Augusta County: Mary Anna Sibert to David H. Evans,
October 7, 1867
Summary:
Sibert confesses that she has sinned by thinking of Evans more frequently than
she has thought of God. She writes that her most earnest prayer is that God will
moderate her affections but closes the letter by urging Evans to pay her a visit
as soon as possible.
David H. Evans
Oct 7. 1867
Mt Solon Va.
Mr. David H. Evans
I have just finished a heavy day's work & the closing of Monday finds me
seated alone to answer your dear letter of Friday. I was so happy to hear from
you thankful to know you were well. How much I wish I could see you this
evening. I cannot wait until Saturday arrives with
calm patience I am wanting the day to come & hurrying time for it seems
it does not pass swiftly enough to bring you near me. I was so glad &
thankful when I read that you were coming this week for I do want to see your
dear face more than I can tell you or than you can ever believe
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for I
love you so truly & entirely with all the deep devotion of my heart
& nature that I am only happy & contented when you are with me.
Oh I do indeed love you more & more every hour of my life. I feel that I
am sinning by giving to you the love of both heart
& soul I sin because I think more of you than of my God which makes you my Idol. I know this should
not be & my most earnest prayer is that God will moderate my affection
so it will receive His holy blessings & smiles. I fear in God's jealous
anger that He might take you from me for loving you more than I do "my father who art in Heaven." I will with His
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Divine aid love you in a way pleasing to Him then He will love & bless
us both as nothing in this world can do but God
Cousin David Sibert brought Rennie home yesterday she will not return to
Bridgewater till she is the bride of cousin David when you come I will tell you
when they are to be married. Can't you leave Staunton before 7? it will be so late for you to ride alone &
such a long ride by your dear self Magnus must come with you. some one to keep
you from being lonely. be sure & come Saturday evening don't please
disappoint me as you did the last time you promised to come Saturday &
did not I was so disappointed then
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& so anxious about you
thinking something serious had happened to you. Now if you will only come you
will find a warm supper a bright fire, a sincere, & most cordial
welcome from Ma & my sisters, & a loving welcome from the one who loves you more than she can fully tell in all her life I will try & have my
home bright & pleasant as possible for you so you can be happy &
feel that you would rather be here then any where else & my face shall
be so bright that you may know how truly happy my heart is to see & know
that the one I love more than all the world is with me. Do come. I will pray
that God will let you come to me Saturday for He knows it will give me more
pleasure than
anything to see you. Write to me by Friday's mail & tell me
you will come. I hope it won't rain. I wish you were here now. Oh! I do want to
see you. Ma, Rennie, & all send love & say you must come. I send
love & a kiss God bless you for you are dear, dear to me. "Goodnight."
Come my heart says come Saturday.
Yours,
Mollie Sibert
I have a beautiful big apple for you Mr Samuel Ferror brought it to me last Saturday
