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Rh storms and tempests, and of which the few afflictions have been tempered with mercy calling for thanksgiving? To my parents also and to their loving Christian nurture I am indebted beyond measure, and my descendants are entitled to know something of their characters and of their ancestral history.

"O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto have I declared Thy wondrous works; Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not,

Until I have showed Thy strength unto this generation, And Thy power to every one that is to come."