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Arthur Dimmesdale
There is one who is ill and not with us this day. So let us pray that Sister Allerton may soon be well. Heavenly Father, deliver thy child who is ill and not with us this day. If it be thy will to take one of us, take me. I, who wear the black garments of the priesthood, am utterly a pollution and a lie. Spare this righteous woman and take me, the vilest of sinners, and an abomination in thy sight. Let the words of my mouth be acceptable unto thee, O God, my strength and my redeemer.