My dear Sir

I thank you for sympathetic & very kind letter, & for the present of your sermons.² I have been occasionally well abused; but it has annoyed me hardly at all, as I am conscious of having endeavoured to discover the truth to the best of my ability & after long-continued work.— M^r. H. Allen has been staying here for a couple of days & he tells me how nobly you declare for the causes which you believe to be just & in doing this you exposed yourself to the total injustice of your opponents.³ Permit me to add that I honour such conduct remain Dear Sir | yours f^y | C. D