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¦»• - » - . .. •¦ .. * Oo 3 as taught in kite scriptures of ik&h $ ik > Old arid ; NeV ^ egtemetits ^ < gb % frich | he life at her . most eoiejxipla ry ixifcbanrt had so long feeeti derotedr < 8 he > w # s r far from
toeifig * <* la 4 # d tiy the tincomiuon ffi&ite paid to her talents , ind t <* thai extraordinary energy of tnirsd which enabted her to become a general 5 benefactress to Her
relaiiutis and friends , and to many others variou * ly connected . The fedJoAving accounted herself , drawn itr / wlli h& confessed with jo flatteiingpeii , extracted from a letter written in the year 1797 , will sufficiently prove and establish this . * >
., Toa have a thousand pleasant visx-«^ ns and gratifications belonging to your $ | rj * per , f ywhch I am quite incapable , ffrpjn rpy iijitablq frarrie sadly increased bjr early impressions , in which pleasure ftfas hot an > ingredient : duty and necessity have made me do some right things ;
nobody would love me if they knew me as I know myself , and therefore I never thought they did it much , and did not ivonjkr at it . 1 have been more of a tisfeful than loveable creature , from meaning well and taking pains to do vdbat was allotted tome . This is not . a
good picture of your friend ' s mind , but at- & a true orie . My chVef happiness baVarisen from an union with one of t ^ c ^* 5 ^» gentl est and most indulgent of human beings , and being employed m dorpg the rough work in the important station to
"wbich he was caJIed , and ^ hich kep t Xiiefrom the world tod rta temptations , -which ought to have made me better : ^ H |/>^ X ? not caught fiis ; spirit , owing to ^ ne discordant particles of which h a , rri composed ,- —I With they may end Witb th » ' corruptible body . " A
-Nor was this an ui ^ ulaied feeling ; it was her usu » l strain whenever , she spoke ^ r % w » l © of i ^ e r&el f . & ? shalt < gtv&' * rfte > more sjbort specii ^ en from ^ leiteritet ^ d
^ i- bi 5 gi » # t .. rkaM « QLt 44 AE « i « yo | i on W / Bff ^ W « ^ Jfi ^ wwMtt began the career of my di » tin £ uiiBed
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advantages for ^ irt « capdthe 4 ivine fa ^ vo u ^ if my own insensibility tpi %$ had ncM ? defeated ttie pneans more than It oiigfit : ydt f-wbuld K 6 pe xb fnucH gobdPfiai bdsrf a ^ quiped as tcf-lay the foundation of g ^ ing forward hereafter , - and may pvtfdlf end in joy unspeakable /; ' > * ;;
Where is the heart so cold , 4 $ - " - ' ¦/ . . . , •¦' • • . ¦ M ' - ' ^ T * - toj ; t a 4 > this without lnvulujitarily ^ clainung , A m ^ n , so be it ? . Yes , my friend , thy painful struggles with a hi g hly tiervous irritable system- are now all over—ihev are vanished like the deepening shades of night , on the glorious approacli
o ( a summer ' s morning . Our separation probably will not be . tppfy ai ^ d whe n , c < in some nobler- marisiun of our father ' s house , ' * we meet again , how transcendent will be the ' transforrnation ! ; " a The change will come : triis active
mind , To earth ' s dark scenes no moreieoA * - fin'd > .. , . ' . ¦ . !* Sh ^ ll bur ^ t the chains with glad sur * And in the Saviour ' s image rise . * For the last four qr five year %
Mrs . Lindsey ' s health and actiVfe powers were visibly declining , arid when I last saw her in the Sejit , of 1808 , her constitutional nervous irritability was painfully increased , heightened no clbufet * by extreme ainxrety for ; her < angelic husband , who btfci offered !
Wtfpe ^ ted slight p aralytic attacks &&& was calmly approach ing ^ t heJ last moritb t ) f his Earthly fH ^ ritkk i his 6 ; ofri | ios ^ tt b ^ mgri coup tenS ^^ seeming to $ ay , *^ Ail tih e d ^ ys oY ririitfe ? appoitited-tim ^ wiM I WAit * until my change conie . " ^ We continued , lioWeve ^ ber iv ofited exertions fbj riwi relief of th ^ poor , and es |> etiallry of f be * diskmS ^ n < s 6 Y , vvbt 6 * w yffi& \ fy ^ n > u $ : in trte miW liari ^ M ^ alt ^ alleys pl JA « JSMex ' Srtreejt -jBAiigV bodrtfaobd . PetStiotis ^> f J Vat tells sorte i ¥ er < i almoit < WHy T ^ Vri ^
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¦ ¦ llo Memt&r-of Mrs ^* Lm&setim .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/52/
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