Oakville, ,, 19 1953

My Dear Jasper,

                        We got home happy & well thankful for our visit, I must say for my part I never enjoyed a visit so much as it, you always spoke well of that family but we found the truth of all, in my opinion I never saw nicer people in their circumstance, their  religious

manner I admire most,  I believe them to be truly religious give them my best respects and all the family join me in sending our love to ye, the girls ought to be well pleased I  us to be gone they had so much to do. I expect Mr. Digins met ye on Monday even according to promise and many brought to the penitent forum, if the man continues then the Devil must make a shameful back out. I never heard such a thundering preacher before.

Your Sunday school I admired but it is not to be wondered at while the people are so united & while they have such a man at their head as Mr. Hooper?. I was indeed delighted with his prayer on opening school, all I saw I liked, the place, people & their manner, may they go on in the ways of wisdom. I hope many families uphold family prayer as ye do in such a humble spirit, in my opinion if our Savior was on earth & wandering from place to place he would chose that family for his residence it so much resembles the one he love & abide in at once I was struck with the feeling that God was surely there, they cannot but prosper for Godliness has the promise & my Mothers health is a little better but not much hope of it continuing. She was happy to hear from us such a favourable account of your place. I hope they will try & come up to see us.

  My Father very ell & so are all the family we called over to see ?? as we came up. I was not in town since to enquire about your letter let me know in your next of the boy Clarke shot died.

Clarke is very well known about him bearing the same character there. I hope they will not hang him.

Remember me to Mrs Fox & family let not Miss Coatsworth think I am forgetting her kindness. I spoke of her as a member of   the family.

I need no admonish ye to be kind and affectionate to each other for more I would not wish ye than you will excuse this for indeed I am more fit for sleep than writing at this time but I could not help trespassing on my sleep to remind ye of ye the kindness doing otherwise. I would prove ungrateful.

                                               So forward my Dear Brother yours in the bond of affection & Christeen love.  Richard Golden

  Let me know how you like the name I have given to our residence if you it , I  will stand.

RG