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    child from dwelling on her sufferings / she judged that she saw an opportunity of leading her to a more intimate knowledge of God , and to a more spiritual intercourse with him . She acted upon that judgment . She raised the child ' s mind to higher thoughts and feelings than she had before experienced . She made her more happy . "nfflFEFasEerwli ^ and delight of-mental prayer , we answer , the little girl had not

    before felt its necessity . Under other circumstances she probably would not have been able sufficiently to collect her thoughts for such an act . The skilfulness of the mother was shown in taking advantage of the otherwise painful circumstance to teach her how to worship God ' in spirit and in truth . ' Her tender love was beautifully shown in the manner in which she performed the duty ; for a duty she evidently considered every thing that could induce to the best welfare of her children . She had her reward , and will

    have it throughout eternity ; for who can doubt that an union so begun on earth * will be renewed where there shall be no more sickness , or pain , or death . In our younger days we heard the piety of children ridiculed until we believed that it could not exist , and we joined in the ridicule-. We have learned to respectit where it is not forced arid unnatural ; but is drawn forth by the careful example and wise

    instruction of parents . Any well taught child is able to understand more of God and his ways than thousands who have arrived at the age of manhood without instruction ; is more filled with tender and reverential feelings arising out of that knowledge is better able to make them bear upon the daily occurrences of Life . Indeed little is done towards fixing the moral character of children till they have learned to feel that they are constantly in the sight and presence of God , and that he is training them for immortality .

    Agnes Clarke was the youngest daughter of the late learned and excellent Dr . Adam Clarke . c She was / says his biographer , * peculiarly lovely in person , . but being seized with the hoopingcough , she had not strength of constitution to contend with the disorder ; it fell upon her lungs and bowed her down to the grave , During her sickness , her parents were chiefly her nurses ; and after writing for some time her father would go into the room and carry her about till he was nearly exhausted , and then return again to his labours : the child was remarkably attached to her

    parents , and though she woukLoften express her .. fear .. that . carrying her so much would hurt her dear father , and nursing her so long would tire her dear mother , yet the relief both ministered to her in her weakness and pain , and the beaming of pleasure which displayed itself in the additional lustre of her eye on these occasions , were eloquent witnesses against the arguments her tongue framed into words . Being naturally a very clever child she had early acquired the power of reading , and was exceedingly fond of scripture stories ; and when , during her illness , she was disabled

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    274 AGNES CLARKE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1833, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2621/page/18/