Dear Brother Noddins		
	You no doubt
Think it strange that I
Have been silent so long
I cannot take time nor space
to tell you why in this letter
if I dont meet you on Earth
again we shall talk it all
over when we get to Heaven
		or 7
It is six ^ years since
I last saw you I Have Had
some ups & downs since then
the Lord Has led me by a 
way that I Knew not How
the dear Lord Has loved
and followed me all my life
How plainly I see His dear
Hand in all things which
Has Happened to me for the past
	Eleven years

I can look far down the mountain
Where I wandered weary years
After Hundred in my Journey
By the Ghosts of doubt and fears

Broken vows & dissappointments 
Thickly sprinkled all the way
But the spirit led unerring
To the Land I Hold Today
The words [?] press what I 
would say better than any I could
frame. 	When we came to Dakota
we expected to soon grow rich or
at best independent but Praise 
the Lord we were not permitted to
sell our Lands for nought the 
Lord commenced the reduction procur
not only upon us but upon all in 
This section of Country while He
gave us all we actually need
we Have none to waste or buy
[Stuff?] To comitt spiritual suicide
with

  we
I ^ Have been a member of the
M. E. Church about four years
our first minister did a good 
work in gathering in the scattered
Methodists.  Bringing them into
the church but because of
Either the World of Flesh or the
Devil. or all we never because
melted into one instead of being
one we Had 150.  while I lived in 
town I regularly attended class and
prayer meetting and I was one of
two or three who did try and Keep
near the Lord. but for the past
Two years I Have been on the
Farm so I never got to either
prayer or class meettings. but
How can one Keep warm alone when
not fully saved for such Has been
my Condition all these years.
Last November Conference sent
us a fully saved Minister
A man full of the Holy Ghost 


He brought Ten fully saved souls
along as a praying Band.  I shall 
		first
never forget the ^ Sabbeth.  we all went
to church & when we went in our
minister was at The Organ
Himself Sounding the loud
Fin brel oer Egypts dark sea
He preached away all the religion
I Had the first Sermon and did
not leave me a place to stand
on but Praise the Dear Lord He
inspired within my soul a 
resolve to seek this wonderfull
deliverance from all inbred sin
and deliverance from the Power of
my besitting sin which I knew
was my unholy temper.  At the close
of the service He called for a show
of Hands to show How many in
the House were Christians I cant 
say How many Held up Hands but
I didn't Hold up mine.  Then He
Asked Those who wished to see

Heart Purity to come. and
oh How eagerly did I move
up to the alter.  I never was
so in earnest about anything
in my life.  I wanted to
lay aside every weight and the
sin which did so easily 
beset me. and this besetment
I Knew was my Temper.
So I commenced to pray & to the
Lord to deliver me from the
bondage of that serpent coiled
up in my breast.  I trusted the 
Lord to do this. and I felt He
did relive me for several days
at at a time and then I 
wanted to Have a spell to [unleash?]
my acumulated wrath. and it
seemed that I was simply 

[Upside down at top of letter] 
Our church is now fighting on the
offencive.  charging the ranks of evil
and They are fall back we are
going. to [prem?] the Battle by the Help
of our mighty Lord and take the
city for Jesus
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worse than ever for I could not
Keep the thing down everything
seemed to conspire to arouse
the viper within me.
My sister left a book at our
House called the Christians
Secret of a Happy Life
I look up the Book and I
determined that if the secret
was there I should act on
the advice given.  I found that
consecration was the first step
Then Faith.  I found that after
I Had fully consecrated myself
The promises were all mine
The first promise I Tested was 
Psalm 90. 11. 12. and oh How it
Held I felt it to be rock.  Then
I was enabled to fully belive that
All things did work together for good
To them who love God and I prayed
that verse	There let [them?] appear
Steps unto Heaven

All That Than sendest me
In mercy given.  Angels to
becon me	[?] my God is ther 
and the way did appear bright
beautifull peacefull.  I found
that now I was on the right
track.  continually trusting in
the Lord by that Promise in
Psalm 90.11.12. I felt that
I was carried over all The difficult
places and I thought now I
Have found full Salvation I am
saved to the uttermost on the 
morning of Dec 7. I built
my fire and got ready to
go out to the stable so I bowed 
& said no Lord go with me
 & Keep me and took the lantern
and went out feed the horses
and was choring around and
I said Glory to Jesus out 
aloud.  And the Lord Poured
the Holy Ghost into my soul

my pen utterly fails to tell you
the unutterable Glory that filled
my Soul. oh How I adored my
most priecous Saviour for the
way He Had led me all those
years for I saw it all so plainely 
and now I testify what Jesus
Has performed in one aperfecteure 
He Has utterly destroyed the works 
of the Devil in me and I am
saved & Kept by Power Divine
Praise God for the indwelling
Christ All Glory to Jesus The
Wonderfull.  Counselor.  The mighty 
God.  The Prince of peace.  He is all
There to me and more. Amen.
The Lord be with thee and thine
my beloved Brother is my prayer.
Your Affectionate Brother in Christ 
			H. Kemp

[Upside down at top of letter] 
Glory to our common Lord the
Good work goes on our church
Is being built up in faith in
Christ our Church is becoming a 
power and we are going to Have great
victory through the “mighty to save”
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