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The following May when her respected
Father in law <persname>Mr. Lees </persname>was called home in such
an awfully sudden manner, she was generously
supported and enabled to speak comfort to her
<trait>distressed </trait>partner, leading him with much
tenderness and simplicity to look forward to
the hope set before us in the Gospel, that
if faithful to the end we should meet him
in Heaven. Our marriage was blessed in the
following December by the birth of a son -
this, with the pure air of <placename>Leominster </placename>seemed
to have wrought a change for the better in
her constitution but her gracious Saviour
had higher intentions for her than to
continue long a <sic>sojournn</sic>  <corr>soujourn</corr> in this vale of
tears,- the next winter she was again
much troubled with her cough, and
the medical attendant who was called in
to see her whilst <trait>suffering </trait>under a severe
attack of cold accompanied by a distressing
cough, gave it as his opinion, that seeds
of consumption had evidently been sown,
and were beginning to produce bad effects
which caused ever afterwards great <trait>anxiety </trait>in
the minds of all her friends.