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and be with Christ the former the better; but me
with less took care, to settle all her matters &
to care for me to the very last day.
Having gone thro' so much sickness [????],
she [???] shot her last illness wou'd be so much
the shorter. But this not being the case, she was
at times very much distressed, y[??] above[?] it in
[?????] about it. However she departed[??]
to our Savior in prayer and begged me some-
times to pray in fellowship with her, whereby
she was remarkably refreshed & comforted. She
resigned herself from time to time into the
will of the Lord & only intocated[?] Him, to write
g[???] her pains and to grant her the [????]
patience, which he also did in mercy. Some-
times she would beg for aword of comfort
suitable to her circumstances, and whenshe
opened the Text - or Hymnbook, she would
get such striking and suitable [???] that
she was filled with joy. Her illness having
much resemblance to that of the late Sister
<persname>Louise von Hayer</persname>, she desired to have her
life and particularly the latter part read to
her several times and desired also [???] [???]
much comfort, rejoicing in the [???] [???]
[???] whenever she reacted a [???] [???]
of her illness.