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652kindness, please give him what remains of the funds that God sent us so lovinglyand so providentially. If you should need it, retain some of this money for yourselfin lieu of what I had taken from you on credit.Without waiting my response, write to Popiel 890 as the Holy Spirit inspiresyou. About me you can write that I intend to write to him later and recall myselfto his memory; but I have gone on retreat. Therefore, I will write later. Send himmy greetings, and thank him for me, as, by God’s grace, you know how to do sowell.May you stay healthy, full of peace, growing constantly in good spirit inthe Lord! Give my very best wishes to your wife, our dearest sister in Christ theLord, and to dear Mary as well; in my thoughts and feelings they are not separatedfrom you. I commend all of you to God’s protection and love, asking yourfraternal and Christian prayer for myself.Give my regards to our dearest Theophil 891 ! May God continue to supporthim by His holy grace, and most lovingly pour out him all of the joys we wishhim from the bottom of our hearts.Also give my fraternal greetings in our only Lord and Savior Christ toBoleslaus, Wątróbka and Minłowski.BogdanWednesday, May 1, 1839For Brother Valerian 892890 Louis Popiel - A member of the Polish landed aristocracy who was traveling through the West;a relative of Wielogłowski and the brother of Paul Popiel of Cracow.891 Theophil Januszkiewicz.892 The original is preserved in the Polish Academy of Science (Cracow): Mss. 1835, pp. 32-33.