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,,the                                   
,,pilot',s ,,daughter2                  
,,an ,,account ,,of                     
,,elizabeth ,,cullingham1               
,,who ,,was ,,born ,,and ,,died         
,,in                           ,,the    
,,parish ,,of ,,lowestoft4              
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,,vicar ,,of ,,lowestoft4               
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#ahda4          ,,the ,,pilot',s        

,,daughter4      ,the subject of this   
little memoir was so well known to her  
neighbours1  and to the many young      
persons with whom she associated1 that  
,i have felt  sure a short account of   
her would not be unacceptable to them4  
,they knew  her quiet1 virtuous1        
consistent1 pious walk1 and they will1  
,i am sure1  bear witness1 that ,i do   
not over-state the blameless character  
which she  maintained4  ,this1 as it was
 an example to others1 so it must be a  
cause  of heartfelt rejoicing to her    
friends now that she has finished her   
course1 and entered into her rest4  ,to 
others1 this little history may  have   
its use4  ,it is not the account of a   
person of unusual powers of  mind1 or of
 attainment2 nor of one placed in       
extraordinary circumstances1  although  
she was blessed with pious parents1 who 
watchfully instructed  her in the truths
 of ,religion1 as well as taught her by 
their example4  ,she had only the       
advantages which many young persons in  

every village and  town possess1 nor did
 she attain to any situation in life1   
which  multitudes may not aspire to4    
,but she gained a deep and well-grounded
  feeling of ,religion4  ,she learned   
the evil nature of her heart4  ,she     
discovered and gained that treasure1    
which is revealed in the ,lord ,jesus   
,christ4  ,she laid hold by faith on his
 merits4  ,she was taught of the  ,holy 
,spirit2 and the graces of the ,spirit  
were in an eminent degree  manifested in
 her life4  ,she by the same power      
acquired the adorning of  the hidden man
 of the heart1 in that which is not     
corruptible1 even the  ornament of a    
meek and quiet spirit1 which is in the  
sight of the ,lord of  great price4     
,she followed in the simple training of 
the ministry of the  ,church3 neither   
seeking to wander from its pastures1 nor
 exercising any  want of charity towards
 those who differed from her1 one of    
whom1  attached to another denomination 
of ,christians1 her only surviving      

sister1 and nearest friend1 was her     
constant companion2 with her she  lived 
in perfect unity of ,spirit4  ,her      
circumstances then had nothing in  them 
out of the ordinary course of human     
life4  ,she had temptations  peculiar to
 her own character and disposition1 and 
she met with the usual  trials1 which   
belong to her situation in life4  ,she  
had her time of  health1 and of         
sickness4  ,she was a daughter and a    
sister4  ,she was  engaged in a variety 
of pursuits both to gain her livelihood1
 and to do  good to others2 but in every
 state1--without exhibiting any quality 
to  which her friends and neighbours    
might not aspire1--she may be truly said
  to have walked after her measure in   
her ,master's footsteps1 and to have    
adorned her ,christian profession4      
,the father of this young woman was     
,james ,cullingham4  ,he had for many   
years been a ,pilot4  ,he was a man of  
somewhat original character4            
,throughout his life he had followed1   

without variation1 the usual line of    
his calling1 and faithfully discharged  
the duties of his occupation4  ,the     
business of a ,pilot on this part of the
 coast1 is to take ships coming  from   
the ,north to ,london4  ,then to return 
home again1 to wait perhaps a  few days 
till the opportunity occurs of another  
voyage4  ,this kind of  life is one of a
 good deal of temptation2 but it did not
 prove more than  this to him1 for he   
passed through it without reproach1     
although somewhat  unsuccessfully as to 
his own profit4  ,in the depth of the   
winter1 when  the ,northern ,ports were 
frozen1 his usual duties were suspended4
  ,it was  in these intervals we had    
occasion to observe his valuable        
character4  ,his season of rest was     
employed chiefly at home1 reading       
various books2  in his latter years1    
books of devotion2 and he was rarely    
absent from the  ,house of ,god4  ,in   
the latter part of his life1 he was in  
the habit1 when  at home1 of having     

stated prayer three times a day2 and he 
read the  ,scriptures in the order of   
the ,calendar of the ,prayer ,book2 at  
this  period he also gave up all        
watching for the coming in sight of     
ships on  the ,sabbath day2 always1     
however1 being ready to go out to them1 
as his  profession called him to do1 if 
there was any actual necessity4  ,on the
  week days at the prayers1 as well as  
on the ,sunday1 he constantly  attended 
the services of the ,church4  ,i shall  
long remember1 during the  last years of
 his life1 7the only period when ,i knew
 him17 his  respectable appearance1 his 
attentive demeanour and the animation   
with  which he made the responses out of
 a large prayer book1 which was his     
constant companion1 altogether          
manifesting the fulness of heart1 with  
which he entered into the service of    
,god4  ,he was a fine model of a man1   
whose religion partook of the character 
of a former age4  ,he was deeply        
serious1 entirely practical1 strict in  

his attachment to the ,church2 but  his 
religious feeling1 although it led him  
sometimes to a fearless  reproach of sin
 in others1 did not so much draw him to 
aim at the  conversion of his           
neighbours4  ,he owed very much of the  
expansion of his  religious mind to a   
social ,prayer ,meeting1 at which he was
 a constant  attendant4  ,one of his    
family remembers the first deviation    
from that  remarkable firmness which    
belonged to his natural character1 on   
which  occasion he came home from one of
 these ,meetings1 deeply affected1 and  
witnessed by his tears1 the impression  
he had received4  ,he had one           
remarkable deliverance from ,shipwreck4 
,he had been called to take charge  of a
 ship in distress which in the course of
 ten minutes must have  perished1 had it
 not pleased ,god to direct an          
instantaneous change of the  wind4  ,in 
this danger he felt himself calm and    
prepared for his end4  ,he  was1 in     
after years1 constantly sensible of this

 deliverance1 and on two  sheets of     
paper1 nailed up in his bed room1 he    
wrote as a memorial in his  own large   
hand3 8,the ,lord is my light and my    
salvation1 whom shall ,i  fear2 the     
,lord is the strength of my life of whom
 shall ,i be afraid80  ,and 8,the ,lord 
is my strength and my shield2 my heart  
hath trusted in him1  and ,i am helped3 
therefore my heart danceth for joy1 and 
in my song will  ,i praise him40  ,psalm
 xxviii4 #h4  ,he was a man of undaunted
 courage1  considering1 that in his     
station of life1 it was his duty to run 
any  risks by which he might be faithful
 to his occupation1 and acquit himself  
of the responsibility entrusted to him4 
,elizabeth's ,mother was a person of no 
common character4  ,she had been  left  
an orphan at sixteen years of age4  ,she
 had spent many years in  service1 and  
at the conclusion of this time1 had     
married4  ,her character  was one of    
great decision1 and warmth of feeling4  
,she was a person of  singular          

benevolence1 and filled a valuable post 
amongst her afflicted  neighbours1 and  
in our ,district ,society4  ,her great  
sympathy with others1  and her uncommon 
power of body and of mind1 had led her  
to give up days  and nights to nursing  
her neighbours4  ,this labour eventually
 undermined1  and permanently injured   
her vigorous constitution4  ,those only1
 who saw  her in her afflictions1 can be
 aware of the deep feeling which dwelt  
in  her heart4  ,she was in the habit of
 reading a variety of common books      
which fell in her way4  ,i remember some
 very curious questions1 which she  once
 put to me on the family of an          
individual1 which had figured in the    
,history of ,england4  ,her piety was   
ardent4  ,it was her habit to retire    
every afternoon to her chamber for      
prayer4  ,she had not1 perhaps1 as much 
of adherence to the forms of the ,church
 as her husband1 although she was       
zealously attached to it1 and a constant
 frequenter of its services4  ,she  was 

very peculiarly observant of statements 
of doctrine1 made in the  ,public       
,ministry1 giving the most marked       
preference to those which freely        
offered the grace of ,god to all4  ,she 
had been led to very deep  seriousness  
of religious feeling by the ardent piety
 and interesting  death of her second   
daughter1 who exemplified1 during eleven
 weeks of  painful sickness1 an         
attainment in religion1 which afforded  
the fullest  assurance of her joyful    
entry into the everlasting kingdom of   
her ,lord  and ,saviour4  ,that daughter
 had taken a somewhat higher course of  
mental  pursuit1 than any of her family4
  ,she was accustomed to express her    
devout feeling in verse1 and a copy book
 has been put into my hands1  containing
 a variety of little poems1 which at    
least shew her sweetness  of mind1 and  
her knowledge of religion4  ,i cannot   
forbear quoting one of  them1 not       
particularly for its excellence1 but    
because it serves to  prove1 in reply to

 the charge often made of ingratitude   
against the poor1  how frequently a deep
 feeling of thankfulness may exist1     
which  nevertheless gains no public     
expression4  ,these lines are on the    
death of  a venerable ,clergyman1 whom  
,i myself knew to have been frequently  
foremost in acts of benevolence1 and    
often1 if necessity required it1        
willing to stand almost alone in deeds  
of enlarged charity4                    
,,on ,,the ,,death ,,of ,,the ,,rev4 ,j4
 ,g4 ,,spurgeon1                        
,,rector ,,of ,,oulton4        ,hark6   
tis the loud knell which tolling so     
dreary1      ,announces to all1 a frail 
mortal's decease2      ,that relieved   
from pain1 at rest is the weary1      ,a
 ,christian has entered the mansions of 
peace4        ,but it tells us a friend 
of the poor is departed1      ,a        
benevolent friend has resign'd his last 
breath1      ,and the eye where the soft
 tear of pity has started1      ,is now 
closed1 and sleeps in the silence of    

death4        ,yet while in deep sorrow1
 his loss we're deploring1      ,his    
spirit is mounting to ,heaven above2    
,to those regions of light he is rapidly
 soaring1      ,to reap the reward of   
his labours of love4        ,peace to   
thine ashes6 thy warfare is ended1      
,thou hast fought the good fight1 and   
hast entered thy rest2      ,still a    
tear dims their eye1 thou so kindly     
befriended1      ,and thy memory is     
sweet to the poor and distress'd4    ,on
 her death bed1 ,susan ,cullingham spoke
 of #8passing the dark valley1  but1'   
she added1 #8,it is light1' and she bade
 her friends go to the  grave1 not to   
weep1 but to look for her in heaven4    
,i think that ,i have rarely known in   
their rank of life1 a finer specimen1   
of what ,i might wish the whole         
population of my parish to be1 than the 
,father and ,mother of ,elizabeth       
,cullingham4  ,they lived most happily  
together1 and after death were not long 
separated4  ,their death ,i shall  have 

occasion presently to record4           
,elizabeth's early life was such as     
might be expected in her station4  ,she 
had exceedingly good health and spirits 
at this period4  ,she was fully on  par 
with all other girls in childish        
pursuits4  ,her disposition was1        
however1 always careful4  ,she was      
considerate in all things1 not wasteful 
of any thing1 a stayer at home1 prudent 
and disposed to seriousness4  ,at  the  
age of sixteen1 she went to fill a      
subordinate situation in a family  in   
,london1 in which a female relative was 
the housekeeper4  ,in this  situation   
she was exposed to no more temptation   
than belongs to a servant  in general4  
,she was permitted1 indeed1 to partake  
of the usual  amusements which are      
allowed to servants in ,london1 but she 
was protected  from the evils which     
might have resulted from those          
amusements1 by the  watchful attention  
of the relation under whose care she was
 placed1 and  by the preventing grace of

