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 obſerve what I now ſay: Inſtruct your children to be true and juſt in all their dealings, accuſtom them to a laborious life, teach them never to deſpair, and counſel them to beware of thoſe who would tempt them to follow evil courſes; teach them to put their whole truſt in God, and to live in love and kindneſs together, that they may help and comfort one another when they are in diſtreſs and affliction.

Here the good woman ſtopped a little to get breath, and then continued-Fetch me, ſaid ſhe, my Bible, and a little leather purſe which lies at the bottom of my box. Thomas obeyed, and as ſoon as he brought them, ſhe laid her hands upon them, and ſaid, Theſe are what I have always regarded as the moſt valuable treaſures I could poſſeſs. Let your children come near. Thomas immediately called his children to the bed-ſide, and directed them to kneel down. Suſan ſat up a little and thus addreſſed them:

My dear children, I am grieved to leave you thus in wretchedneſs, without a mother. Think of me, my darlings, when I am taken from you. I can leave you no other legacy beſides this book; but it has been my delight and my comfort, and it will be yours. Be ſure to attend the Sunday School conſtantly, and as ſoon as you are able, read in this book a little every night to your father, you will learn from it to be religious, honeſt, and virtuous.