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The course of life of the S. Sr Sarah Skelton who departed
to our Savr May 3 -1778- in the Sisr House at Fulneck
she has felt the following account of hersilf. ---
I was born at Robert Town in the parish of Burstoll,
yorkshire and baptiz'd in the Ch: of Eng: in my 5th year
my mother departed this life, my Father being left with
5 small children, sent me to live with one of my
relations; and remov'd himself with the rest of the Family
to Pudsey: in about a year after, he took one home again
that I might have the oppertunity with the rest of the children
to go to the meetings at Fulneck, which I did with great
pleasure for a time when I was about 10 years ould, I begun
to love the things of this world, and forgot in a great measure
what I had heard of our Savr in the meetings. I then left my
Father, and went to service: which indeed prov'd hurtfull
to me being led by others into very bad things, and foll-
owing at the same time my own evil inclinations, but
my faithfull Saviour kept a gracious eye over me, and
let me feel, that if I went on in this way I shou'd be
lost forever. My Mrs with whome I liv'd, did not like
me to go to the meetings, but I intreated her one day very
earnestly, she gave me leave, I then went to my Father
and laid my case before him, and tould him, I could live
there no longer, disireing him to take me home again,
which he did: I then cou'd go to the meetings at Fulnook
of which I was very glad in my 13th yr I was receivd into
the G: Girls Choir and from that time our Savr begun
a new work of grace in my heart, he let me feel what
a poor lost creature I was by nature, I wept for grace