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I was the first Comunion which was kept in Fulneck Hall?
however: be that as it will, it was the first to him in that Place
and Numbred with Him: amongst his particular Hours of Grace!
From that Day: he has Maintain'd His Communion with the
Brn to his Dying Hour, tho' it was often-times, but slenderly &
and with Difficulty, yet it never eas'd realy.
They were married in the year 1783? in Tiebm? and had
a 11? children. 5 of whom are in the Burying ground in Fulnek;
me in Hart she Church yard, one Daughter a Dittenfield; and one
at Ockbrook their House. and the other three i.e. one Son, and
two Daughters, don't belong to us. they had once a little oeconomy
of Simple Brn at their House in Hartshed?. but this was not their own
but the Brn? rejecting but as it did not answer our Savrs, & the Brns purpose
it was soon given up again.
He has been for, Some years, a pretty good Steward,
and Servant of the little Congn in Mirfield, and so has also
His present Widow, and thereofre his memory must remain
Dear to us. He was a child of grace in dead, yet: his life
was the quer'd? o'er with grief and need.
His Domestick affir? affairs have bore a very indifrent
Face these many years, by which means his credit was
reduced Considerably; and this not only with Strangers,
but particularly so among our own People, therefore:
I am rather inclin'd to brace? a vail over the most part
of his Life: than to Expose it to Publick view.
However: all is Well, what Ends Well. altho' the beginning,
and Middle has Some thing deplorable: yet the End was
adoreable. I have labour'd upon it from the begining
of his Sickness to get his Mind off from all External
Concerns, as he could Mend nothing in it, & entreated Him
To Rise? his heart and Eyes, on our Savr, and on his ^all atoneing
Sacrifice, which advice he took child likly, and became quite Composd
and Chearful in his mind. we visited him pretty often in order
to keep this Matter alive in his heart, which has happily Succeeded.
on Easter day he Send for me, accordingly I went with 2 more Brethren
Pray'd heartily by Him; kept a little liturgy, by his Beside, &
gave him my last Blessing, thinking: he could not live till I could
come again this little visit was attended with a most blessed feelings,
so that I left him with a Heart quite Satisfy'd.
on Easter-Tuesday, I and my Wife want to see him once more:
I was quite Edify'd with his look: spoke tenderly to him, and
sung some suitable verses for him, in which he joind with us,
which we could see by the moving of his lips. this was the last
happy little visit, for: the next morning Early, he fell Softly
and Happily asleep in his 58th year.