 ,god4    ,during the three years of her
 residence in ,london nothing occurred  
to  mark her course4  ,she fulfilled her
 duties1 and gained the character of a  
good servant4  ,she returned to         
,lowestoft about the month of ,may1     
#ahca1 in  health and spirits4  ,her    
return was the wish of her careful      
mother1 who  feared to leave her        
daughter at a distance1 without the     
protection of the  kind relative1 who   
had now retired from service4  ,on her  
return1  ,elizabeth resided in her own  
family1 and followed the business she   
had  been taught2 but her residence at  
home was under somewhat new             
circumstances4  ,at this period certain 
means of instruction were offered  to   
the young people of the parish1 which1  
under ,divine help1 were  peculiarly    
calculated to meet her opening mind4    
,these means were #ast1 a  ,bible       
,class1 and #bnd1 a meeting of women1   
belonging to the ,church1 for  the more 
especial object of ,social ,prayer4     

,both of these she frequently           
acknowledged to have been of great      
advantage to her4    ,in the ,bible     
,class1 the ,scriptures were read1 and  
generally explained1  whilst the object 
constantly kept in view was to fix the  
word on the  conscience of the young    
people4  ,each one of these were invited
 to repeat  some portion of ,scripture  
or a hymn1 selected by themselves4  ,the
 meeting  of women was under the        
immediate4 direction of the minister1   
but presided  over by ,mrs4 ,cunningham3
 in it the word of ,god was read1 and a 
review  taken of the sermons of the     
preceding ,sunday4  ,two or three of the
  members were then at liberty to engage
 in prayer4  ,in the latter years of    
her life1 ,elizabeth occasionally       
offered up prayer4  ,these meetings were
  generally seasons of edification to   
her1 and very much tended to  establish 
her religious mind3 they had also the   
effect of uniting her  with those of our
 ,church who were likeminded4  ,their   

general result ,i  have found to be     
greatly beneficial to the ,church       
itself4  ,it was  observed by her       
relations that from the time of         
,elizabeth's first  attendance on these 
occasions1 she devoted herself more     
entirely to the  service of ,god4  ,her 
conduct was altered3 she became more    
serious1 and  she had more love for the 
,scriptures1 and as the necessary       
consequence1  other books were laid     
aside3 her natural fretfulness was also 
brought  under1 and her character       
assumed that sweetness and quietness    
which it  retained till the end4  ,for  
two or three years she went on in this  
course4  ,she was laborious in gaining  
her livelihood1 and as her health  was  
never strong1 after her return home she 
occupied herself at  needle-work1 at    
which1 however1 through the indulgence  
of her parent1 she  was not required to 
labour more than suited her health4     
,she was habitually1 and by principle1  
industrious1 feeling that it was        

equally a ,christian duty to be diligent
 in business1 as to be fervent in       
spirit1 serving the ,lord4  ,i do not   
remember any circumstances relating  to 
her history at this period which were of
 importance4  ,for two or three  years  
she pursued the even tenor of her way4  
,she was dutiful to her  parents1 kind  
to all around her1 serviceable to the   
,church1 and in every  way an ornament  
to her ,christian profession4  ,the work
 of conversion was  obviously going on  
in her soul4  ,the fulfilment of every  
duty1 private  and public1 gave full    
proof of it4    ,it was about the year  
#ahcc that she had the offer made of a  
situation in  a gentleman's family1 of  
which the religious habits were         
particularly  suited to her4  ,into this
 family she entered1 and was absent for 
about  three years in a distant part of 
the kingdom4  ,during this time she had 
a  severe attack of illness1 which      
resulted in her return home4  ,but as   
this  new state of servitude was        

somewhat of a trial to her1 and it had  
its  peculiar burden in her weak state  
of health1 and with her naturally       
anxious habit of mind1 so it was        
calculated to exhibit the strength of   
principle which she had attained4  ,i am
 glad to be able to bring forward  a    
witness of her conduct as a servant     
during this period4  ,when she was  dead
 ,i wrote to her late master1 to ask    
about her1 and ,i subjoin a part  of his
 reply in his own words4                
,brighton1 ,july #bh4        8,,my      
,,dear ,,friend1        8,though we     
cannot but lament the removal of such   
manifestly bright      saints as ,e4 ,c4
 from this our lower earth1 yet every   
such removal is      like a door opened 
in heaven2 and one seems to hear her    
peaceful      spirit saying to us1 8,be 
followers of me1 and of them who have   
inherited the promises40  ,blessed are  
such dead who die in the ,lord4      ,as
 long as ,e4 ,c4 was in my service1 ,i  
always considered her as one of      the

 most perfect characters ,i had ever    
seen4  ,she was with us1 ,i      should 
think1 about three years4        8,she  
always seemed to me a model of          
,christian deportment as a      servant1
 for ,i never saw one ruffle or ripple  
in the even stream of      her temper2  
,i never saw her upset or put out by any
 hasty order or      word which ,i might
 have spoken4  ,she was evidently always
 at rest in      ,jesus--enjoying very  
unusually peace and joy in              
believing--and this was      no doubt   
granted to a more simple and consistent 
obedience than is      generally seen in
 professors of our days4  ,the          
characteristic graces      of her state 
appeared to me humility and quiet       
contentment in her      situation of    
life4  ,she had no high sounding        
profession1 but all was      a meek1 yet
 very firm1 testimony to that blessed   
,master's grace who      had 8wrought   
all her works in her40        8,when    
servants are really thus ,christian1    

they do especially      adorn the       
,gospel of ,god their ,saviour4         
8,exhort servants to be      obedient   
unto their own masters1 and to please   
them well in all      things1 not       
answering again1 not purloining1 but    
shewing all good      fidelity1 that    
they may adorn the doctrines of ,god our
 ,saviour in all      things40  ,titus  
ii4 #i4        8,she did this most      
eminently4  ,of course ,i can say little
 more3 the      incidents in a servant's
 life are generally so few4  ,hers was a
      blessed constancy1 an even flow of
 calm and established piety40           
99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99    ,the      
testimony of this letter to the         
character of ,elizabeth1 as a servant1  
is remarkable4  #8,not one ruffle or    
ripple in the even stream of her        
temper1' of this naturally anxious1 and 
even fretful1 girl4  #8,never upset  or 
put out by any hasty order or word3'    
#8consistent obedience3'  #8humility and
 quiet contentment in her situation in  

life1' marking all  her course4  ,how   
truly may we feel with her master that  
all this was a  strong testimony to the 
grace of that blessed ,saviour1 who had 
8wrought  all her works in her40  ,yet  
what encouragement does this case afford
 to  many others who are engaged in     
domestic service4  ,she fulfilled her   
duty  as unto the ,lord1 and of her     
,master in heaven she will doubtless    
receive  her reward4    ,elizabeth now  
having returned home1 took her place in 
the parish4  ,she  sought to be         
serviceable to others as well as to gain
 her livelihood3 she  was a constant    
helper to the ministry1 and a great     
comfort to her  parents1 with whom she  
dwelt4  ,her religious mind appeared to 
be  continually progressing4  ,at the   
close of the year #ahcf1 she began a    
private journal1 which has been lent to 
me4  ,it contains chiefly notes of      
sermons which she heard1 and of the     
impression which they produced on her   
mind4  ,how happy it is when the soul is

 brought so to hunger and thirst  after 
righteousness1 that it feeds upon all   
the food which is presented  to it2 when
 the means of grace are used not without
 profit1 when sermons  are listened to1 
and applied to the heart1 when the word 
of ,god is read1  and marked1 and       
inwardly digested1 so that the hope of  
everlasting life  is embraced1 and held 
fast4  ,it was so with ,elizabeth ,c4   
,no word seemed to be received without  
attention and application4  ,i wish     
that her example may be followed in this
 matter1 and with the same  blessing4   
,i will now make some extracts from her 
journal2 they will  serve to shew the   
very inside of her mind4  ,it begins    
,dec4 #ah1 #ahcf4  #8,mr4 ,c4 preached  
from ,isaiah xl4 #c1 #e4  ,i felt my    
mind much impressed  with the sermon4   
,o that the ,lord may remove every      
mountain that impedes  my way to ,him4' 
,saturday being the last day of the year
 she writes--#8,when  ,i look back on   
the past year1 how many short comings   

and backslidings1  how much coldness and
 lukewarmness have ,i to mourn over3 ,o 
blessed ,lord1  enable me to dedicate   
myself afresh to thy service1 in        
entering upon  another year1 and do thou
 pardon all that is passed4'  ,january  
#a4  #8,the  first text which caught my 
eye this morning was ,isaiah i4 #be4    
8,o blessed  ,lord1 purge away all my   
sins1 and make me to walk humbly before 
thee40  ,mr4 ,c4 preached from ,rom4    
xii4 #a1 #b4  ,how was my mind impressed
 when he  pointed out the necessity of  
giving the whole heart to ,god4  ,i was 
led to  pray earnestly that the ,lord   
would enable me to do so for ,jesus     
sake4  ,january #b4  ,attended a ,prayer
 ,meeting at the ,vicarage1 to implore  
the  outpouring of the ,spirit4  ,o     
,lord1 hear the prayers which have this 
day  been offered up4  ,january #ae4    
,mr4 ,c4 preached from #a ,cor4 ii4 #i4 
,the  sermon was truly interesting and  
affecting1 as he spoke to us of the     
death of two individuals1 ,mrs4 ,r41 and

