Andover, Mass., February 18, 1854.
Dear friend,--I see and sincerely rejoice in the result of your lecture in New York.
I am increasingly anxious that all who hate slavery be united, if not in form, at least in fact,--a unity in difference.
Our field lies in the church, and as yet I differ from you as to what may be done and hoped there.
Brother Edward (Beecher) has written a sermon that goes to the very root of the decline of moral feeling in the church.
As soon as it can be got ready for the press I shall have it printed, and shall send a copy to every minister in the country.
Our lectures have been somewhat embarrassed by a pressure of new business brought upon us by the urgency of the Kansas-Nebraska question.
Since we began, however, brother Edward has devoted his whole time to visiting, consultation, and efforts the result of which will shortly be given to the public.
We are trying to secure a universal arousing of the pulpit.
Dr. Bacon's letter is noble.
You must think so. It has been sent to every member of Congress.
Dr. Kirk's sermon is an advance, and his congregation warmly seconded it. Now, my good friend, be willing to see that the church is better than you have thought it. Be not unwilling to see some good symptoms, and hope that even those who see not at all at first will gain as they go on. I am acting on the conviction that you love the cause better than self.
If anything can be done now advantageously by the aid of money, let me know.
God has given me some power in this way, though I am too feeble to do much otherwise.
Yours for the cause, H. B. Stowe.
