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PEP.777.002
7 Jan 1777:61 (3/298)
Letters taken in a prize ship, and supposed to be wrote by
the Rev. Mr. Peters, formerly of Hebron, in Connecticut.
. . . To the Rev. Mr. Badger, at Halifax, Nova-Scotia.
[Discussion of hardships]
Our case is not much unlike that of the Israelites. who hung
their harps upon the willows, and wept whenever they thought
on Jerusalem, they were tantalized by their captors with,
"Come, sing us one of the songs of Zion;" they were in a low
condition for many years, and could not sing, but at last
the Lord delivered them out of all their distresses.
. . . [27 more lines]
We expect news from the howling wilderness, where distress
has taken up her residence, to reward the hymn singing
saints, for all their Cromwellian virtues and human
bloodshed, from their first emigration until now.
. . . [signed] An enemy to Dr. Foster.
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