I pray that my brother and sisters may go to as good a place as I shall go to.”

At another time she observed-"It is a great sin for one person to despise another"—and added—“I have been despised and derided by some of my playmates-and if such go on and do not repent, satan will come and carry them away, and vengeance will take hold on them when it will be too late to repent." Soon after, she desired her father not to pay any of those muster fines demanded of him, for she thought it was not right for him to do so.

Observing her parents to be affected with the prospect of her departure,-she said she did not know but that it would seem pleasant to her, if it should be pleasing to the Lord to raise her again, so that she could be with her parents and brother and sisters and acquaintance. But added, if that should be the case, which she had no expectation of, she never would do as she had done heretofore: for if young people came to entice her to their diversions, she would not consent, but would stay at home with her parents. She then signified, she did not desire to live longer, except it was to live better-but said she was afraid she never should be fitter to die, than she was now, and for that reason she would not desire to live.

She told her mother she desired when she got any body to help her in the house, to be careful not to have such as are of bad repute and corrupt conversation, for such often corrupt and spoil children.

She was frequently engaged in prayer and supplication, and her soul seemed at times so redundant as to overflow beyond her strength to utter. After a considerable time of repose, she aroused up, and

being asked how she was-she said, "I have received a promise of peace, and an assurance of entering in at the strait gate, which is everlasting happiness."

She lay three days almost speechless-Nearly the last words she uttered were to her father, as he was leaning over her on the bed, when she looked at him and said-"Father I love thee!"

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Addressed to a friend, descriptive of a sorrowful heart.

Where shall I rest this aching head?
The tide of life is ebbing low:
Shall I be numbered with the dead
Or e'er my sorrows cease to flow.
O heavenly Father, now sustain
My deeply tried and troubled mind;
To thee alone let me complain,

For I have always found thee kind.
Thy face, in vain, I never sought;
My suppliant soul be pleas'd to hear,
And Oh! preserve in word and thought,
And keep me in thy holy fear;
Till all these bitter cups are past,
And my poor languid spirit rise;
How long will this baptism last,

Can neither sighs nor tears suffice?

The soul sincere thou will not leave,
It may on thee its burden cast;

Thou never, never, did deceive,
But will sustain it, to the last.

And though thou hide thy face awhile
That faith and patience may be tri❜d,
Thou wilt return again and smile,
And in thy goodness I confide.
Oh! may the christian spirit reign.
And rule and govern all below;
Its peaceful principle maintain,
And fruits of justice ever show.

That there may be no blemish brought
To hurt the cause I love so dear;
With sorrow's pangs my heart is fraught,
I tremble for myself and fear.

The weeds seem wrapt about my head,
Down to the bottom I must go;
Baptiz'd in spirit for the dead,

May they the resurrection know.

Sweet sympathy of faithful friends,
United in the life divine,
Communicates and strength extends,
In nice sensations pure and fine,
Which human art cannot descry;
This way no lion's whelps have trod,
Nor is it seen by vulture's eye,

But plain and clear,-cast up by God. With barley loaves and fishes blest,

I gather'd fragments, stor'd them by; The safe deposit was my breast,

And he that blest them too, was nigh.

They rise before my mental view
With invitation for repast;
He condescends to bless anew,
Whereby the soul no longer fasts,

But finds a place for secret prayer;
And passive to his presence brought,
The light discovers every snare

That so ingeniously is wrought.

My heart was full, but some relief
Is gain'd through medium of my pen;
A faithful friend assuages grief,
Though it resumes the seat again.
To crave the prayer of the just
Seems rational, and may avail,-
But more than all in God to trust
Will surely never, never fail.

H.

Elizabeth Levis's Letters to her children. DEAR CHILDREN,

I have often longed to be in company with you, but it is my duty to he resigned to the will of God; for which state, I find it necessary to labour daily, that I may be given up in all things. The great enemy of souls is daily striving to draw the mind from duly waiting upon God, as we ought to do; thereby, if he can, to keep us from receiving strength to enable us to come up in our duty to God. Oh! he is a crafty enemy: be aware of him; and let it be your chief concern to know the will of

your heavenly Father concerning you.

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not to move, or do any thing but what you have good cause to believe the Lord owns you in. we dwell under this concern he will favour us with his love; and that will unite our hearts to him, and one to another, and cause us to be true helps one to another.

Dear children, let us wait for this love: it will sweeten all our bitter cups, as we receive it from the Fountain of love. Blessed be the name of our God, who is a God of mercy, and a tender Father unto all them that are more concerned to witness his love in their hearts, than for any thing in this transitory world. May those who are thus concerned, not be discouraged if they should meet with close trials, and sometimes of the nearest or most afflicting kind. When we cannot feel that sweetness and comfort which is desired, then let us remember the words of the apostle, who said, we have need of patience, that when we have done the will of God, we may receive the promise: which is life and peace, and joy in the holy spirit.

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Dear children, let us be willing to suffer with Christ, in taking up the daily cross; and let us examine and see what it is that we have laid down for his sake; so that we may witness his living presence in our souls, and have strength to follow him wheresoever he be pleased to lead us. It is with me to say, the Lord loves them that are willing to suffer for him; and as they travail in spirit to be kept near to him, they will, in his own time, come to reign with him. And, dear children, let us labour for patience; it is an excellent gift from God. we let patience have its perfect work in us, we shall

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