A Letter To A Brother In Christ – October 15th, 1869
Dear Friend in the Lord, Mr. James Churcher — I had not heard of the removal of your late partner in life until the receipt of your kind and affectionate letter. You have indeed sustained an irreparable loss, but you have the sweet satisfaction of knowing that she is with that dear Lord whom she believed in and loved while here below. I will, as far as my health and time admit, look over any account which you may send to me of the Lord’s dealings with her in providence and grace. I shall then be able to form a better judgment how far it may be desirable to insert it in the Gospel Standard. You can, if you like, write copiously, though I think for the most part that a concise account is preferable, as many things which may appear of importance to relatives may not appear so to general readers, and it is difficult to abridge and suppress a long account, not only as requiring judgment and giving trouble for the pen, but also as breaking the links which often connect the whole into one chain. Though, therefore, I have said you might if you like write copiously, yet if you could compress the best parts of her life and experience into a smaller compass it would be desirable. In fact, most writers are too lengthy and verbose, and spoil what is really good by mixing up with it what is of little value; for it is in writing, and indeed in religion and in everything else, that what is most valuable is most scarce, and lies usually in a very small compass.
Give my love to all the friends with whom you stand in union.
Yours affectionately in the Lord,
J. C. P.
Jesus is LORD! 
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