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                                                                               15
among the Crowd below, cannot be described in words
when we arose, she went round and gave us all her
hand, thanking us for our faithful care of her, and as
she knew that I was soon going to the Brn's Congn in
Germany, she said to me: "My dear Brother, you are
going to the Congn here below, and I am now going to that
above. She then kneeled down upon a small heap of
sand in order to her execution, and the Executionor  Executioner
offering to tie up her eyes, she desired him not to do it,
as she would shut her eyes herself. It was a wonder
to every one, to see that her Countenance remained
serene, and placid,
even till her head was severed
from her body. Her own Sister who had stay'd below
and witnessed the whole transaction, came running
up weeping and lamenting, to whom the Executioner
said: "you need not lament, for if ever any soul
went to heaven, I am sure that of your Sister's did.
There was an astonishing emotion among the nu-
-merous Spectators, and the Pietists were quite con-
-founded, and disappointed,
and many who after-
-wards came and joined the Brethren, declared that 
what they felt upon that occasion was the means
of their solid awakening, I had also frequent
apportunities to preach in several Churches in the
City, and not without blessing. Having obtained

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