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towards my dear Lord & Saviour, altho
alas in the sequel I often proved un=
-faithful to <add>the</add> kind leadings of his holy
Spirit. After the departure of my
dear Father, my Mother attended
the preaching of the Brethren,
finding more pasture for her heart,
than she did in the sermons at
Church, which were not so evan=
-gelical. Sometimes she took me with
her, tho' I would rather have gone
to Church: but having a great
love for my Mother, I could not
feel at liberty to act contrary to
her desire. _ After having for some=
-time attended the preachings of
the Brethren, I began to have a
fervent wish in my heart to be
like those happy people of whom
the Brethren spoke & described
& who they said shewed in their
very countenances that they be-
longed to our Savior altho I did
not understand how this could be,
yet I ardently longed to become
acquainted with our Saviour. I felt
disposed to give up every thing if
I could but obtain this favour
but did not fully understand what
was