 ,mrs4 ,c41 well known to us1 who  died 
under very affecting circumstances4     
,mr4 ,c4 pointed out what it was  to    
love the ,lord1 and what was prepared   
for them that love him4  ,we have  no   
doubt but our dear friends are now      
enjoying those things which are         
prepared for the righteous4  ,o blessed 
,lord1 prepare me for every change  and 
condition of life2 but above all prepare
 me for death1 that ,i may be  ready to 
meet thee with joy4'    ,i may be       
permitted to digress from my subject for
 a few moments1 to  relate the history  
of the two individuals alluded to4  ,the
 elder of the  two died full of years1  
many of which had been spent in the     
,service of  ,god4  ,she was #ia years  
of age1 and the ,parent1 in the fourth  
generation1  of a large number of our   
,congregation4  ,although surrounded by 
many  witnesses at her death1 she       
departed so quietly1 that none could    
know  when she took her flight4  ,of her
 it might be truly said1 she had 8fallen

  asleep in ,christ40  ,the other       
individual was ,mary ,rackham4  ,she was
 the  ,mother of a large family2 she    
acted a prominent part in her husband's 
much frequented ,butcher's shop1 and    
this brought her into the observation   
of the whole ,parish4  ,she was well    
known by her constant attention to      
business1 being inferior to none in the 
active pursuit of her daily  duties4    
,she was confessedly the woman in the   
parish1 who appeared to me  to have the 
largest share of varied occupation4     
,she was however in the  midst of all   
her duties1 distinguished for her       
obliging manners to all  about her4  ,in
 her family1 the utmost good order and  
consistency were  observed4    ,she had 
lost one child1 whom she trusted she had
 trained for ,god1 and now  her longing 
anxiety was1 that all the rest of her   
family should follow in  the same       
course4  ,how entirely her heart was set
 upon this ,i could well  judge1 who was
 often led into conversation with her on

 that subject4  ,but  her labours and   
conflicts1 and her victory in her own   
soul were still  more conspicuous4  ,she
 was naturally of an eager and sanguine 
temperament1 but that this had an       
entirely new and spiritual direction    
was manifest to all4  ,her disposition  
was not to entertain high notions  of   
herself2 yet was she confident in her   
,saviour1 and she never testified  any  
doubt as to her portion in ,him4  ,her  
zeal for the ,service of ,god was  very 
great1 and her attendance at his house1 
considering her  circumstances1 was     
remarkable4  ,on ,thursday ,evening1 as 
on ,sunday1 she  was always to be found 
in her place4  ,she was an attendant at 
the latest  ,sacrament1 and twice at the
 services on the last ,sunday of her    
life4  ,but  her seasons of private     
devotion were as regularly maintained4  
,she was  watchful to secure her morning
 and evening retirement2--and in order  
to  keep up the ,spirit of devotion1    
which she feared might flag through the 

hurry of business2 she constantly       
retired in the middle of the day1 when  
her business had a pause1 for the       
purposes of reading and devotional      
exercises4  ,she was a member1 and a    
constant attendant1 when she was  able1 
on the ,society for ,social prayer4     
,she died after her confinement2  and we
 had the opportunity of witnessing only 
an awful1 but a calm and  cheerful      
delirium which filled up her latest     
hours4  ,but a more beautiful  and      
instructive example of holy devotedness 
to every duty1 performed in  the faith  
of ,christ1 we could scarcely have had  
the opportunity of  witnessing1 than    
that which she exhibited in her daily   
walk and  conversation4  ,she died at   
the age of #ce years1 leaving five      
children  behind her4    ,the ,journal  
of ,e4 ,c4 goes on4  #8,thursday        
,evening1 ,march #e4  ,mr4 ,hogarth     
preached from #b ,cor4 v4  ,he described
 the body as a tent1 which must soon  be
 dissolved1 and the miseries of the     

wicked1 who have no hope beyond  this   
life4  ,none said ,mr4 ,h41 but the     
followers of ,christ can take up the    
language of the text4  ,enable me1 ,o   
,lord1 thine unworthy servant1          
experimentally to feel that ,i1 even ,i1
 have a building of ,god1 an house  not 
made with hands1 eternal in the heavens4
  ,march #h4  ,mr4 ,c4 spoke of a  dear 
,christian friend1 ,s4 ,j4 who was      
called to put off her earthly           
tabernacle last ,sabbath4  ,we feel     
assured she had a building of ,god1 an  
house prepared for her disembodied      
,spirit--to her1 said ,mr4 ,c4 may the  
text be applied4  8,well done1 good and 
faithful servant1 enter thou into  the  
,joy of thy ,lord40  ,give me grace1 ,o 
,lord1 to improve the talent  committed 
to me1 that when thou callest me to give
 up my account1 ,i may  be ready as thy 
servant was4'  ,susan ,jones1 the person
 here alluded to1  was an individual of 
great interest4  ,she illustrated a     
valuable little  tract1 entitled the    

8,single talent well employed40  ,she   
was one of  three sisters1 who lived    
together in ,lowestoft4  ,she had       
resided with a  family in ,scotland1    
whose testimony to her worth1 as well as
 that of the  heads of the family in    
which she died1 ,i shall venture to     
insert4  ,she  was one of the brightest 
ornaments of our little ,christian      
,society1 and  much beloved by all who  
knew her4  ,i will copy the account of  
her  inscribed in the memoranda of a    
friend4        #8,this morning's post   
brought me the tidings of dear ,susan   
,jones'      death1 or rather of her    
being on the point of death1 and a      
request      that ,i would inform her   
sisters of it4  ,another valued member  
of our      ,society1 a true sister in  
the ,lord--one much beloved by us and by
 many      here is now departed6  ,the  
letter was from ,mr4 ,s4 a ,clergyman1  
with      whom she had been staying at  
,woodbridge about three months1 in order
      to nurse ,mrs4 ,s4 in her         

confinement4'    ,the following is an   
extract of his letter4        #8,poor   
dear ,susan was apparently well this    
morning1 and engaged as      usual1 till
 about #aa o'clock2 when upon her       
stooping down1 she felt      an acute   
pain2 but as she was subject to this1 we
 were not      alarmed4--,finding1      
however1 that the pain continued1 we    
sent for our      medical attendant4    
,the suffering for a short time became  
acute1 and      the symptoms so         
alarming1 that it was soon evident there
 was no hope      of her life4  ,it is  
considered that a vessel near the heart 
had given      way1 and that she is     
sinking from internal bleeding4  ,she is
 indeed      as one fallen asleep4  ,her
 mind is calm1 and her heart is         
fixed2--her gratitude to ,god1 her      
patience1 love1 humility1      combined 
with simple trust1 are all so           
conspicuous1 that ,i cannot             
perceive which is the greatest4  ,she   
appears not to have a thought in        

the world1 and has not said one word    
regarding it4  ,her thoughts are        
all towards ,god1 and the voice of      
praise and prayer to him1 for           
spiritual blessings are her only theme4 
8,thy will be done10 seems      the     
first and uppermost feeling of her      
heart4  ,you may feel assured      when 
you receive this1 that her ,spirit is in
 ,heaven1 with her beloved              
,saviour4  ,all her words are now either
 to1 or of her ,god and ,saviour1       
and she appears to have closed her      
senses to this trying scene4  ,her      
bodily sufferings now are small4  ,i    
feel as though in parting from      her1
 ,i was losing one of my best friends1  
and ,i only pray that the               
,almighty1 in his mercy1 may so help me1
 that ,i may see dear ,susan in         
another and better world4  ,with every  
good wish and prayer1'                  
,believe me1                            
,yours faithfully1                      
,j4 ,p4 ,s4'    ,february #bgth4        

#8,received this morning the account of 
dear ,susan ,jones's  death4  ,the      
following is an extract from ,mr4 ,s's4 
second letter4'        #8,poor dear     
,susan was called away a few hours      
sooner than we expected4      ,she      
breathed her last a quarter before one  
o'clock this morning1 when      she     
exchanged a ,sabbath day on earth1 for  
an eternal ,sabbath in      heaven4  ,i 
feel as strong a confidence that she is 
now in glory1 as ,i      can feel of any
 person ,i ever knew4  ,the verse for   
the day in the      ,christian          
,almanack1 #bfth ,february1 is1 8,there 
remaineth1 therefore1 a      rest for   
the people of ,god10 as it were greeting
 me on my coming down      stairs this  
morning1 with a most welcome and        
appropriate assurance1      and as it   
were in confirmation of my feelings4    
,all ,i can say of her      in her life1
 and in her death1 would come short of  
the reality1 and ,i      can only hope  
and pray that ,i may be kept from       

abusing the privilege      ,i have had  
in her friendship2 and that her image   
and example may1 by      ,god's         
blessing1 be the means of assisting my  
weakness1 and helping me      on to an  
entrance into glory for ever and ever   
with her6'    ,may we seek to follow her
 humble and ,christian course1 blameless
 and  harmless as she was1 loved by all1
 and loving all4  ,she was not quick to 
discover1 or speak of the faults of     
others1 being too humbly alive to her   
own4  ,i never remember to have left her
 after the fullest communications  with 
her1 distressed or perplexed by         
histories of others1 and their  faults  
and failings2 over these she drew the   
curtain1 and fixed her eye  only upon   
her own4  ,she introduced the subject of
 other people only to  speak kindly and 
affectionately of them3 she appeared    
8without  partiality10 nor had she that 
selfishness which soon takes affront3 ,i
  never knew her vexed with any one for 
supposed unkindness or neglect3 she     

seemed always to think she received more
 than she deserved4  ,o may we all  have
 grace to follow her in this1 and in    
many other of her ,christian  virtues4  
,when thus suddenly seized1 and with    
nothing but death before her1 her  soul 
was found perfectly staid4  ,no         
distressing fears or conflicts          
overwhelmed her2 but she met the summons
 with perfect fortitude and             
resignation4  ,when ,mr4 ,s4 said to    
her1 #8,dear ,susan1 do you not feel    
afraid8'  #8,o no1 sir1 ,i have no fear2
 ,i am leaning on the arm of ,jesus1    
,he is my support--,he is holding me    
behind and before4  ,god has laid his   
hand upon me3 ,his will be done2 ,he    
will keep me1 ,he will support me4'     
,the sting of death seemed entirely     
withdrawn1 and the glorious hope of     
being for ever with the ,lord1 swallowed
 up all pain in quitting this  valley of
 tears4  ,o the blessedness of living   
thus in preparation for  death6  ,may   
the instructive lesson sink deeply into 

all our hearts1  leading us to a        
watchful circumspect devotion to our    
,god and ,saviour2  that1 when he shall 
please to call us1 we may say with her1 
#8ready1  ,lord1 ready4'    ,as it was  
my painful office to inform her dear    
sisters of the affecting  event of      
,susan's seizure and probable departure 
at that moment1 ,i went in  after the   
service on ,sunday morning4  ,at the    
moment of my entry1 ,hannah  was reading
 a paper she held in her hand4  ,i asked
 them if they had heard  any thing of   
,susan4  #8,not very lately2 but we have
 just been reading a  paper of her's we 
found in her ,bible4'  ,these were the  
words3--#8,o my dear  sisters1 we have  
now began another year1 ,o may we live  
it fit to die1  should we be called away
 before it is past4  ,this day ,i have  
been to hear  ,mr4 ,salmon1 and we had a
 most excellent sermon from ,zechariah  
i4 #e4  8,your fathers1 where are they80
 ,god bless you both4--,susan ,jones4'  
,this seemed a merciful preparation for 

