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, would<br />
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would&nbsp;sacrifice duty to<br />
sacrifice duty to pleasure.<br />
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pleasure. Every inmate<br />
To be unexpectedly called upon to&nbsp;<br />
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of the house must <span style="background-color:null;">and</span><br />
part with a friend so faithful<br />
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<span style="background-color:null;">did feel&nbsp;</span>that when it<br />
&amp; untiring in her exertions for the<br />
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unexpectedly called to&nbsp;part<br />
good of the whole household, does<br />
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with her, she had lost<br />
indeed fill all our hearts with sorrow,<br />
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a true and valued<br />
We deeply mourn our loss, but we<br />
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friend. But while we<br />
cannot but say, that our loss is her<br />
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<del>truly</del> <add>deeply&nbsp;</add>mourn her loss<br />
eternal gain. She knew in whom<br />
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we&nbsp;cannot but say our<br />
she believed, &amp; when the summons<br />
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loss is her Eternal gain<br />
came for her to lay by her earthly<br />
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She knew in whom she<br />
duties, she was enabled to say: &quot;Thy<br />
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believed, and when the<br />
will be done!&quot; And we doubt not<br />
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summons&nbsp;came for her<br />
would hear the welcome: &quot;Well<br />
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to lay by her earthly&nbsp;duties<br />
done good &amp; faithful servant, enter<br />
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she was enabled to say<br />
thou into the joy of thy Lord!&quot;<br />
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Thy&nbsp;will be done and<br />
As a fellow laborer &amp; member of our<br />
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we doubt not&nbsp;would hear<br />
Elders&#39; Conference, our dear S<sup>t</sup> [Sister] Fletcher<br />
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the welcome Message<br />
was much esteemed by us all, for<br />
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Well&nbsp;done<br />
the candour of her mind, &amp; her<br />
 
 
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strictly conscientious discharge of<br />
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of my acceptance in the Beloved.<br />
her official duties. She would ever<br />
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And though God has not at all<br />
openly &amp; clearly state her views on<br />
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times&nbsp;been in my thoughts, yet<br />
any subject she was interested in,<br />
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my beloved&nbsp;Saviour has never<br />
&amp; in case of a difference of opinion<br />
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suffered my feet to slide.&nbsp;<gap></gap><br />
firmly &amp; faithfully maintain her<br />
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O thou who has begun a good work<br />
cause, without however in the least<br />
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in me do thou perfect it unto the<br />
being self opinionated or obstinate.<br />
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end.&nbsp;O do thou empty me of myself,<br />
Her warm interest in the Lords work<br />
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&amp; fill&nbsp;me with thyself -- be thou<br />
&amp; the spread of His kingdom, both<br />
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my all in all.&nbsp;<gap></gap><br />
at home &amp; abroad, she quietly,<br />
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<date>1857</date> I again devote myself, body<br />
yet continuously manifested, not<br />
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soul &amp;&nbsp;spirit unto thee dear Saviour,<br />
only unto the Searcher of hearts, who<br />
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but Oh&nbsp;do thou keep me, thou<br />
delights to hear the prayers of his<br />
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knowest how weak &amp; frail I am,<br />
people, when they plead with him<br />
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how prone to stray from thee<br />
for the furtherance of his gospel, but<br />
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&amp; how contrary I continually act<br />
also unto <u>man</u>, by the lively &amp; intelligent<br />
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to thy mind&nbsp;<gap></gap><br />
interest she always displayed in<br />
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<gap>&nbsp;</gap>Thus far her own&nbsp;<gap></gap><br />
conversations on the subject of<br />
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In addition to what our late Sister<br />
missionary labours, &amp; by her untiring<br />
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has stated, her fellow laborer<br />
&amp; successful endeavours, to collect<br />
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adds the following, on behalf of<br />
subscriptions for such objects, as the<br />
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herself &amp; the Choir, &amp; can truly say<br />
Foreign &amp; Home Missions, the Bible<br />
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that both she &amp; every inmate of<br />
Society &amp; so forth. The local committees<br />
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the house, feel that they have lost
of these associations, will miss in her<br />
 
a valued member, &amp; a successful<br />
 
collector.<br />
 
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would sacrifice duty to
pleasure. Every inmate
of the house must and
did feel that when it
unexpectedly called to part
with her, she had lost
a true and valued
friend. But while we
truly <add>deeply </add>mourn her loss
we cannot but say our
loss is her Eternal gain
She knew in whom she
believed, and when the
summons came for her
to lay by her earthly duties
she was enabled to say
Thy will be done and
we doubt not would hear
the welcome Message
Well done

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of my acceptance in the Beloved.
And though God has not at all
times been in my thoughts, yet
my beloved Saviour has never
suffered my feet to slide. <gap></gap>
O thou who has begun a good work
in me do thou perfect it unto the
end. O do thou empty me of myself,
& fill me with thyself -- be thou
my all in all. <gap></gap>
<date>1857</date> I again devote myself, body
soul & spirit unto thee dear Saviour,
but Oh do thou keep me, thou
knowest how weak & frail I am,
how prone to stray from thee
& how contrary I continually act
to thy mind <gap></gap>
<gap> </gap>Thus far her own <gap></gap>
In addition to what our late Sister
has stated, her fellow laborer
adds the following, on behalf of
herself & the Choir, & can truly say
that both she & every inmate of
the house, feel that they have lost

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