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from the only worthy object, allowing 
creature comforts and enjoyments to entwine
their silken threads around my heart, there=
=by robbing my Creator and Redeemer of
what is so justly due to Him. an undivided
heart. Alas! I must candidly confess that
the last mentioned evil has been one of the 
sins, if not the most distinguished sin that
hath so easily beset me during life. <emotion>I
have thereby often grieved the Spirit of God,
and hindered the growth of grace in my own
soul.</emotion>
<gap></gap><hi rend="underline">Thus far, her own account.</hi>
<gap></gap>Our Sisters memory will long be held in
affectionate rememberance, by those who knew
her, on account of the truly sympathizing 
heart she possessed. Her sensibility indeed
was so fine and tender, that, though in the case
of her relatives and friends, it was the means
of endearing her much; yet, on the other hand,
in regard to her self, the consequence was a
painful one. It was on this account that cir=
=cumstances of an extraordinary occurrence
would so wrap her mind in fearful forebodings,
as to cause her much uneasiness. - and this
again operating upon the nervous weakness of
her delicate frame of body, at times because