breaking to them the sorrowful  tidings1
 which ,i did1 as carefully as possible1
 endeavouring to arm them  with         
,christian feeling of dependance upon   
,god1 and with sense of ,his  presence  
and love in this event4  ,they were not 
at first so overwhelmed  as ,i expected3
 they were deeply attached to each      
other1 and nothing could  exceed the    
careful and affectionate manner in which
 ,susan had nursed  ,elizabeth in a long
 and painful illness4  ,her watchful    
affection had  bound them still more    
closely together4    ,elizabeth ,jones  
has since died1 and has left ample      
testimony to her faith  in the ,lord    
,jesus ,christ1 and her meetness to     
appear in the presence of  ,god1 through
 the merit of her ,saviour4  ,we had    
most interesting and  satisfactory      
testimonies of ,susan ,jones's character
 from others4  ,lady ,h4  thus writes of
 her in a letter to ,elizabeth4         
#8,you cannot doubt how great were my   
feelings of sorrow1 when ,i heard       

of the decease of my faithful friend1   
your dear sister ,susan2 indeed      ,i 
hardly think any such event1 out of my  
own family1 could have      grieved us  
all so deeply4  ,almost the last words  
,i ever heard from      her were1 #8if  
,i am gone when you return to ,england1 
never sorrow for      your poor old     
servant4'  ,but ,i do sorrow for her    
very deeply1 and      shall always think
 that ,i have lost a faithful friend1   
one who did me      and my children     
good1 and not evil1 during all those    
days of her life      which she spent   
with me1 and ,i am very sure she has    
continued to do      us good by the     
hearty prayers she addressed for us1 to 
,him whose eyes      are in every place4
  ,her unwearied kindness to my         
children1 ,i never      did1 and never  
could1 repay2 ,i allude chiefly to the  
good principles      she taught them1 of
 love to ,god1 love to their parents1 to
 one      another1 and to all their     
brethren of mankind4  ,o happy mother   

shall      ,i be1 if my offspring depart
 not from the ways which their old nurse
      taught them4        #8,when ,i was
 at the ,lord's table last ,sunday1 ,i  
thought of ,susan1 who      had so often
 been there with her master and me4  ,i 
was prepared to      remember her when  
we are directed to bless the ,lord #8for
 all his      servants departed this    
life in ,his faith and fear1' whose good
      example1 whatever their station in
 this world may have been1 we pray      
for grace to follow4'    ,but ,i will   
return to some portions of ,e4 ,c's4    
journal4  #8,march #ab4  ,attended the  
,prayer ,meeting as usual in the        
morning4'  ,this meeting was  held on   
the ,sabbath morning at #i o'clock1 and 
is composed of a few  persons who meet  
together to ask a blessing on the coming
 means of grace4    #8,i felt my mind1' 
she says1 #8much drawn out in prayer4   
,the meeting was  lively1 and ,i trust  
the ,lord was with us1 though some of   
the weakest of  his creatures4  ,in the 

morning1 ,mr4 ,c4 preached from ,hebrews
 ix4 #ac1 #ad1  the first part          
considering what it was to purge the    
conscience from dead  works4  ,he spoke 
not only of the dead works of the       
unconverted1 but also  of the dead works
 of the ,christian4  ,how often is he   
found hard-hearted1  and cold1 and      
lukewarm1 and too often bringing forth  
fruit to the  dishonour of ,god4  ,what 
then but the blood of ,christ can       
cleanse him from  his dead works4       
,lord1 give me grace and faith to apply 
to that blood  continually4'  ,so did   
she speak of her own deficiencies4      
,next she  speaks of her own labours on 
the same day4  #8,attended the school in
 the  afternoon4  ,o ,lord1 bless and   
own my poor labours4  ,enable me to     
teach  for ,thee1 that thy name may be  
glorified4'  ,passing over a portion of 
her  journal1 she comes to #8,april #af4
  ,mr4 ,hoare preached from ,hebrews ix4
  #ad-af4  ,he beautifully described how
 ,christ was the ,high ,priest of his   

people2 how ,he atoned for their sins by
 shedding his own blood2 and how  he    
entered into the ,holiest of ,holies1   
where he ever liveth to make            
intercession for them4  ,he also spoke  
of the tenderness of ,christ2  whereby  
he sympathized1 and of his power1       
whereby ,he was able to save to  the    
uttermost all that come to ,god by ,him4
  ,he most earnestly entreated  the     
trembling believer to come boldly to    
,one who was both able and  willing to  
save him4'  ,her own reflections on this
 sermon may be gathered  from the       
expressions she has applied to it4      
#8,mr4 ,swanison from ,jer4 xxxi4       
#ah-bj4  ,in the conduct of ,ephraim    
teaching  us the nature of true         
repentance4  ,the prayer of ,ephraim    
shews the change  in his mind4  ,he     
entreats ,god to turn him1 feeling that 
he cannot turn  himself4  ,he feels and 
owns he has been a rebel1 but he relies 
on the  ,lord to turn him and to pardon 
all his sins4  ,here we see the mercy   

and  the love of ,god displayed4  ,he   
does not receive the repentant sinner as
 a  servant1 but he calls him his dear  
son4  ,oh what encouragement to the     
poor returning sinner1 to know that     
,god1 whom he feels that he has         
offended1 earnestly remembers him       
still4'    ,i am glad to make extracts  
from the sermons of many of my dear     
fellow  helpers in the gospel1 who have 
been working with me in this field of   
labour1 and who have each1--one         
planting1 and another watering1 but ,god
  giving the increase2--been so honoured
 as to give suitable culture to a  plant
 of the ,lord1 whom they will one day   
meet in glory1 in the heavenly          
paradise4  ,i also make these extracts1 
that we may be enabled to trace  the    
means by which the mind of our departed 
friend1 was furnished with  food        
convenient for its growth in grace and  
holiness4    #8,may #ba4  ,attended the 
morning ,prayer ,meeting4  ,felt rather 
dead in  prayer4  ,may the ,lord quicken

 my affections and warm my cold heart4' 
#8,mr4 ,c4 from ,amos viii4 #h1 #i4     
,sermon on the ,jews4  ,he spoke much on
 the  fulfilment of prophecy2 the ,lord1
 in various places1 threatening to      
disperse and destroy this people1 but   
not make a full end1 c4 c4  ,o  ,blessed
 ,lord1 give me to live1 that ,i neglect
 not this message1 for if  thou spared  
not the natural branches1 neither wilt  
thou spare me if ,i  neglect thy word4  
,lord1 give me thy ,spirit1 and guide me
 in all my ways1  for thy dear ,son's   
sake4'    ,passing over other subjects1 
we may take the effect produced on her  
mind1  by one of the social meetings    
before alluded to4    #8,monday         
,evening1 ,sept4 #a4  ,attended ,mrs4   
,c4's meeting4  ,mrs4 ,c4 spoke  much of
 the ,omnipresence of ,god4  ,i felt the
 subject very much1 and ,i was  enabled 
to pour out my soul in prayer4  ,surely 
the ,lord's presence was  with us at    
that time4  ,o blessed ,lord1 keep me   
humble2 empty me entirely  of self1 that

 my unworthy services may be acceptable 
in thy sight4'  ,it  is plain by this   
passage1 that she had felt the approach 
of temptation1  but she met it in the   
spirit of watchfulness and prayer4      
,on another occasion1 she says1 #8,i    
attended the meeting4  ,i trust the     
,lord  was with our little party1 and   
that he will hear and answer prayer4  ,i
  feel my own weakness1 and utter       
unworthiness in approaching thee1 ,o    
,lord1  but look thou in mercy upon me2 
pardon my sins1 forgive my iniquities1  
and let not the imperfections of my     
prayers render them odious in thy       
sight4  ,thou ,lord1 knowest my         
weakness2 ,o strengthen me that ,i may  
be  enabled to confess thee with more   
boldness2 but ,o keep me humble4'       
#8,oct4 #ae4  ,this ,morning1 the ,rev4 
,d4 ,hogarth preached from ,malachi ii4 
#b1  #c4  ,o ,blessed ,jesus1 do thou   
purify and cleanse my soul from the     
dross of  sin1 which ,i feel still      
hinders me from enjoying the light of   

thy  countenance4  ,o remove the veil   
from mine eyes1 and sin from my heart1  
that ,i may see and understand what thy 
will is2 do thou enlighten and  guide me
 in thy way4'    ,an event now occurred 
in the family of ,elizabeth ,cullingham1
 of the  deepest interest and           
importance4  ,this was the death of her 
,father4  ,on  ,monday1 ,jan4 #h1 #ahch1
 about two o'clock in the afternoon1 a  
foreign ship  came in sight1 and hoisted
 a flag for a ,pilot4  ,she was about   
ten miles  from the shore1 but although 
the weather was threatening1 and the    
evening  approaching1 it seemed         
practicable to reach the ship2 and as it
 was  suspected1 that others might be in
 the offing1 which would likewise       
require assistance1 two ,pilots put off1
 with thirteen men in one yawl1  and one
 ,pilot with twenty-one in another4     
,the dangers which might have  terrified
 ordinary men1 did not prevent these    
brave seamen from  encountering the     
perils which threatened them in the way 

of duty4    ,it was a maxim of ,james   
,cullingham1 that he ought1 in his duty 
as a  ,pilot1 to fear no danger1 and    
that whenever others would take him1 he 
should go4  ,the yawls carried their    
mainsails at first1 and expected to     
reach their object4  ,but the vessel1   
instead of keeping its first course     
towards the boats1 when they were five  
or six miles from the shore1 stood  out 
to sea4  ,the yawls therefore1 in their 
effort to reach the ship1 were  carried 
far from land1--and daylight drew to a  
close before the men were  aware of     
their situation4    ,the wind meantime  
arose1 and the snow drifted heavily4    
,the greatest  anxiety was soon felt by 
all on shore4  ,the scene which presents
 itself  on these occasions1 may be     
conceived1 but not described4  ,fathers1
  ,mothers1 ,wives1 ,sisters1 ,brothers1
 and ,children1 are seen intently       
watching every change in the sky and    
waves1 eagerly gazing upon the  distance
 to catch a glimpse of the absent       

