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TRINIDAD, 
Mrs. Eevell, a native of England, thongli for sixteen 
years a resident in Amlierst, Nova Scotia, left those 
northern climes about the year 1825, and sailed away 
to the Islands of the West, and settled in Port of Spain, 
Trinidad. Mrs. Eevell was in principle, and hy profes- 
sion, a Baptist. She had, indeed, been baptized by that 
eminent and holy servant of Christ, Dr. Eippon, whose 
letter, in reference to her baptism, is now in the pos- 
session of Mrs. Tnttleby, Mrs. EeveU’s eldest daughter. 
The sudden change from a land of snow to one of 
sun, was fatal to Mr. Eevell, so that his widow and 
family Avere left dependent upon the Husband of the 
widow, and the Eather of the fatherless, and her own 
strength of mind. My reader may remember the beau- 
tiful remark of that intellectual giant, John Eorster, in 
his Essay on Decision of Character, where he speaks 
of an ivy, which, finding nothing to cling to beyond a 
certain point, had shot off into a bold elastic stem with 
an air of as much independence as any branch of oak 
in the vicinity. This is an emblem of what many a 
desolate wife and mother, no longer having her husband 
to lean upon and cling to, rises equal to the burden 
of life, and goes forth into the world’s arena to do battle 
for herself and her children. Mrs. Eevell did this and 
successfully; she was a woman of much prayer, of 
strong faith, and a lover of her Bible. God had endued 
her Avith a stout heart and a firnniess of purpose not 
often seen in the softer sex. She entered into ser\dces, 
and one Avhich, during the course of life, led lier to 
