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 us then take a view of the leading particulars of this affecting story, as they are narrated by the Evangelist. And the first thing that offers itself for our consideration, is the person, on whose account the miracle was performed. It was a disconsolate mother, who had lost her only son. The loss of a beloved child is an afflictive dispensation at any time, andsitsand sits [sic] hard upon the minds of affectionate parents. But when our children have survived the troubles incident to childhood, and fatal to thousands, then time and acquaintance have endeared their conversation to us. When we have not only enjoyed the innocent amusements of their childhood, but are delighted with the flattering prospects which their youth promises: When we fondly hope that as they increase in years, so they will grow in favour with and man: When we have begun to conceive just hopes of their future attainmeutsattainments [sic] and prosperity, after a few years more shall have matured them for acting, with suitable propriety, their respective parts in the world; to bid them a final adieu at such a, is what