objects of their love3 grasping  every  
phantom of hope which may present       
itself2 but at length--convinced  by    
some undoubted sign1 that they must hope
 no more4--,many are the vows  which are
 then made2 many are the prayers which  
are then offered4  ,the  watching and   
suspense1 however1 were in this case1   
soon at an end4  ,at  seven o'clock one 
of the yawls through great danger1      
reached the shore1  and this left no    
doubt as to the loss of the other1 in   
which was ,james  ,cullingham1 and      
another ,pilot4  ,it is supposed this   
yawl1 the #8,peace1' in  endeavouring to
 get into the gat-way1 had missed the   
light1 it being  thick with snow1 that  
she got into broken water1 and had gone 
down4  ,but  none were left to tell the 
tale of woe4  ,the boat itself1 sometime
  afterwards1 was washed on shore1 a    
complete wreck4  ,very few of the       
bodies were recovered3 but amongst the  
number1 that of ,james ,cullingham  was 
found1 very remarkably1 eight months    

afterwards4  ,twelve widows and  thirty 
two children1 were in consequence of    
this disaster1 left  destitute4  ,this  
was1 indeed1 a night of agony1 to       
numbers on shore4  ,still the           
possibility of escape presented itself  
to their minds1 but it  was hoping      
against hope4  ,yet was every one afraid
 of acknowledging to  the chief         
mourners1 what in their own minds was   
their fixed opinion1 that  no chance    
remained4  ,none would1 at all events1  
be the first to declare  the awful truth
 to those broken hearted sufferers4     
,but there must have been a scene even  
more affecting than the one now         
recorded4  ,in the boat were fifteen    
men1 who were in the very jaws of       
destruction4  ,one other heave of the   
impetuous sea1 and their state was      
fixed1 fixed for ever4  ,some of them1  
perhaps1 had been drunkards1 or         
,sabbath breakers1 or neglecters of     
,religion2 but now they were called at  
once to give account of what they had   

done1 and what they had left  undone1   
and nothing could be left1 to which they
 might look forward1 but  the punishment
 which awaits the sinner4  ,it is       
impossible to conceive a  scene more    
really appalling1 although outwardly its
 awfulness might be  concealed by the   
anxiety and efforts which it caused4    
,but to think of  the never-dying soul1 
hitherto uncared for1 unprepared with   
all its sins  upon it1 hurried in one   
moment into judgment1 and to the wages  
of its  transgressions1 is awful indeed6
  ,what may have been the case of these 
men1 the day of ,judgment will disclose4
  8,blessed are the dead which die  in  
the ,lord40  ,that it was the portion of
 ,james ,cullingham so to die1  we can  
have no doubt4  ,his faith1 his         
converted heart1 evidenced by his  life1
 afford a warrant of good hope as to his
 condition4  ,he lived to  ,christ1 and 
death was doubtless gain to him4        
,whether at sea1 or on his  bed1 he     
might sink in peace1 for a joyful       

inheritance would await him4    ,but    
what was the lot of the mourners in his 
own bereaved family on that  sad night8 
,james ,cullingham had left his house in
 the morning1 and that  he was gone1 was
 probably not more noticed than at other
 times4  ,it was  expected that the yawl
 which took him out1 would in due course
 return4    ,soon however1 alarm arose  
on the beach1 and rapidly spread itself 
in the  town4  ,in the evening1 it was  
naturally expected that some news would 
come from the ,pilots1 for the boat     
which conveyed them to the vessels  must
 of necessity return4  ,but no news     
arrived4  ,elizabeth had been sent  to  
bed by her ,mother1 who with her other  
daughter sat alone in the house  in the 
deepest anxiety4  ,the wind became very 
tempestuous4  ,the snow  drifted4  ,a   
solemn awe was spread over the cottage4 
,but there was  nothing to be done1 but 
to wait1 and pray1 and to support the   
mind in  silence2 still hoping that     
every moment would bring them tidings4  

,the eldest daughter at length went up  
stairs1 leaving her ,mother alone4  ,the
 three brothers had been on the beach2  
and soon apprehending the real  state of
 the case2 they had scattered themselves
 on the coast1 several  miles to the    
southward1 hoping that the boat might be
 driven on shore in  that direction4    
,meanwhile a universal apprehension was 
spread abroad1  and every one who knew  
how deeply the news would affect the    
family of  ,james ,cullingham forbore to
 come to the house1 lest they might be  
the  involuntary means of conveying the 
sad intelligence4  ,the ,mother sat     
alone till the morning1 at this time a  
stranger unwittingly revealed the       
extent of the calamity4  ,she was heard 
passing the road1 when the anxious  wife
 went to the door to ask whether she had
 heard any thing of the yawl4  ,she     
replied1 unconscious to whom she was    
speaking4  8,nothing4  ,it will  never  
come back again60  ,the awful fact now  
broke in upon the mind of  ,mrs4        

,cullingham4  ,at once she understood   
that all was lost2 she received  the    
news however1 without any outcry or     
lamentation4  ,but it sunk deeply       
within4  ,her expression to her daughter
 was1 #8your ,father is gone1 he is     
safely arrived1 ,i shall join him in    
,heaven4'  ,she never once was heard to 
murmur4  ,but the blow was intensely    
severe1 and the weight of sorrow  seemed
 to be borne alike1 by the daughters and
 the ,mother4  ,it may be  said to have 
been the death signal at a more remote  
period of ,elizabeth1  as well as of her
 ,mother4  ,neither of them ever        
recovered their health4  ,to the ,widow 
the loss was in all respects very great4
  ,it might truly be  said of her and   
her husband1 8they were pleasant in     
their lives1 and in  their death they   
were not divided40  ,in a very few      
months1 she was called  to follow him4  
,a large subscription which was raised1 
chiefly at a  distance from home1       
together with the property of her       

husband1 and the  assistance of her     
,children1 left the ,mother of          
,elizabeth in no want as to  her worldly
 circumstances4  ,but the suddenness1   
and the manner of her  husband's death1 
and the haunting reflection that his    
body was yet  unburied1 left a sort of  
wretchedness in her mind1 which nothing 
but her  faith and hope could subdue4   
,her mode of life was now some what     
altered4  ,she had more time to read the
 ,scriptures1 which she did every       
afternoon1  as well as morning and      
evening4  ,but in the month of ,march1  
she was  attacked with a paralytic      
stroke4  ,this was not violent1 and it  
affected  her body more than her mind4  
,it was a time of deep heart searching  
to  her1 and of preparation for her end4
  ,her mind might be said to dwell in   
heavenly hope4  ,she was deeply earnest 
in her devotions4  ,i have entered  her 
room1 and finding her intent in prayer1 
have retired unobserved4  ,her  mind was
 not easily distracted when employed in 

communing with ,god4  ,but  her state   
was not happy2 she was oppressed with   
the sensation of her  disorder1 and she 
continued to feel intensely the         
circumstances of her  husband's death1  
and to mourn over his undiscovered and  
unburied body4  ,at length however1 it  
pleased ,god to relieve her from one of 
these causes  of grief1 by a remarkable 
interposition of his favor4  ,by a very 
singular  accident1 her husband's body  
was washed on shore in the month of     
,october1  many miles from the place    
where he was lost4  ,it had been lying  
nearly  nine months in the sea1 and1 on 
reaching the shore1 had been found1 and 
buried4  ,information having been given 
that a body had been so found1 it  was  
disinterred1 and identified by his      
children4  ,it was then brought  home to
 ,lowestoft1 where it now lies in our   
churchyard1 among the remains  of       
different members of his family4  ,this 
was an occasion which  peculiarly called
 out the gratitude of his widow4  ,after

 this event1 she  recovered the full    
powers of her mind4  ,during the        
remaining few weeks of  her life1 she   
seemed to have gained clearer assurance 
of her own safety1  and a more joyful   
hope and anticipation of future         
blessedness4  ,her state  of conflict   
was now changed to one of full assurance
 of hope4  ,one  remarkable scene of her
 last days1 of which ,i was a witness1  
,i will  relate in ,elizabeth's words1  
copied from her journal4  ,on the day of
 her  mother's death she writes1 #8,the 
,lord has been pleased to take my dear  
mother out of this state of trial and   
suffering4  ,how calm1 how patient  she 
was through her long and painful        
illness4  ,no murmuring1 no repining    
ever escaped her lips4  ,her end was    
peace4  ,mr4 ,c4 called to see her on   
the ,sunday evening3 she was then able  
to speak only at intervals4  ,he  spoke 
to her of the joys of heaven4  ,she     
appeared to take no notice for  some    
moments1 when suddenly reaching forth   

her hand to heaven1 she  exclaimed1     
,christ there6  ,then bringing it back1 
and laying it on her  heart1 she said1  
,christ here6'  ,how expressive were    
these simple words  of her state of     
mind1 and of her hope in her ,redeemer4 
,on this day she  spoke to me of #8going
 home1' which was the view she          
entertained of her  departure4  ,on the 
last morning of her life she made sign  
to her daughter  to read to her3 she    
read part of ,john xiv4  ,the mother    
then clasped her  hands in prayer4      
,this was nearly the last act of her    
life4  ,she seemed  now to be peculiarly
 alive to the reality of the presence of
 her ,lord and  ,saviour as the ,way1   
the ,truth1 and the ,life1 and that by  
,him a heavenly  mansion had been       
prepared for her4  ,her room had been a 
kind of shelter  from the bustle and    
confusion of the world around1 and her  
daughters1 who  in turn remained at home
 on the ,sabbath day1 and read the      
service of the  ,church to her1         

testified of the comfort which those    
seasons of retirement  ministered to    
them4  ,these were1 indeed1 times of    
refreshment from the  ,lord4  ,a friend 
of her's thus describes an interview    
which she had with  her a short time    
before her death4  #8,i had delightful  
communication with  her just before ,i  
left home3 ,i sat by her bed-side1 and  
we talked much on  the eternal state4   
,she was entirely sensible1 could look  
at the  approaching dissolution of her  
body with perfect peace4  ,we spoke of  
the  heavenly ,jerusalem1 and of the    
joyful prospect before her of entering  
into rest3 her faith was strong and     
clear4  ,she renounced every thing in   
herself1 and through the unmerited mercy
 of her dear ,redeemer1 she felt        
assured that her sins were pardoned1 and
 that an abundant entrance would  be    
ministered to her into the everlasting  
kingdom of her ,god and ,saviour4  ,her 
life of faith1 and of active duty1 and  
her death1 so cheered by  confidence in 

