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when they plead with him<br />
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when they plead with him&nbsp;for the<br />
for the furtherance of his gospel, but<br />
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furtherance of his gospel, but also unto<br />
also unto <u>man</u>, by the lively &amp; intelligent<br />
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<u>man</u>, by the lively &amp; intelligent<br />
interest she always displayed in<br />
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interest she always displayed in con-<br />
conversations on the subject of<br />
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versations on the subject of Missionary<br />
missionary labours, &amp; by her untiring<br />
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labours, and by her untiring and<br />
&amp; successful endeavours, to collect<br />
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successful endeavours to collect sub-<br />
subscriptions for such objects, as the<br />
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scriptions for such objects, as the <orgname>Foreign<br />
Foreign &amp; Home Missions, the Bible<br />
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and Home Missions</orgname>, the <orgname>Bible Society</orgname>,<br />
Society &amp; so forth. The local committees<br />
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and so forth. The local Committees of<br />
of these associations, will miss in her<br />
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these Associations will miss in her<br />
a valued member, &amp; a successful<br />
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a valued member, and a successful<br />
collector.<br />
+
Collector. We were often struck with<br />
<br />
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her correct&nbsp;memory of men &amp; things<br />
---------<br />
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relating&nbsp;to Missionary enterprises,<br />
We were often struck with her correct<br />
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especially&nbsp;those connected with our<br />
memory of men &amp; things, relating<br />
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own church, of which she was a very<br />
to Missionary enterprises, especially<br />
 
those connected with our own<br />
 
Church, of which she was a very<br />
 
 
consistent &amp; attached member.<br />
 
consistent &amp; attached member.<br />
She also took her place as a teacher<br />
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<gap></gap>&nbsp;She also took her place as a<br />
in our Sunday school, &amp; by her<br />
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Teacher&nbsp;in our Sunday School, and<br />
prayerful &amp; careful preparation for<br />
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by her&nbsp;prayerful and careful prepa-<br />
her work, succeeded in securing the<br />
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ration for&nbsp;her work succeeded in<br />
love &amp; gratitude of her scholars, to<br />
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securing the&nbsp;love and gratitude of<br />
whose hearts her memory is much<br />
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her scholars, to&nbsp;whose hearts her memory<br />
endeared by her valued instructions<br />
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is much&nbsp;endeared by her valued<br />
in spiritual things.<br />
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instructions&nbsp;in spiritual things.&nbsp;She<br />
She now rests from her labours, &amp;<br />
 
her works do follow her. Whatever<br />
 
she did, she did unto the Lord,<br />
 
&amp; this imparted real worth to her<br />
 
activity. Her memory is dear to<br />
 
us.<br />
 
When the Minister of the Cong<sup>n</sup>&nbsp;saw<br />
 
her on the evening of the so called<br />
 
&quot;Sisters&#39; coming in day,&quot; she was<br />
 
remarkably calm &amp; cheerful in her<br />
 
mind, &amp; resigned to the Lord, who<br />
 
had laid her on a bed of sickness,<br />
 
 
<br />
 
<br />
 
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<br />
 
<br />
while the other inmates of the<br />
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now rests from her labours, and her<br />
house, were holding their festive<br />
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works do follow her. Whatever she<br />
meetings in the adjoining prayer<br />
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did, she did unto the Lord, and this<br />
hall. For the visit paid to her<br />
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imparted real worth to her activity.<br />
&amp; the prayer offered up by her bed<br />
+
Her memory is dear to us.&nbsp;<gap></gap><br />
side, she expressed her thanks in<br />
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<gap>&nbsp;</gap>When the Minister of the Congreg<sup>n</sup>.&nbsp;<br />
a very cordial &amp; lively manner.<br />
+
saw&nbsp;her on the evening of the so called<br />
Little did the Minister think, that<br />
+
Sisters&#39; Coming in Day, she was re-<br />
on his return from Crook, whither<br />
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markably calm and cheerful in her<br />
duty called him away for several<br />
+
mind, and resigned to the Lord, who<br />
days, he should no longer be permitted<br />
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had laid her on a bed of sickness, while<br />
to see her among the living.<br />
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the other inmates of the&nbsp;house, were holding<br />
To a fellow laborer who visited her<br />
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their festive&nbsp;meetings in the adjoining<br />
late on Sunday evening, &amp; who engaged<br />
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Prayer&nbsp;hall. For the visit paid to her,<br />
in spiritual conversation &amp; prayer<br />
+
and the prayer offered <add>up</add> by her bedside<br />
with the dear patient, she remarked<br />
+
she expressed her thanks in a very<br />
on his enquiry, if she felt her Saviour<br />
+
cordial and lively manner. Little<br />
near, that He was her only real<br />
+
did the Minister think, that on his<br />
comfort &amp; true support: &quot;for what<br />
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return from Crook, whither duty called<br />
should I do <u>without</u> <u>him</u> now?&quot;<br />
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him away for several days, he should<br />
And truly He was with her in her<br />
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no longer be permitted to see her among<br />
last hour. Her own memoir tells<br />
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the living.&nbsp;To a fellow laborer, who<br />
us, that she knew in whom she believed.<br />
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visited her&nbsp;late on Sunday Evening,<br />
Trusting in his merits, &amp; saved by his<br />
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and who engaged&nbsp;in spiritual conversa-<br />
bloods hedding &amp; death, she gently fell<br />
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tion and prayer&nbsp;with the dear patient,
asleep in Jesus to be for ever with<br />
 
&nbsp;the Lord<br />
 
&nbsp;
 

Revision as of 17:04:44, May 25, 2019

when they plead with him for the
furtherance of his gospel, but also unto
man, by the lively & intelligent
interest she always displayed in con-
versations on the subject of Missionary
labours, and by her untiring and
successful endeavours to collect sub-
scriptions for such objects, as the <orgname>Foreign
and Home Missions</orgname>, the <orgname>Bible Society</orgname>,
and so forth. The local Committees of
these Associations will miss in her
a valued member, and a successful
Collector. We were often struck with
her correct memory of men & things
relating to Missionary enterprises,
especially those connected with our
own church, of which she was a very
consistent & attached member.
<gap></gap> She also took her place as a
Teacher in our Sunday School, and
by her prayerful and careful prepa-
ration for her work succeeded in
securing the love and gratitude of
her scholars, to whose hearts her memory
is much endeared by her valued
instructions in spiritual things. She

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now rests from her labours, and her
works do follow her. Whatever she
did, she did unto the Lord, and this
imparted real worth to her activity.
Her memory is dear to us. <gap></gap>
<gap> </gap>When the Minister of the Congregn
saw her on the evening of the so called
Sisters' Coming in Day, she was re-
markably calm and cheerful in her
mind, and resigned to the Lord, who
had laid her on a bed of sickness, while
the other inmates of the house, were holding
their festive meetings in the adjoining
Prayer hall. For the visit paid to her,
and the prayer offered <add>up</add> by her bedside
she expressed her thanks in a very
cordial and lively manner. Little
did the Minister think, that on his
return from Crook, whither duty called
him away for several days, he should
no longer be permitted to see her among
the living. To a fellow laborer, who
visited her late on Sunday Evening,
and who engaged in spiritual conversa-
tion and prayer with the dear patient,

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