Letter from Lemuel Haynes to Timothy Cooley, 1805 January 14

Very Dear Sir- It Seems for some reason our literary correspondence has for a long time been interrupted Whether it is not thro criminal inattention may be a Serious question May it again be revived Granville being my former home renders every intelligence from thence interesting I often hear from you though not by letter Were I at your house your first inquiry would be how is religion among you? I must answer not as in days past tho Some hopeful appearances. -- A little boy of 12 years old Joined the chh. a few days ago being asked what was the means of his being awakened he said that "He thot one "night that he had been given up to God in baptism and he thought it to be his duty to give himself up to God." He is a re remarkable instance of piety-- I wished that our Baptist Brethren had heard the relation