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by our weeping parents and our elder 

 sister which, in a few days, proved fatal. 



This was a severe blow to all, though 

 I remember my sister then first mani- 

 fested that spiritual endowment which 

 she has had occasion to exercise in so 

 many similar instances, and which has 

 earned for her the enduring love and 

 esteem of her numerous relatives. My 

 brother's remains were interred in a vault 

 my father had built for the purpose, in 

 our parish church of Catherington, and 

 were attended to their last resting-place 

 by his sorrowing relatives and his most 

 intimate companions. 



On the Sunday following, I remember, 

 a most impressive discourse was delivered 

 by the parochial minister,* whose eloquence 

 not only reached the heart of those 

 nearly allied to him, but drew tears from 

 the eyes of the rustic congregation. 



The following lines, written by one pre- 



* The Rev. G. G. Griffinhoof. 



