14 EARLY EDUCATION. 



the performance of all the duties of domes- 

 tic life, the faith of a true Christian dwelt 

 in her heart, and animated all her actions ; 

 and this was daily exemplified either by 

 attention to the requirements of the poor, 

 or by kneeling at the bed-side of the sick 

 and dying. I remember when telling a 

 long absent friend, and one who knew her 

 well, of the place, time, and manner of her 

 death, "Then, sir," said he to me, "de- 

 parted one of God's best-created beings." 

 She died before a sad fatality buried all 

 my father's property in one whirlpool of 

 destruction ; and thus, through the mercy of 

 the Almighty, was spared the misery of 

 witnessing or sharing the fallen estate and 

 almost utter destitution of her family. 



I shall now proceed to give a short 

 account of the education, if it deserve 

 the name, that in my boyhood I re- 

 ceived, as that generally, if not necessarily, 

 follows the birth and parentage of any one 

 who is desirous of inviting the public 



