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Sarah White, Letter of Confession to the John Street Church, Lowell, April 15, 1843

Lowell April 15, 1843
   
To the Brethren & Sisters of the John St. Church 
  
Dearly Beloved, 
  
             I feel it to be my duty to make a communication to you, acknowledging, where in I have sinned, and done wrong, dishonored my savior, it brought a disgrace upon his cause which I have professed to love for which I am truly sorry and ask to be forgiven both by the church and its great Head.

To save my reputation as a weaver, I have taken the ticket from cloth woven by another person and placed 
it upon that done by myself, which was imperfect; and put my ticket upon hers – thereby practicing dishonesty, and sinning against God and the church, and dishonoring the christian name.

While I would make acknowledgment to the church and ask to be forgiven, I would also ask to be remembered in their prayers, that I may hereafter be kept from evil, and the appearance of it, and live as becomeths a disciple of a perfect Savior. 
  
  

 Sarah [?] White

 

From the Lowell Files Collection, Vertical Files, LF.C4770, Churches - John Street Congregational Church, Lowell Historical Society, Center for Lowell History
Transcribed: University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Lowell History

            

Coversheet and Letter of Confession from Sarah White to the John Street Church, Lowell, April 15, 1843.
Lowell Files Collection, Vertical Files, LF.C4770, Churches - John Street Congregational Church, Lowell Historical Society, Center for Lowell History