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23 ſame manner, and with the ſame cheerful alacrity, as if ſhe had been going to viſion friend cr at end the ſervice of her Master Overwhelmed with grief, entered her chamber, when ſhe exerted the ſmall remains of ſtrength, and ſpoke to me as follows:

My dear,

I am now going the way of all fleſh but God, the everlaſting God will be our comfort When I firſt became your's I looked for all the happineſs conſiſten with the ſtate of human nature in This vale of miſery and I muſt confeſs my higheſt wiſhes have been gratified and our tenderneſs has been even more than I could expect You may have ſeen faults in my conduct but oo aſſure you and is this a time t off they were alſo, ether involuntary My principal ſtudy was to obtain the favour of at t o before whom I am to n to appear My obedience to the command of my God have been attended with many imperfection but I truſt for pardon an acceptance in the merits of my dear Redeemer Hire the fainted-looked wiſhfully at me, and ſhed a tear over her dear children, who were crying by her bed-She a tempel to ſpeak, but in vain t la fixing her eyes towards heaven ſhe repeated thoſe beautiful words "no thy hands I commit my font for thougheſt redeemed me, O thou of my ſalvation" and then closed her eyes never to opened till ſhe found of the laſt trumpet I was ſunk for some time in the greateſt diſtreſs, looking the dear departed remains of my beloved ſpouſe and endear uring to ſilence, by perfection the cries of her orphan children at laſt recollected that I had till a friend left in you, to whom I might with a view of conſolation lay open he inmoſt receſſes of my heart I am afraid your indiſpoſition may hinder you from viſiting me,