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This was not a light matter, seeing that for years the mail-coach journey to London alone occupied some sixty hours. But he systematic- ally visited the outlying cities in England and Ireland : indeed, in 1818-20 he visited every outport in Ireland, and was well rewarded for his labour. Finding that the grain consignment branch of the business was very hazardous, he did not cultivate it ; but in Belfast he obtained the support of the whole town, and its consignment of produce fell entirely into... the hands of J. & G. Burns. On no account would George Burns work or travel on Sunday: he said he found it good for him to 'rest on the seventh day according to the commandment. ' On the loth of June, 1822, Burns was married to Jeanie Cleland. The union in their case was really one of hearts. ' The two were one in everything and henceforth, for over fifty-five years, every joy and sorrow of life, every hope and aspiration, they were to share together. ' They at once began to take an active interest in many religious societies.
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