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peace, and draw our affections from the
vanities of this world, to the joys of heaven 
and a Saviour's love, and teach us strictly
to examine our wicked and deceitful hearts,
best we should suffer ourselves to be deceived
by them, they will prove with rich blessings;
for though they may weaken the casket, they
will refine the Jewels within, and at
length we shall be enabled from the heart
to say, it was good for us to be afflicted"
       On the<date> 4th of June 1838 </date>she was joined
in holy matrimony to her surviving partner
13th. Br. <persname>William Lees</persname> of <placename>Leominster</placename>- After a residence
of a few months in that place, she was at 
her own earnest request admitted a member
of the Brn's Church, at a communion Lovefeast
and having been a regular communicant in
the Established Church, she partook of the
Holy Sacrament at the same time. - She always
spoke of this as being a season of much
blessedness, and ever considered it a special
leading of our Saviour, to bring her into a 
fold of which Jesus alone is acknowledged to be
the chief Shepherd and Head.---