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 praying, that would be pleased to prolong his days, to keep him from the evils of the world, and to make him useful in his day and nation. Suppose him now arrived at manhood, and not only able to support himself, but also to assist her, who had been to him instead of a father, as well as an affectionate and indulgent mother. With what pleasure would she dwell on the prospect, that in the decline of life, when her arms became feeble, and the infirmities of old age were growing fast upon her, this her son, her only son, would be able and also willing to assist and protect her; and by his filial attention and nameless gentle offices, cause her evening sun go down in a serene sky. How passionately she loved him, we learn from the original; and how in him all she held dear upon earth centered, we can easier imagine than express. And as we may reasonably suppose, that he was a promising young man, and died with a fair character, who can conceive the extremity of her grief, when their delightful intercourse was broken off in an untimely hour, by the hand of the last fee, and this her only