Letter from A. C. Van Raalte to Christina de Moen Van Raalte

A letter of Albertus C. Van Raalte to his wife, Christina de Moen Van Raalte, saying, I completed the business in Hellendoorn on Saturday and on Saturday, moreover, I rode to Ommen. I preached in the vicinity of Ommen on Sunday and on Monday. We saw neither the mayor nor the policeman. On Tuesday we walked fifteen minutes farther to a place which is under the authority of another mayor. We did this because the authorities in Ommen were looking for us, and thus they searched for us in vain. p. 25. He then went on to Stegeren for a Classis meeting because some seeds of dissension had been sown in the congregations as a result of which some people were led astray in part due to ignorance,... , p. 25 He then says to Christina he understands why things like this often weight heavily upon you. He is traveling all week but hopes to be home by Friday. He traveled by horse and buggy but had to leave the buggy behind due to the high waters of the river Vegt.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1830s/1071/thumbnail.jp