the ,good ,shepherd1 afforded the       
fullest warrant of this  blessed end of 
all her labours and her trials4'    ,i  
must now carry back this memoir to the  
beginning of the year4  ,a  funeral     
sermon was preached on the occasion of  
the death of ,james  ,cullingham4  ,he  
was a communicant1 and his character    
called for this  public notice4         
,advantage was taken of the same        
occasion to speak of the  death of      
another individual1 a friend of         
,elizabeth and her mother1 and ,i       
believe of most of the servants of ,god1
 who came within her reach in our       
little flock4  ,this was ,mary ,smith4  
,her husband's shop in which she        
served1 made her well known in the      
parish1 and enabled her to do much for  
others1 and thus brought into view most 
of the infirmities which belonged  to   
her nature4  ,she was a woman of very   
marked and zealous character1  well     
known to those about her1 both in her   
natural and her renewed state4  ,in both

 she was industrious and kind-hearted1 a
 good wife1 mother1 and  neighbour2 but 
in her former state very clearly without
 that feeling of  religion which marked 
her latter years4  ,indeed it may be    
said that she  had gone so far as to    
#8persecute that way which she          
afterwards followed4'  ,she was a very  
marked instance of an entire change of  
heart1 by the power  of the ,holy       
,spirit4  ,the natural ardour of her    
mind was sanctified in her  converted   
state2 it worked with the same power1   
but in another direction1  and under    
another influence3 she traced the change
 in her mind to a  sermon which she     
heard on ,phil4 ii4 #ab4  ,she then set 
conscientiously  about working out her  
salvation1 and she found her heavenly   
,father1 ever  ready to work in her1    
both to will and to do of his good      
pleasure4  ,her  sense of this marked   
interference of the divine power on her 
behalf was  never lost sight of2 for the
 anniversary of the day when she first  

gave  heed to the message of salvation1 
she remembered with much feeling4  ,of  
her domestic character1 those who have  
lived with her have spoken to me1  and  
have borne high testimony to her as a   
wife and a mother1 and during  her      
employment in the business of her shop4 
,her will became remarkably  subjected  
to the will of ,god in all things4  ,it 
may be truly said1 that  she did her    
duties as 8to the ,lord40  ,she had a   
very praiseworthy habit  of praying with
 her children1 whenever she found them  
in fault4  ,her  religious character was
 marked by a strict conformity to the   
doctrines of  the ,church1 of which she 
was a consistent1 faithful1 zealous     
member4  ,in  attendance on its services
 she had been brought to the knowledge  
of  salvation1 and she continued to walk
 in the truest submission1 and the  most
 lively attachment to its ministry4  ,in
 another point she has left us  an      
example4  ,she was ever particularly    
alive to watch for the souls of  others1

 to lead them forward1 and to draw them 
to seek ,god4  ,there are  many now     
living who could bear witness to the    
earnestness1 with which she  sought to  
warn the unconverted1 to reclaim the    
wanderer1 to recover the  backslider4   
,her kindness to her poor neighbours was
 remarkable4  ,her medical man  informed
 me1 that he scarcely ever went into her
 house1 without her first  asking him   
about some one who wanted relief1 which 
relief she was always  eager to give    
according to her means1 and many were   
the portions which  her provision-shop  
supplied4  ,few ministers have had a    
more valuable  #8helper1' in all        
respects4  ,i must add a short account  
of her1 given to  me in writing by one  
in her own house1 who1 at the time when 
she1 ,mrs4 ,s4  was opposed to spiritual
 religion1 had chosen another fold than 
the  ,church of ,england in which to    
seek the way of salvation4  ,this       
testimony  is therefore not given in    
ignorance of her real character1 or in  

undue  partiality to her principles4    
,after speaking of the striking         
circumstances of her conversion1 the    
paper  goes on to say1 #8,the words of  
the ,apostle were fulfilled in her4     
8,if any  man be in ,christ he is a new 
creature4  ,old things are passed away1 
behold1 all things are become new40     
,yes1 ,i know the truth of this1 for ,i 
have seen it in her who is departed4    
,indeed she has proved to all around    
her1 that she was a faithful follower of
 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 not one  who 
said1 8,lord1 ,lord10 but in works      
denied him4    #8,she showed her love to
 ,god by keeping ,his commandments4  ,i 
have known  her1 many and many a time1  
sacrifice her own comforts to relieve   
her poor  neighbours4  ,i have known her
 take her clothes from her back1 and her
  shoes from her feet4  ,it was her     
delight to do her heavenly ,father's    
will  in all things4  ,she was          
determined1 as far as she was able1 to  
do good to  all1 especially to those of 

the household of faith4  ,she was one   
who  visited the sick and afflicted1 the
 fatherless and widow1 and strove to    
keep herself unspotted from the world4  
,her views of herself were truly        
humble3 she took the word of ,god for   
her guide4  ,she did not shun to        
reprove sin1 but knowing the terror of  
the ,lord1 she sought to persuade  her  
fellow-sinners to be reconciled to ,god4
  ,she sought after backsliders  with   
great care and perseverance1 and aimed  
to encourage those that stood  fast in  
the ,lord4  ,her love of the means of   
grace1 both public and  private1 was    
very great1 and witnessed by her regular
 attendance on them4  ,her patience in  
her affliction1 and resignation to the  
will of ,god1 was  indeed striking4     
,her sufferings and trials had been many
 in life1 8but  not too many10 as she   
said on her dying bed4  ,the cup had    
been wisely  mixed by her heavenly      
,father4'    ,january #b4  ,she began to
 complain of her head1 and the next day 

she was  wholly confined to her bed4    
,two days after1 she became so weak as  
to be  unable to help herself4  ,on     
,sunday the #gth she took but little    
notice4  ,she was then asked1 whether   
she was happy4  ,she replied1 #8,oh1    
yes1 very  happy1 very happy3 ,christ   
very precious to me4'  ,at another time 
she was  asked1 whether she could say1  
with the ,apostle1 that she was 8ready  
to be  offered up80  #8,oh yes1' she    
said4  ,on ,monday1 speaking of death as
 the  gate of life1 she said1 #8,o      
blessed gate--it is the gate of heaven  
to me3'  and at another time1 #8,christ 
is all in all to me4'  ,on the following
  morning she had the power of          
attention1 and answered to the prayer of
  others in a fervent ,amen4  ,so she   
departed in peace and blessedness4      
99 99 99 99 99    ,i must now return to 
the history of ,elizabeth ,cullingham4  
,deep and  constant was her grief at her
 father's death4  ,she sympathized with 
her  family2 but she had then the       

pleasing task of waiting on her mother  
through her long affliction1 and never  
was nursing more tenderly  ministered1  
or more kindly received than by these   
two sisters1 and their  sinking parent4 
,if there was some variety in their form
 of worship1  their feelings were the   
same4  ,to gratify their mother's wishes
 was next  to the love of ,god1 the main
 object with her daughters4  ,with her  
#8,that constant flow of love1 that knew
 no fall1      ,ne'er roughened by those
 cataracts and breaks1      ,that humour
 interposed too often makes4'    ,whilst
 they        #8,the tender office now   
engage1      ,to rock the cradle of     
reposing age1      ,with lenient arts   
extend a mother's breath1      ,make    
languor smile1 and smooth the bed of    
death2      ,explore the thought1       
explain the asking eye1      ,and keep  
awhile one parent from the sky6    ,but 
,i must suffer ,elizabeth again to speak
 for herself4    ,what follows was      
written at the close of the year of     

sorrow1 through  which she had just     
past4  #8,thou1 ,o ,lord1 hast seen fit 
to take both my  parents from me1 but   
thy word of promise is1 8,when father   
and mother  forsake thee1 the ,lord will
 take thee up40  ,enable me1 ,o ,lord1  
to follow  my dear parents1 as they     
followed ,christ2 that when time with me
 shall be  no more1 ,i may have a joyful
 entrance into thy kingdom1 where       
parting  shall be no more known1 and    
every tear shall be wiped from my now   
weeping  eyes4  ,i would desire1 blessed
 ,lord1 to submit to thy will in these  
most  affecting bereavements4  ,o       
comfort me with the consolations of thy 
,spirit1 and bring me and my dear       
brothers and sisters near to thyself4   
,amidst our many trials may we remember 
our many mercies4  ,may we be  enabled  
to thank ,thee for all4  ,what a comfort
 not to sorrow as those  without hope3  
but to be assured that through the      
merits of ,christ our  dear parents are 
translated from a body of sin and       

corruption1 to a  glorious immortality4'
    ,so ,elizabeth wound up the history 
of the past eventful year4  ,her        
patience1 meekness1 and resignation1 her
 thankfulness for the mercies she       
received1 and her joyous hope are alike 
an instructive lesson to us all4    ,i  
find another interesting record at the  
beginning of the year #ahci4    #8,i    
have now entered upon another year4  ,oh
 how different do all things  now       
appear1 to what they did at the         
commencement of the last4  ,i was then  
blessed with my dear parents1 and ,i    
looked forward for some years of        
comfort and of guidance from them2 but  
thy ways1 ,o ,lord1 are not my ways1    
neither are ,thy thoughts my thoughts2  
,thou hast taken them from me that ,i   
may look to thee alone for help and     
comfort4  ,o give me grace to seek all  
,i want from ,thee4  ,wean me1 blessed  
,lord1 from the world1 and all its      
treatments1 and enable me to live       
entirely to ,thee4  ,thou knowest1      

,lord1  my weakness and proneness to    
start aside from my best ,friend1 but   
pardon  all ,thou hast seen amiss in me1
 through the past year1 and enable me   
now  to live more devotedly to ,thy     
service4'    ,the method which she chose
 of quietly taking a review of the past1
 and  forecasting the circumstances of  
the new year1 appeared to be peculiarly 
profitable1 and may afford a direction  
as to the mode of spending this         
interesting season4    ,elizabeth and   
her sister were now thrown on their own 
resources4  ,their  father's house was  
sold for the benefit of his family4     
,after their  removal1 they kept a      
school4  ,this flourished1 and it was a 
great  benefit1 as far as it went1 in   
the parish1 being conducted with so much
  good order and ,christian feeling4    
,but after a time1 the noise of the     
children became unbearable to           
,elizabeth1 and obliged her sister to   
give  it up1 and to turn to other means 
of support4  ,elizabeth's mind1 as      

appears from her ,journal1 was all this 
time gradually growing in grace4  ,the  
habits of their little family were very 
regular4  ,the two sisters  read three  
or four verses1 and prayed together     
every morning1 in addition  to the usual
 family prayer with their brother1 who  
lived with them4  ,elizabeth's chief    
infirmity was a proneness to be hurt by 
unkindness or  neglect2 this she tried  
to conquer1 and through ,divine ,grace1 
succeeded  to a great degree4  ,she had 
always been careful of her money1       
feeling how  needful it might be to her 
in her weakly state of health4  ,at the 
time of  her death she had a small sum  
in the savings bank2 but she was alive  
to  the snare of covetousness4  ,she    
used to say1 what shall we give8  ,she  
subscribed to the ,missionary and the   
,jewish ,society1 and originated a      
little ,bible ,society collection3 but  
she also felt the duty of denying       
herself1 that she might save something  
more for these works of charity4  ,she  

