Faraday to Benjamin Vincent   12 October 1860

Royal Hotel | Whitby | Friday 12 Octr. 1860

My dear friend

I fear we are tied up here for some days longer & cannot stir. We are hard at work in the lighthouse and have to wait for the wind - Perhaps we may be able to go out tonight - perhaps tomorrow night - and perhaps not[.] If I do not see you on Sabbath day¹ you will know the cause. Both bodies i.e the Trinity house & the Royal Commission are here & I cannot leave them and though they respect the Sabbath we might have to work up to the Sabbath or within an hour of it so I must just wait & trust[.]

Could you give the enclosed to Mr Anderson & could you also advance him 4 or 5 pounds until I come back? It will help me & him greatly[.]

As to the great matter I say little of it here²[.] It is constantly in my thoughts but I cannot write much about. Nor is that needed - it is in better hands than mine and in his working & guidance in whom I hope to trust for surely he made us and not we ourselves and he guides his own as a shepherd his sheep[.]

With deep love I am | Very dear brother | Yours | M. Faraday

Mr Vincent