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more a cause of mental suffering, than even of
bodily pain, though the latter was often of a trivi=
=al kind. I could however, at times, "Cast all my
"care upon Him, who cared for me." and believe
that all was working together for my souls good.
And I have no doubt, but every cross was a 
needful one, designed by my Heavenly Father,
and all wise Savior to keep me nearer to Him-
-self. My dear Brother's care, was still a
great weight on my mind, and embittered the
daily comforts of my life,
because I believed,
that after he was without a proper home, his com=
=forts were but few. In the summer of 1789 it
pleased God to relieve both him and myself from
this perplexity, by his being taken into the Family
of a kind Uncle, who treated him, as his own
child, and where he remained untill  until his marriage.
At the early age of 30 he was called out of
time into eternity. My spiritual enjoyments
were at this time, many and precious: I prized
my lot to live again in a Sisters house, where I
felt we were for the most part, of one heart, and
one mind. The meetings I also valued highly,
and can remember upon some occasions, when I
have longed for the hour to strike which called us
to Chapel in the evening,
as much as a hungry
stomach would desire to be fed, at the usual
time, with a meal. I might, I think, be allowed
 

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