was constantly diligent1 and during the 
last winter of her life she  read the   
,scriptures a great deal1 and grew      
proportionally in grace4  ,she  was     
regular in her attendance at the        
different meetings1 being generally     
accompanied by a friend in somewhat     
similar circumstances of life1 who  was 
attached to our communion4  ,but nothing
 more marked her character  than a holy1
 humble1 simple1 unpretending walk1     
carrying about with her1  ,i may truly  
say1 the ornament of a meek and quiet   
spirit4  ,she repeatedly  wrote in her  
,journal during the last year of her    
life4  ,her observations  were chiefly  
founded on sermons which she had heard1 
and which she  applied to herself4      
,there was not one observation in them  
of a carping  critical character4  ,but 
what she received she sought to turn to 
the best  profit1 and to obtain from it 
growth in grace4  ,speaking of the      
sermon of  a young ,minister among us1  
she was struck with his appeal for      

decision in  religion1 on the ground of 
the uncertainty of life4  #8,o1' she    
adds1 #8how  he warned and exhorted the 
young to decide for ,god1 that they     
might  obtain pardon and peace here1 and
 happiness in the world to come4'  ,she 
concludes her account of another sermon4
  #8,help me1 ,o ,lord1 to watch        
always1 that ,i sin not against ,thee1  
and help me so to pray1 that the  enemy 
may flee before me3' and again1 #8,help 
me1 blessed ,lord1 to be daily  growing 
in holiness1 humility1 and love1 that ,i
 may feel in every trial1  and          
temptation1 thou art my ,rock and       
,defence4'  ,as the summary of one      
week1 she says1 #8,i have felt my soul  
decay in the last week4  ,the enemy  has
 been permitted to buffet and assault me
 very much1 tempting me to  unbelief4   
,but ,o thou compassionate ,saviour1 who
 prayed for thy disciple  of old1 that  
his faith might not fail1 look upon me1 
and deliver me from  my strong foe4  ,o 
strengthen my faith1 for it is weak4    

,show me wherein ,i  have sinned2 lift  
up the light of thy countenance upon    
me4'  ,again1 after  a sermon of ,mr4   
,allen's4  #8,what encouragement to the 
believer to know  that ,jesus1 his      
,saviour and ,redeemer1 has before      
trodden every painful  path1 and endured
 every conflict1 and has promised that  
as he overcame1  so shall we1 through   
his merit4'    ,she heard a ,sermon from
 a minister before alluded to1 on growth
 in  religion1 in which that subject was
 illustrated by a tree in the growth  of
 its roots1 in its branches1 and in its 
fruitfulness4  ,the subject  appears    
very much to have struck her4  ,she     
concludes it by saying1 #8,help  me1    
blessed ,lord1 to be daily growing in   
holiness1 humility and love2 and  may ,i
 feel in every trial and temptation1    
that thou art my ,rock1 and my          
,defence4'  #8,nov4 #bd4  ,i have felt  
much depressed to day by fretfulness    
and coldness3 ,o ,lord1 quicken me4'    
#8,heard ,mr4 ,r4 this evening1 from    

,luke  v4 #ca1 #cb4  ,felt my mind much 
impressed by the ,sermon4  ,blessed     
,lord1  impress it on my heart1 by thy  
,spirit4  ,strip me of all              
self-righteousness1 make me feel more   
and more1 my need of thee4'    ,the     
above extracts from her ,journal1 will  
shew the quiet working of the  ,spirit  
of ,god in her heart1 chiefly by means  
of the word of ,god4  ,other  means are 
not so commonly and particularly alluded
 to by her1 but she  always in life     
expressed her profit in all2 in the     
,lord's ,supper1 in the  social prayer  
meetings on ,monday ,evening1 and       
,sunday ,morning1 and the  bible class1 
all of which she continued constantly to
 attend4  ,i add two  testimonials      
concerning her4  ,one of them was       
communicated to a friend at  a distance1
 who had been staying some time in      
,lowestoft1 and who had been  made      
acquainted with ,elizabeth4  ,it is     
written by a person who was in the      
constant habit of seeing her1 and who   

knew her well4  ,the other is  written  
by a very intimate friend4              
,lowestoft1 ,july #f4 #ahdj4        ,,my
 ,,dear ,,friend1        #8,i must      
indulge myself by writing a few lines to
 you1 for my heart is      full         
to-night4  ,we have lost our sweet young
 friend ,elizabeth      ,cullingham1 in 
whom you were so much interested4  ,do  
not you remember      her spiritual and 
interesting prayer1 the first morning ,i
 went with      you to the ,sunday      
prayer meeting8  ,i recollect           
introducing her to      you4  ,she was  
indeed a true christian4  ,i never      
recollect to have      heard any one    
find the slightest fault with her1 nor  
had ,i myself      ever occasion to do  
so in all the intercourse ,i have had   
with her1      during the last nine     
years4  ,her's was indeed a chaste      
conversation1      coupled with fear4   
,it was not the outward adorning of     
wearing of      gold1 or of putting on  
of apparel1 but the ornament of a meek  

and      quiet ,spirit1 which shone most
 conspicuously in her4  ,chastity1      
meekness1 and modesty were her striking 
characteristics4  ,i am glad ,i         
introduced you so particularly to her1  
and ,i think you will not      forget   
the sweet impression of those visits4   
,her lovely subdued      countenance1   
her neat appearance1 the perfect        
consistency of her      dress1 for she  
was always beautifully neat4  ,i        
think--,i may say ,i      never knew her
 expend money on ribbon or other        
unnecessary article in      dress4  ,i  
mention this as it is a rare quality1   
even amongst the      sober and serious 
young people4  ,the love of dressing    
beyond their      means and situation in
 life is so common a habit1 and so great
 a      temptation to young people in   
general1 that her correct conduct in    
this respect1 was one lovely fruit of   
having her affections set on      things
 above4  ,o that our dear young people  
might see and feel the      beauty of   

this line of conduct4  ,by her          
circumspect and careful      conduct1   
she silenced every tongue that could    
rise up against her4      ,the wandering
 and unsettled desire after pleasure1   
was quite subdued      in her4  ,she was
 content to lead a quiet1 sober1        
religious life4  ,she      found it     
better to avoid the general society of  
young persons1 and      was sweetly     
content in the situation in which ,god  
had placed her2      setting an example 
to other young women of the beauty of a 
retired      and modest demeanour1      
avoiding from taste1 as well as         
principle1 all      society that was not
 religious4  ,she felt that light and   
trifling      intercourse with those    
whose hearts followed after vanity and  
pleasure1 was unprofitable and hurtful4 
,o how blessed it is to see      young  
persons turn away from following vanity6
  ,to see as a fruit of      religion1 a
 separation from the world1 from the    
manners1 the      appearance1 and the   

spirit of it4  ,i saw all this in       
,elizabeth4  ,she      had for many     
years been a member of our women's      
meeting1 and though      one of the     
youngest1 her ardent love of the        
ministry under which she      lived1 her
 ,christian experience1 and occasionally
 her prayers1 were a      help and      
comfort to our society1 and she was most
 persevering1 though      often very    
ill4        #8,i must also notice her   
example in the house of ,god4  ,there   
was no      lightness1 or carelessness  
in her demeanour1 but her mind seemed to
      be filled with the sense of the   
divine presence1 and to be thirsting    
after the knowledge of his truth2 she   
gave the deepest attention to      the  
preacher's word4  ,no religious mind can
 shew lightness in the      house of    
,god4  ,how often have ,i enjoyed sweet 
sympathy with her1 when      sitting    
near her in her usual seat at ,st4      
,peter's ,chapel4  ,have we      not    
endeavoured to 8pray with the ,spirit1  

and to sing with the      understanding 
also80  ,i could weep from my heart to  
find her seat      empty4  ,she met     
patiently her many trials1 and meekly   
bowed her head      to the will of ,god4
  ,the awful death of her father in the 
yawl1 had      deeply afflicted her2    
indeed she never recovered the shock3   
but ,i may      say1 under every trial  
and bodily suffering1 of which she had  
much1 ,i      never heard her complain1 
but with calm serenity she yielded      
herself      unto the ,lord4        #8,i
 had the privilege of visiting her the  
day before her death1 and      found her
 sweetly serene and happy1 full of      
confidence in her      ,saviour2        
delighting in prayer1 and evidently     
finding it 8sweet to lie      passive in
 her ,saviour's hands10 and to know no  
will but his4  ,and      the next day1 a
 few hours before her end1 can ,i ever  
forget the      solemn impressive scene 
of our partaking of the body and blood  
of      ,christ together in the ,holy   

,sacrament2 her deep attention--her     
response to the words of the            
service--her fervent manner in taking   
the      bread1 as a sign or seal of her
 living upon ,christ1 who was to her    
soul the bread of life1 and her drinking
 the wine as an emblem of      that     
blood1 that she had felt to be so       
precious8'        #8,after this solemn  
communion together1 we united in earnest
 prayer      and thanksgiving on her    
account1 that the works in her might be 
finished in righteousness1 and that she 
might soon find herself in      the     
glorious mansions prepared for her1 by  
the beloved of her soul4      ,she      
appeared perfectly sensible1 and able to
 taste this spiritual and               
interesting communication with us4  ,i  
then arose and took my leave of         
her4'    ,the testimony of her friend is
 as follows3        #8,during the ten   
years of my intercourse with her1 ,i    
have found her      conversation as     
becometh the gospel of ,christ4  ,she   

has treated me at      all times with a 
sisterly affection and respect2 ,i have 
proved her a      tried friend1 one that
 would not forsake in time of trouble4  
,though      separated for three years1 
,i always found her the same dear friend
 as      ever4  ,i have often been      
cheered with her kind exhortation to me1
 to      seek with earnestness the      
,lord1 and attend at all times the means
 of      grace1 telling me they were    
indeed channels1 through which the ,lord
      bestowed his blessings to his     
faithful followers4  ,though we were    
separated in body1 we were not separated
 in our union with ,christ4      ,when  
,i have needed reproof1 she has given it
 to me1 but in the      meekest manner  
possible4  ,she was also very tender    
over the faults of      others4  ,i     
never heard her speak unkindly of any   
one--8considering      herself1 lest she
 also should be tempted40  ,she was most
 earnest for      a revival in religion1
 both in our own ,church1 and for the   

