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where we lived in true brotherly love
with the B<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">rn</hi></hi> & S<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">rs</hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi>. 
<gap></gap>In <date>1823</date> we removed again to
<placename>Ockbrook</placename>. After <persname>B</persname><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><persname>r</persname></hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi><persname> Liley's</persname> happy
departure my dear husband was
appointed one of the <orgname>Provincial Helpers</orgname>.
He accepted this office in simple reli-
ance on our Saviour's gracious as-
sistance, & his confidence in our Lord
was not put to shame.
<gap></gap>In <date>1829</date> our eldest daughter was 
called to the Mission in <placename>Antigua</placename>, &
was married to <persname>B</persname><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><persname>r</persname></hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi><persname> J. Coleman</persname>. My
fervent prayers frequently ascend to
the throne of grace for them & their little
boy born in <date>1831</date>. May the Lord bless them
& set them for a blessing.
<gap></gap>In <date>Sept. 1836</date> a complaint from
which my husband had suffered for
some years, increased rapidly, & on the
<date>17</date><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi> the Lord called his redeemed soul
out of time into eternity. He departed
gently, confidently trusting that his
Saviour would receive him in mercy,
for he felt assured, (according to his own