Cover and page 1 of notebook belonging to Margaret (Morris) Simcox James, Dowlais, 1863

Description

Transcription (inside cover):
John Simcox was bor[n]
September 22 1874

[In different hand and in pencil]:
Elizebeth Simcox was
Born [and scribble, possibly August]

[different hand:]
Margaret Morris
The Reward of Diligence
At the Beulah
Sunday School
Dowlais Feb. 1863

[different hand:]
Dau [?]


Transcription (p.1a):
Miss Maracia Morris, Ivor Street
Dowlais No.67 My Daughter
Mr Joshua Morris High Spencer [in darker ink]
Street No.19 Middlesborough on
Tees Yorkshire, My Dear Son
leat [=late] of Dowlais, John Morris [is]
theyr Father, Ivor Street Dowlais
No.67

Notes:
Maracia: perhaps for Marcia, or more likely Maria, as noted in the family biography?

leat = late, formerly of Dowlais


Translation (p.1b):
I draw near to you, yet again [eto nes], what good [pa les] does it do for me to be downhearted. There is talk
of you everywhere
Lifting up the weak.
O great Jesus the true doctor,
Hope of all the far islands;
Teach me to proclaim your field of praise [=praise your works]
That you are ever-changing
There is a country of pure bliss without
Imperfection. Ever more there saints will reign
Where there is no
Dark night, only day.
And Pleasure without
Suffering.
We wish to walk in his praise
And for him to live on;
And every breath we give out
is to praise the grace of our God.

Note: the marginal letter ‘E’ appears to denote separate verses.

This may be a hymn by William Williams Pantycelyn, written down by ear or from memory – the modern version begins ‘I draw near to you’.