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both with regard to her internal and
external course.-- In 1801 she rec'd a
appointment to have the care of
the great girls in Gumersal Tho she
felt herself unfit for such a situate
yet she submitted to it out of Obe
diance; and calling to mind, how
much the Lord had done for her,
she thought it was but little what
she could do in return. We can give
her that testimony, that she was faith-
ful in the charge committed to her
not only in teaching them their work,
but in making their internal prosperity, was a
subject of her progress. She had of
late years several heavy trails, which
affected her much; but our Saviour
in whom she put her trust and con-
fidence, supported her, so that she
with resignation submitted to his will
In the beginning of last year /1810/ she
got a heavy could which settled on her
Lungs, and made her feel very weak
and poorly; in Sept. she came here
to Fulnek to partake of the Holy Communion
in fellowship with her Choir; being
over taken in a heavy storm of thun-
der, and lightening, she was much agi-
tated and grew worse from that time,
Now and then she had a faint hope
of her recovery; but feeling nevertheless miser
able her health and strength declin-
ing, she was soon resigned to our
Saviours will. It was her earnest
wish and prayer that he would show
her every guilt, and chance and purify her
from every stain in his precious Blood,
that she might appear before him as a
pardoned reconciled sinner; When an
anxious thought at times would arise;
she was inabled with confidence to
look to him, whose strengtht was
made perfect in her weakness. --
She would often express herself to
the following purpose:
"Ah! when I look back on past years,
"I cannot help weeping for grief,
"But Christ wipes away all my tears,