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Thank the Lord that your debt for the house has decreased by almost half; and He is able to help you in the latter, just seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you (Matthew 6:33), according to His unfaithful word. Your daughters will help you give at least a little of all your wealth to you; and maybe from the outside, to whom God will announce help, from whom you sometimes do not expect to receive; only where the Lord favors; and without Him we will achieve nothing. Thank you, mother, for accepting my advice regarding the sisters, especially the sick: for many, mental illness is a physical cause, but since there is no doctor, they are burdened; sometimes your visit and one word spoken for consolation and reinforcement can untie the knot that binds the conscience and strengthen it to bear illness with complacency. May the Lord help you in this good deed; and what we do for our neighbors, the Lord takes upon Himself: since you have created only these lesser brothers of Mine, do them for Me (Matthew 25:40). The cause of M.P.’s grief and no one else like me; but in my conscience I am peaceful, I inflicted it on her not with the intention of insulting her, but perhaps to turn her away from grief. I won’t say much about this; it seems that everyone can see the truth; but her sorrow increased due to its dispensation; in her letters to me I see such humility and such devotion and faith towards me that it seems that nothing could shake this; but in this case both humility and faith were lost; She, who had the self-confidence that she could keep her and nourish her spiritually, and was already firmly convinced that she would live with her - which she even talked about with her relatives, but, seeing something completely contrary to her expectations, fell into despondency and sorrow. Not realizing that for the most part, sisters do not live together, which you have many examples of, and they, living separately, do not have any displeasure against each other. Having felt sorry for her, I ask you to again offer advice on pacifying herself, so that she would accept it with humility, and would rather leave this case to the providence of God, and not to human intentions. However, I give orders to your judgment, if you find that it would be more beneficial for S—i to live with M. P—i, then arrange it that way, according to your reasoning and will, and I will not interfere here: I hope that M. M. will forgive me for what I asked of her and it did not come true. S—e, poor thing, there is still a new obstacle, her uncle in P—e died, and this incident should greatly touch her parents, and even more so her father; he had his three sons in his arms; seeing them in this position, one must make condescension and force oneself to patience and rejection of one’s will; Not only does no one insult her there, but they also please her and everyone warns her about her desires there; but she herself finds all this unhelpful, which is indeed the case. Mnogohreshny I.M. November 4, 1844. You might be interested in: