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Original Letter of Mrs . Lind * sey ' s ; communicated by Mr . JS . Flower . Harlow ^ Sir , Mar * 8 , 18 t 2 . I cannot but deem it one of the
principal advantages and felicities of my life that Providence has favoured me with the friendship of some of the worthy , the sincere , and the pious , the excellent of the earth , * amongst t \ ie different denominations of Christians ; and
as I have the honour and the pleasure of ranking amongst my most esteemed friends the laji Mr and Mrs . Lindsey , there were feu if any of your readers who felt fiaore : interest in the brief but
admirable memoir written by a most worth y and intimate friend of both the departed saints . I cannot but express ray ardent hope that the same pen will favour ^ be world with an enlarged account of a-life
which afforded such a bright example to her sex , Persuaded that it will render this communication additionally acceptable to yourself and your readers , I enclose for your insertion , a copy of a letter which I received from Mrs . Lind .
sey when under the immediate pressure of the most heavy affliction I ever endured , and which I think can never be exceeded , if equalled ; for when reflecting on what I suffered on the death
of one who so entirely possess- ? ed my heart , I at times in thfc Contemplation of my own death excl&im—" Surcjy the bitterness
of death is past /'—Those who are acquainted with Mr . Li-ndsey ' s writings , will percejve how admirably his worthy partner in life , has epitomised his most favourite system in one paragraph . Short as is the letter , it proved to me a
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cordial drop in the bitter cup which my heavenly father gave me to drink ; and it is not impro - bable but it may produce effects somewhat similar on some of your readers und * 3 r the various trouble *
of life . Your constant reader B , . F . Essex Street , April 13 , Dear Sir , 1 S 1 G . Nothing but the afflicting event which has befallen y < xrby the loss
of a most excellent , " amiable and good wife , could have mduced me to set pen to paper . A severe debilitating disease , from whicfh it seems to be the will of God I &m not to recover , has disabled me frooi doing any thing . Ycfur letter , * I felt grateful for , and this
is my only return for it , to assure you how sincerely I condole " with you , hoping and praying that you may be supported under so severe at trial , more and more sanctified by it , and spared to support your very dear children , and bring them up in the fear and love of God * All human consolations I know
are useless : we must be left to bur Maker for comfort ; believing ^ that as in his hands alone are xthe several ingredients of the cup of mortal life , it can never be
MIXED MORE BITTBR THAN TO MAKE IT , IN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE BEG REE , SALUTARY ! Adieu ! I can only repeat my wishes and prayers for you and yonm being always Your very sincere friend ,
EL UNDSsEY » Mr . JB . Flower , Ifarlow * - v ¦ .
• Wr ?* tcnt 9 M ** JU ?» the dcujtk of li < tr Imsl > and »
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/34/
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