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<gap></gap>Thus far her own.
<gap></gap>Our beloved Mother was now<emotion> looking
forward to & hoping for a speedy dis-
mission</emotion> from her earthly tabernacle,
but in patient submission to the
will of God. Her desire was not how-
ever granted till 2 years after the
above was written.
<gap></gap>Her stay in <placename>Fulnec</placename> was but short.
Her daughter having in the month of
<date>Dec</date><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><date>r</date></hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi><date> 1839</date> received & accepted a proposal
of marriage from the <persname>S. B</persname><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><persname>r</persname></hi></hi><persname> Joseph Waugh</persname>,
who was appointed assistant Minister 
at <placename>Peterhall</placename>, she accompanied them
to that Cong<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">n</hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi> where they arrived on the
<date>17</date><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi></hi><date> Jan</date><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><date>y</date></hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi><date>. 1840.</date> At first <emotion>she seemed
averse to leaving </emotion><placename><emotion>Fulnec</emotion></placename>, where she
had hoped to lay down her burdened
tabernacle, after her labor should be at
an end. <gap></gap>But the thought that her 
beloved daughter's usefulness might
be hindered by her refusal, made her 
give the subject the most serious con-
sideration. She was at this time directed
to a passage of Scripture, which