Faraday to Caroline Deacon   20 September 1859

Hampton Court Green | 20 Septr. 1859

My dear friend & niece

Let our heart-felt congratulations be the acknowledgement of your hopeful letter to me. Thanks be unto God who hath fulfilled your hopes and who is able to keep you & yours & us in the full assurance of hope unto the end. See what was his purpose:- his chastenings are as merciful as his blessings;- for they are blessings. My wife and I join You and Thomas in love, we hope for the truths sake. I cannot use many words, as if this blessing were a common thing:- it is the Lords work and we may be encouraged to use the concluding words of the 103rd Psalm as saying all that can be said. Bless the Lord O my soul¹[.]

Your Affectionate Uncle | M. Faraday

Mrs. T. Deacon