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so powerful, as to unhinge that clearness of
thought and judgment, which she in general
exhibited. The nervous debility above 
alluded to, was considerably increased in
1803. when after unremitting attention at
the sick bed of her Brother, until his de=
=parture. She also went to nurse an Uncle,
when she herself was taken extremely ill,
and it had a visible effect upon her gene=
=ral constitution. In 1805. she received and
accepted a call to be warden, and subsequent=
=ly to be Laboress of the Single-Sisters Choir
at Fairfield. In 1812. she was appointed
to be Laboress of the Single Sisters Choir at
Tytherton. As a guardian over the spiritu=
=al concerns of the Family committed to
her, our late Sister will always rank in high
and deserved esteem. The solicitude which she
felt in the proper discharge of her spiritual of=
=fice, was a remarkable feature in her character,
which not long before her dissolution, she feel=
=ingly expressed to those who attended on her
sick-bed, declaring, that it had always been
her prayer, that if she should not do good to
any soul, the Lord would preserve her from
doing any harm; adding, that she trusted she
had never been the means of leading one poor
soul astray. Nor indeed was her solicitude, as

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