I hope the Lord in due time will grant us this pleasure.
"Seek the Lord," my dear son, "while he may be found." Your affectionate father, J.MORSE.
[ILLUSTRATION: ELIZABETH ANN MORSE AND SIDNEY E.MORSE ILLUSTRATION: REV.

JEDEDIAH MORSE AND S.F.B.

MORSE From portraits by a Mr.Sargent, who also painted portraits of the Washington family] September 8, 1810.
DEAR MAMA,--Papa arrived here safely this evening and I need not tell you we were glad to see him.

He has mentioned to me the plan which he proposed for my future business in life, and I am pleased with it, for I was determined beforehand to conform to his and your will in everything, and, when I come home, I shall endeavor to make amends for the trouble and anxiety which you have been at on my account, by assisting papa in his labors and pursuing with ardor my own business....
I have been extremely low-spirited for some days past, and it still continues.

I hope it will wear off by Commencement Day....
I am so low in spirits that I could almost cry.
It was no wonder that he was down-hearted, for he was ambitious and longed to carve out a great career for himself, while his good parents were conservative and wished him to become independent as soon as possible.