Pittsburgh May 19—49
Miss Emory
I send you according to promise the autograph of Mr. Newman. It affords me a peculiar pleasure to be able to be able to oblige, even in the slightest degree, a Pusyite [sic]. I have known many of that party both before and after their entrance into our Church, and in both states admired their virtue and their learning. Their piety so enlightened and yet so humble, their gentleness and affability have ever delighted me, and I cannot think of them without feeling disposed to be better than I am. It is impossible that those who once admired and loved them should not themselves be like them, since this is the property of love, to assimilate to its object, and this hence it is that even the very name of Pusyite [sic] has for me a kind of charm. I feel that on the present occasion anything in the shape of controversy might be considered an unwarranted obtrusion, yet I cannot seal this our brief acquaintance without beseeching you to be faithful to the graces you have received, to pray often and fervently to God that he may instruct you in what is truest and best. Do this and you will most certainly save your soul.
Very sincerely,
Yours in C+ [Christ]
James O’Connor
Miss Isabel Emory
Nos autem, fratres, desolati a vobis
ad tempus horae, aspectu non corde, a-
-bundantius festinavimus faciem vestram
videre cum multo desiderio.
John H Newman
Advent Sunday
1847
[First Thessalonians 2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.]
John Henry Newman Collection
