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 The Letter-Writer. 23 he manner, and with the ſame cheerful alacrity, f ſhe had been going to viſit a friend, or attend ſervice of her Maker. Overwhelmed with f. I entered her chamber, when ſhe exerted the All remains of ſtrength, and ſpoke to me as fol- S: My dear, am now going the way of all fleth, but God, everlaſting God, will be your comfort. When I t became your's I looked for all the happineſs con- ent with the ſtate of human nature in this vale of jery; and I muſt confeſs my higheſt wiſhes e been gratified, and your tenderneſs has been n more than I could expect You may have ih faults in my conduct, but I do aſſure you (and this a time to diſſerble) they were altogether oluntary My principal ſtuty was to obtain the bur of that God before whom I am ſoon to ap- My obedience to the commands of my God e been attended with many imperfections, but I it for parden and acceptance in the merits of my ir Redeemer. Here ſhe fainted-looked with y at me and ſhed a tear over her dear children, o were crying by her bed --- he attempted to sak, but in vain. At lat, fixing her eyes towards siven, the repeated thoſe beautiful words, “ Into hands I commit my foul, for thou hoſt redeem- me, O thou God of my ſalvation" and then céu her eyes, never to be opened till the found the laſt trumpet. I was ſunk for ſome time in the as eſt diſtreſs, looking on the dear departed re- inſ of my beloved ſpouſe, and endeavouring to since, by perſuation, the cries of her orphen chil- n. At laſt I recoilected that I had ſtill a friend left ou, to whom I might, with a view of conſolation, open the inmoſt receſſes of my heart. I am af- your indiſpoſition may hinder you from viſiting me,