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ployment: and the time of their youth, fhe 

 faid, was the pleafanteft time of her life. As 

 they grew up, and the cares of the world 

 fubfided, a fettled piety took poflefTion of her 

 mind. Her age was opprefled with infirmity, 

 ficknefs, and various afflictions in her family. 

 In thefe diftrefles, her bible was her great 

 comfort. I vifited her frequently in her 

 laft illnefs, and found her very intelligent in 

 fcripture, and well verfed in all the gofpel- 

 topics of confolation. For many years fhe 

 every day read a portion of her bible, feldom 

 any other book ; 



Juft knew, and knew no more, her bible true j 

 And in that charter read with fparkling eyes, 

 Her title to a treafure in the fkies. 



When (he met with pafTages, fhe did not 

 underftand, at one time, or other, fhe faid, 

 fhe often heard them explained at church. 

 The frory feems to evince how very fufficient 

 plain fcripture is, unaffifted with other helps, 

 except fuch as are publicly provided, to admi- 

 nifter both the knowledge, and the comforts 

 of religion even to the loweft clafles of 

 people. 



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