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cheerful, yet somewhat timid reserved
-sition
with several others of my companions,
instruction for confirmation, or rather
in my case for Adult baptism, my
dear Mother being a
consequently not received that sacrament
in infancy; but I cannot say that
either the instructions or the rite
itself made any lasting impressions
upon my mind; I enjoyed the instruc-
--tions, as I did, imbibing knowledge
of any kind that came in my reach. --
Unaware almost to myself, I formed
my own views on religon the way of
Salvation, and as might be expected
stumbled upon many errors. At one time
I was seeking the fruits of the Spirit
at another I was fully impressed with the
idea, that tho' I was very very far from
what I ought to be as a
must wait the Lord's time to make
me different, I could do nothing. At this
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time "
hands, which by the blessing of the Lord
made a very deep impression on my mind
and showed me that there was much for
me to do, viz an earnestness of spirit, and
a determination to give the Lord no rest
till he was graciously pleased to reveal
himself to me. --From this time I was much
more in earnest, but my adorable Saviour
was not my all in all; consequently the
way seemed long and
to exclaim "who is sufficent for these things!
In the
Warden of the Single Sisters in Fulneck,
and tho' deeply conscious of my own insuffi-
--ciency for such a post, I felt such a strong
conviction that it was from the Lord
I dared do no other than accept it. In the
first year I had many trials and difficulties
caused in a great measure by my own
inexperience, but afterwards my work was
very pleasant, and light to me. -- The second
Year after I came to Fulneck, the texts for