January 24th, 1649 - Back From the Forest

I have had the strangest urges since I returned from the forest. People have already taken notice of my renewed vigor. But Mistress Hibbins has approached me with the accusation that I have joined her and the Black Man and have signed my name in his book. I laugh at the idea. If anything, I have found the most beautiful angel and the promise of a better life; I have found God's mercy and love in the very thing the people of Providence hide their faces from. And last night as I sat down at my desk, I picked up my quill and began to write the most wondrous Election Sermon ever to be written! I have decided to end my career as a minister there for that is the night that I flee with Hester. Strangely enough, the words flowed onto the paper as if God himself were speaking through me! What an incredible miracle!