glad to hear you attend upon the means of
Grace, it must be a pleasing relaxation to a mind
influenc’d by the spirit of God, the prosperous or adverse
scenes of life are comparatively small in their conse=
=quences to ye favor of God & ye eternal salvation of ye Soul
I wish’t much for you yesterday to have heard Mr Macquay
his text in ye morning was in Genesis 5.24 “And Enoch
walked with God” &c I never heard a better sermon, from any
man but indeed I had sufficient reason to look above
Man for yr Lord himself coud only impart what I felt
it was a Day I hope never to forget, I coud say from
my very heart; what I have long wisht for ytJesus Christ was & is more to me than any thing here
Below & I hope I can truly say that I saw the relationship
Clear between Christ & me, by his own covenant engagement .
[new page]
[damaged]
lose the pleasing [damaged] negligence
improvement is by the things of time & sinse
calculated in their nature to attract our attention
& draw us off from the contemplation of things [damaged]
& substansial.
I hope you will write upon the receipt {^of}
this & specify particularly when I must look for your
return; We are all thro’ mercy pretty well my cold
is considerably better. I shoud have been pleas’d to {?hear }
you had escaped free from yt complaint yourself {?but}
I hope from your silence on that subject you {?have}.
Papa & Mamma desire their kind respects to
you – ye former is always anxious to know ye particulars
of your business, I think if you had time to give [damaged ]
him yourself he woud be very much pleas’d this I leave
to you as neither he nor I ever mentioned it to each {?other}
accept my kind respects & believe me to be
your sincerely
Affectionate Wife
R Bateman
Manr Feby 16 1789
Details
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 16 February 1789
The first section of this letter is missing. The closing section expresses relief that he his attending to his faith while away from home, details of her cold and her recovery.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [18]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1789
2
16
Feby 16 1789
Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
[unknown, England]
People
Person: Rebekah Bateman
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heart
- devotional practice
- listening
- meditating
a cold
- recovery
- weak
- feeling
- happy
- hopeful
- disposition
- faith
- memory
- mind
- personal blessings
- body - improving
- health - improving
Person: Thomas Bateman
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primary addressee
devotional practice
separation
feeling
- faith
- mind
- soul
- virtuous
- god
- marriage
How to Cite
To Cite this Letter
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 16 February 1789, 1621789: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [18]
To Cite this Edition
Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.