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leave to go to the Congn, which I intended soon
to do, I went first to visit my Parents once more, who
lived 130 Miles from
sake of my Mother, who really loved our Saviour.
I told her of the Call I had in my heart to devote
myself entirely to our Saviour, who had done so very
much for me, and to the Brethren's Congn in
pocket book, and took out a paper she had wrote
when she was pregnant with me, the contents --
whereof were, that her Child yet unborn, might be-
-come the entire property of our Saviour
dedicated it to Him alone. she then told me that
painful as it was to her to part with me, being her
only son, and to see me no more in this world,
yet she looked upon what I had told her, as the
fulfillment of what she had told at that time asked
of our Lord. She upon this gave her consent and
motherly blessing to my going to the B rn's Cong
ncon-
-cerning which I gave her as full an information as
I could.
were joined with great tenderness.
could not be forgotten by me, and we continued
our correspondence by Letter till her happy departure
to our d
rSaviour. She told me before we parted