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Sr Mary Oates dictated the following Ap 8th 1812
Thy blood, thy blood the deed hath wrought ye
I was born June 26th 1747 in Great Horton, in the Parish
of Bradford. My father being one of the first Brn there
he was called home to our Saviour when I was only 2 yrs
old, and my Mother was left with five children of whom
I was the youngest, I can remember when very young being
sent to the Children's meetings and liked them very much
and hearing of our Saviour love to children, made an
imprewssion on my heart and that verse; Dearest childn
hark and see, what a Saviour now have we prove'd a bles
sing to me. But yet I sport the years of my youth
without knowing on experiencing much, untill I was
anout 18 years. I had a great desire to live in a Congn but
as I wa sthe only daughter, I could and? leave my mother,
It was at that time the custom, that those who lived
in the Country might and have the priveledge to be
re'd into the Congn and to partake of the H Comn. On this
account I felt very unhappy, as it appeared to me that I
could neither enjoy the Congn nor the World. I now fully,