-3 7- DEATH OF TWIN-BROTHER. 2p 



could at that time, and my joy or sorrow is much more the 

 result of legitimate causes than it was then." 



"January 14?%. What a horrible thing remorse is ! how 

 fearful in its influence over the soul ; clouding all the gay 

 prospects that have been opened to its view ; throwing a 

 black and gloomy shroud over the fair and beautiful, and 

 tinging every emotion of the same ghastly hue, whether 

 the mind may have been turned to really proper or merely 

 frivolous pursuits ; and how balefully and abhorredly gleams 

 back on my own mind the recollection of the multitude of 

 accursed sins I daily commit ; my exceeding and ungrateful 

 unkindness ; my wayward temper, and my excessive irrita- 

 bility so much increased lately, that even the slightest 

 noises are sufficient to enrage me. Would that I could, 

 with Divine assistance, overcome, banish them, and turn the 

 mental activity to more useful purposes." 



In the year 1836, the household was once again darkened 

 by the shadow of sickness unto death. John, the gentle, 

 loving twin-brother of George, had never been robust, and 

 pulmonary symptoms had caused anxiety for some years 

 past. Those now became so marked as to leave little ground 

 for hope, and some months of lingering illness brought him 

 to his heavenly home, when his eighteenth year had scarcely 

 begun. The contrast to his brother in personal appearance 

 became more striking as his life approached its close. He 

 had attained nearly six feet in height, and when, with his 

 lustrous black eyes and raven hair, he was seen beside 

 George's slender little figure and fair complexion, none 

 could have guessed the close tie that united them. 



No record of George's sorrow at this mournful separation 

 exists : it was a grief too deep for much expression. A 

 friend remembers a walk they had together in this time 

 of sadness, and George with great earnestness telling him 



