Letter from Eliza Mulock to Dinah Mulock Craik, 26 August 1858

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Letter from Eliza Mulock to Dinah Mulock Craik, 26 August 1858. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription July-August 2015 by Janice Parker Proofing of transcription 7 November 2015 by Kailey Fukushima TEI encoding July-August 2015 by Janice Parker Proofing of TEI encoding 7 November 2015 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 20 December 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2014

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of California at Los Angeles Charles E. Young Research Library Mulock Family Papers 846 Letter from Eliza Mulock to Dinah Mulock Craik, 26 August 1858.

This 4-page letter is accompanied by an envelope. The name "Miss Mulock" is written in the center of the front of the envelope.

 Box 1, Folder 10

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbrieviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.
August 26 – 1858 My very dear Dinah

I felt truly grieved at the content of your letter and its enclosure the only excuse I can make for him is that he is again falling back to his former state the only thing to be regretted is that it does not manifest itself in some outrageous act that could be laid hold of to require his being put into an asylum and kept there I respect and love yourself and dear Ben more than I can express for your forbearance and gentle language towards him and hope nothing will provoke either of your to answer him now or at any other time, believe me he only wants to frighten you either to get money from you or liberty through you. Silence is your only safeguard he is in that excitable state of mind that nothing short of money or liberation would silence him now and even that only for a time and then he would threaten you again, I know by bitter experience how he can write and act when his is refused money, I see his is now influenced greatly by that Miss Mulock in petticoats so you can only “stand still” which sincerely hope you will continue to do, take my advice and beware of Major Fulford be as careful in writing to him at present, your father's friend, your poor father never could keep a friend they always found it cost too much and then the picture changed. I have not written to him for years tho’ though he sends me all his productions, so when anyone writes to me unkindly I am silent and so let us wear out.

dear Aunt Alicia has told you I enclose you some letters I found among my Mother’s papers, I do not send them to embitter your spirit against him but to let you see the fluctuations of his mind when he is pleased or contradicted.

And now my own dearest Dinah read this not only in your sweet gentle, loving manner that has so endeared you to me, but look into it and reflect upon it whether it is not true. I do not wonder in your youthful days you refused the religion of your of your father he made it appear so unlovely, but does that alter the truth of it, does it not rather show there must be a divine reality in those doctrines when even persons feel obliged to cloke cloak themselves in its Garb, are the gifts of God providences less good because some make bruter beasts and devils of themselves in the using of them, certainly not surely then the glorious doctrines of God; full grace in the Salvation of a chosen people ought not to be despised or rejected because some dishonour it by their temper or conduct, and the revelation of God; pardoning this guilty but loved eternally loved people by the blood and righteousness of His own dear son cannot be as bad doctrine if the Holy Spirit gives us to see our own personal interest in it, blessed reality ah dearest what would be my feelings on the borders of eternity as I am now for at my age I cannot look forward to years, if I had not the good hope that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His precious blood washed me from all my sins and that through Him I shall stand before my heavenly Father Holy and without blame in love, almost the last words of your dear Grandmother were, – “it is only the blood of Jesus Christ can make a dying bed “happy – ” May the dear Lord hear the pardons of

your truly loving Aunt EMulock

Miss Mulock

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Letter from Eliza Mulock to Dinah Mulock Craik, 26 August 1858. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription July-August 2015 by Janice Parker Proofing of transcription 7 November 2015 by Kailey Fukushima TEI encoding July-August 2015 by Janice Parker Proofing of TEI encoding 7 November 2015 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 20 December 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2014

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of California at Los Angeles Charles E. Young Research Library Mulock Family Papers 846 Letter from Eliza Mulock to Dinah Mulock Craik, 26 August 1858.

This 4-page letter is accompanied by an envelope. The name "Miss Mulock" is written in the center of the front of the envelope.

 Box 1, Folder 10

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbrieviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.
August 26 – 1858 My very dear Dinah

I felt truly grieved at the content of your letter and its enclosure the only excuse I can make for him is that he is again falling back to his former state the only thing to be regretted is that it does not manifest itself in some outrageous act that could be laid hold of to require his being put into an asylum and kept there I respect and love yourself and dear Ben more than I can express for your forbearance and gentle language towards him and hope nothing will provoke either of your to answer him now or at any other time, believe me he only wants to frighten you either to get money from you or liberty through you. Silence is your only safeguard he is in that excitable state of mind that nothing short of money or liberation would silence him now and even that only for a time and then he would threaten you again, I know by bitter experience how he can write and act when his is refused money, I see his is now influenced greatly by that Miss Mulock in petticoats so you can only “stand still” which sincerely hope you will continue to do, take my advice and beware of Major Fulford be as careful in writing to him at present, your father's friend, your poor father never could keep a friend they always found it cost too much and then the picture changed. I have not written to him for years tho’ though he sends me all his productions, so when anyone writes to me unkindly I am silent and so let us wear out.

dear Aunt Alicia has told you I enclose you some letters I found among my Mother’s papers, I do not send them to embitter your spirit against him but to let you see the fluctuations of his mind when he is pleased or contradicted.

And now my own dearest Dinah read this not only in your sweet gentle, loving manner that has so endeared you to me, but look into it and reflect upon it whether it is not true. I do not wonder in your youthful days you refused the religion of your of your father he made it appear so unlovely, but does that alter the truth of it, does it not rather show there must be a divine reality in those doctrines when even persons feel obliged to cloke cloak themselves in its Garb, are the gifts of God providences less good because some make bruter beasts and devils of themselves in the using of them, certainly not surely then the glorious doctrines of God; full grace in the Salvation of a chosen people ought not to be despised or rejected because some dishonour it by their temper or conduct, and the revelation of God; pardoning this guilty but loved eternally loved people by the blood and righteousness of His own dear son cannot be as bad doctrine if the Holy Spirit gives us to see our own personal interest in it, blessed reality ah dearest what would be my feelings on the borders of eternity as I am now for at my age I cannot look forward to years, if I had not the good hope that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His precious blood washed me from all my sins and that through Him I shall stand before my heavenly Father Holy and without blame in love, almost the last words of your dear Grandmother were, – “it is only the blood of Jesus Christ can make a dying bed “happy – ” May the dear Lord hear the pardons of

your truly loving Aunt EMulock

Miss Mulock