L[ydia] M[aria] Child ALS to Louisa Loring, July 11, [1843?]

not be surprised if, after all, I become
somewhat of a bigotted Swedenborgian.
I think I shall not; but oh, how strongly
the heart is drawn toward that from
which it learned its first feeling of wor-
-ship! That church is my mother, and I
would fain die in her arms, after all my
wanderings. The angels have been with me
lately in dreams, of which I understand
but a part; but they make me feel again
like a little child. God has some mission
for me to perform, for which He has
been preparing me through fire.

I wrote to you more than
a month ago, asking who was the individ-
-ual for whom you gave $3 to John
Hopper, with a request to have it inserted
in the Standard. John has been very
uneasy about it. The name slipped from
his memory before he got home, and almost
as soon as he entered the house he requested