A Letter To Mrs Kershaw – June 11th, 1869
My dear Friend, Mrs. Kershaw
I am sorry to find from a letter just received from Mr. Gadsby, that dear Mr. Kershaw is gradually sinking into the arms of death. But oh, what a mercy and a blessing it is for him and for you, and may I not add, for all his friends and the church of God, that he is so favored in his soul, and that the blessing of God rests like the dew upon the branch! It is indeed a fitting crown to his long and laborious life, a sealing testimony of the Lord the Spirit to the precious truths which he has so long preached, and a confirming evidence that the Jesus, whose name, blood, righteousness, and dying love he has so long labored to exalt, is now smiling upon His aged servant before He takes him home to Himself.
Amid all your present cares and anxieties, and the fatigue of nursing the dear invalid, I could not ask you to drop me a line how he is, but if S. J. would but write me a few words I should feel much obliged. Truly she said in her note to Mrs. Gadsby that his removal will be an indescribable loss to you and her. But oh, my dear friend, what a blessed thing it is for you to have such a testimony on his behalf! And though when the stroke comes, you may feel as if it were tearing body and soul asunder, and may sadly mourn your desolate state after so many years of wedded happiness and spiritual union, yet it will be a sweet balm to your bleeding heart, that he whom you so long and so justly loved is forever with his dear Lord. Please give him my Christian love. We have always walked in love and union for many years, and no cloud has ever come across our communion with each other.
Yours very affectionately in the truth,
J. C. P.
Jesus is LORD! 
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