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because they were not of one heart and mind.
About this time I heard of the Brethren,
getting my first impressions of them by
means of their hymn book of which I was ve-
ry fond, especially of that hymn:
"O tell me no more of this world's veins story;
The time for such trifles with me now is o'er.
I wished much to know, where to find thou
people, who had published their hymns. At
lengths I learned that they had a chapel in
Duckenfield, and that they were expected
soon to preach at a home in Thackerley, a
mile distant from when I live. I waited
with impatience for the day of the preach-
ing. I went thither and heard Br. Greening
with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction
and spent the whole day in his company.
Indeed I perceived him in another Apostle
Paul. I immediately thought, "this people
shall be my people, their God my God, with
them. I will live and die and be buried"; and
of this resolution I never repented. This
was fulfilled what my dear late mother
said to me, shortly before her departure
for calling me alone to her bedside she said:
"I have waited with our savior, and was