spread of      the gospel in distant    
lands4  ,this was evident1 both in her  
prayers      and her zeal in subscribing
 to different societies4  ,how sorry are
 we      to lose her name from the      
number of those young people who are    
interested in the ,jews1 for we always  
found her most willing to aid      in   
this delightful cause1 and what she     
gave1 seemed to be in the      spirit of
 prayer4  ,how often ,i have heard her  
pour forth her heart in      prayer1    
that the ,jews might be brought into the
 fold of ,christ2 and      truly we may 
say1 concerning our ,bible ,association1
 which was formed      amongst a few of 
us1 that indeed our head is gone4  ,she 
was so deeply      interested in it1 and
 did so long for the ,anniversary       
,meeting1 that      our subscription    
might be carried in1 not to gain the    
praise of men1      but with a desire to
 do something for the glory of ,god4    
,but she is      gone1 and her works do 
follow her4  ,may ,i always remember her

      christian walk and conversation1  
for in her ,i saw the fruits of the     
,spirit shine forth1 for she was not    
desirous of vain glory1 but in      all 
points1 she esteemed others better than 
herself4  ,humbly do ,i      hope1 that 
the grace which made her to differ1 may 
constrain me to      walk in her steps4'
    ,the commencement of the year #ahdj1
 the last year of ,elizabeth's life1 is 
noticed by her in her ,journal1 with her
 usual seriousness4        #8,through   
the mercy of ,god1 ,i have been         
permitted to enter upon      another    
year2 and ,o how much have ,i to thank  
him for the mercies of      the year    
that is passed4  ,i have had many little
 illnesses1 but the      ,lord has in   
mercy spared me1 while many that ,i     
know1 have been      summoned to give up
 their account4  ,o ,lord what am ,i1   
that thou hast      spared me a         
worthless worm of the earth8  ,o fill my
 heart with love      and gratitude for 
all thy mercies to me1 and if my life be

 spared1      may it be entirely devoted
 to thy service4  ,great ,god1 enable me
 to      live to thee4  ,o let me enjoy 
all that ,i have1 as coming from thee1  
and whatever thou art pleased to take   
from me1 take not away thy ,holy        
,spirit4  ,o blessed ,spirit1 who art   
,one with the ,father1 and the ,son1    
enter into my poor sinful heart1 and    
root out all my sinful and      corrupt 
affections and reveal ,jesus to me as   
all in all4'    ,as her time drew to a  
close1 her conflicts do not seem to have
 been  lessened4    ,on ,march #bd4     
,she says1 #8,being off my guard this   
morning1 the enemy  gained an advantage 
over me in my temper4  ,immediately ,i  
felt my sin1 and  was led to cry out1   
8,against thee1 thee only have ,i       
sinned40  ,i was  almost driven to      
despair1 but these precious promises    
were applied1 8,if  any man sin1 we have
 an ,advocate with the ,father1 ,jesus  
,christ the  righteousness10 and 8the   
blood of ,christ cleanseth from all     

sin40  ,o my  ,god whom ,i have         
offended1 let this be a warning to me to
 watch and pray1  that ,i enter not into
 temptation4'    ,on her birth-day she  
says1 #8,i have passed another year of  
my life2 but ,o  my ,god1 how little to 
thy glory4  ,i have been very much tried
 in my soul  of late4  ,the enemy has   
been permitted to tempt me very much    
with  unbelief4  ,sometimes ,i question 
whether ,i am a ,christian at all1 yet  
my  desire is to love and serve my ,god4
  ,the conflict is sharp1 yet do ,i     
believe ,jesus will deliver me4  ,i do  
feel willing to part with any thing1  if
 ,jesus smile upon me4'    #8,on        
,sunday1 heard a sermon from ,mr4 ,r4 on
 these words1 8,there shall not a  hair 
of your head perish40  ,the sermon was  
delightfully encouraging4  ,i  have felt
 the comfort of it during the last week1
 having had some little  perplexing     
things to meet4  ,o how sweet to feel in
 the time of trial and  temptation1 that
 nothing is unnoticed by our ,heavenly  

,father4    #8,sunday1 ,april #ab4  ,i  
feel my health very poorly4  ,i know not
 what the  ,lord is about to do with me4
  ,whether life or death1 ,lord make me 
thine4  ,i desire to glorify thy name   
upon earth1 and find my way to heaven4' 
,her usual industry and care in         
recording the sermons she heard1 appears
  this year as it did the last4  ,but ,i
 pass over all these records1 and now   
,i come to the last entry of her        
,journal4  ,it is dated ,april #ag4     
,good  ,friday4        #8,i was informed
 divine service began half an hour later
 than it did4      ,i was therefore very
 late at ,chapel1 which vexed me very   
much4  ,i      could not enjoy the      
service4  ,my head is in a very bad     
state4  ,the      enemy takes advantage 
of my bodily infirmities and sorely     
distresses      me4  ,i was led this    
afternoon1 earnestly to entreat the     
,lord to      direct my mind to some    
portion of his word for comfort4  ,i    
prayed      with the ,bible before me1  

and opened on #b ,cor4 xii4 #i4  ,satan 
then      seemed to say1 this is not for
 you2 but my ,god tells me1 8,his grace 
is sufficient for me40  ,lord1 enable me
 to trust in thee4'    ,it was a strong 
act of faith1 performed with suitable   
solemnity1 which  made this young woman 
believe that she should find in the     
,bible an answer  to her prayer4  ,but  
she did so in a remarkable manner1 and  
having  received the direction to depend
 on the grace of ,god as sufficient for 
her1 how strikingly her faith led her to
 hold it fast1 so that angel1           
principality1 or power could not        
separate her from it4  ,but how         
instructive is her example in dealing   
with temptation4  ,she felt its  danger2
 she sought1 as the weapon of defence1  
8the sword of the ,spirit1  which is the
 word of ,god40  ,the ,lord was pleased 
to direct her to a  suitable text4  ,she
 received it in faith and obtained the  
victory4  ,most  gladly1 therefore1     
might she with the ,apostle1 8glory in  

her infirmities1  that the power of     
,christ might rest upon her10 and say   
with him1 8,when ,i  am weak then am ,i 
strong40'    ,the last months of        
,elizabeth's life afforded her the means
 of quietly  pursuing her course in     
preparation for her end4  ,she was      
unable to do  more than work at her     
needle4  ,this however afforded her the 
opportunity  of calm and continual      
meditation4  ,her circumstances were    
entirely  favourable for her state of   
mind4  ,her kind brother who resided    
with her  and her sister made every     
effort to afford her relief4  ,in the   
last ten  days of her life her symptoms 
became more decided3 she laid aside her 
work1 and ceased to think of the things 
of the world4  ,she herself was  not at 
that time able to read1 but she could   
still listen to others4  ,on  the       
,sunday evening the subject of heaven   
and reunion with those already  there1  
chiefly occupied her attention4  ,her   
state was calm and suffering1  but      

neither she1 nor any one1 thought her   
end was so near2 but ,i will  give the  
account of this from her sister and     
constant companion4        #8,the health
 of my dear sister had been some time   
declining2 her last      illness was    
short and severe3 she suffered much     
pain1 but bore it      with ,christian  
patience and resignation4  ,her weakness
 was extreme2      she could speak but  
little1 but when able to converse1 she  
would      freely tell me the state of  
her mind4  ,she was indeed building on  
the      ,rock of ,ages1 on the sure    
foundation2 but she had humbling views  
of      herself1 although sweet and     
exalted views of the ,saviour4  ,we did 
not      think death so near2 but the   
last morning of her life a sudden change
      took place1 which was better      
perceived by those around her1 than felt
      by herself4  ,as usual1 in the    
morning we read and prayed together4    
,she joined with peculiar earnestness3  
but when ,i had risen from my      knees

 ,i could not refrain from weeping4  ,i 
saw her hands darkened in      colour1  
which marked the alteration in her      
bodily state4  ,she asked      me why ,i
 cried4  ,i said1 ,i am sorry to see you
 so ill4  ,she answered1      #8,i      
thought ,i was better this morning4'    
,with great anxiety ,i waited      the  
arrival of her medical attendant1 and   
soon found my fears      respecting the 
near approach of death were not         
groundless4  ,upon my      again        
entering the room1 she anxiously        
enquired the opinion of the      doctor4
  ,i told her as gently as the excited  
state of my feelings      would permit4 
,i asked if she could rest her soul on  
,christ4  ,she      said1 8,yes1 ,i feel
 peace2 but ,o for a fuller assurance40 
,i told her      we had sent for ,mr4   
,c4 and her brothers1 at which she      
expressed great      satisfaction1 and  
said1 8,i feel drowsy1 but do not let me
 sleep2 ,i      have no time for        
sleeping2 ,i want to speak while ,i     

can40'    ,when ,i arrived in her       
chamber1 she said at once1 #8,i think   
that ,i am  dying4'  ,i did not         
contradict her4  ,she then expressed    
herself as not  feeling all that joy in 
her departure which she had hoped might 
have been  her portion4  ,but the fact  
was1 that a profound humility gave a    
tone to  all her feelings of herself4   
,she put me in mind of the expression of
 ,mr4  ,simeon on his dying bed4  #8,i  
think that if you should see me die1 you
  will not see me die triumphantly4     
,no6 triumph will not suit me till ,i   
get to heaven4  ,if ,i am admitted1 as  
,i hope to be there1 then1 if there  be 
one that will sing louder than the rest1
 ,i think ,i shall be that one2  but    
while here1 ,i am a sinner1 a redeemed  
sinner1 and as such ,i would lie  here  
to the last1 at the foot of the cross1  
looking unto ,jesus1 and go as  such    
into the presence of ,god4'             
,elizabeth's ,journal shews this to have
  been her feeling4  ,she then1 however1

 declared her sense of the  possession  
of a true peace1 founded on the         
atonement of her ,saviour4  ,she        
expressed a very earnest desire for the 
spiritual welfare of all about  her1    
especially of the young with whom she   
met in the ,bible ,class4  ,she  was    
dying4  ,she asked to receive the       
,sacrament4  ,i engaged to come in the  
afternoon1 and administer it4  ,in all  
this there was nothing of hurry1 or     
fearfulness1 or mistrust1 but the image 
of a soul fearing no evil1 and  walking 
though the ,valley of the ,shadow of    
,death1 with the comfort of her         
,saviour's rod and staff4  ,it left no  
doubt in my mind as to her state of     
blessedness4  ,but ,i will now return to
 her sister's narrative4  #8,on ,mr4    
,c4's arrival1 he conversed and prayed  
with her2 she then requested to  receive
 the ,sacrament3 he took his leave1     
promising soon to return4  ,she  now    
took an affectionate leave of her       
brothers and other relatives1  speaking 

to each with great kindness1 respecting 
the salvation of their  never dying     
souls4  ,after settling some little     
affairs 7this was the  distribution of  
her little property1 and the gift of    
some money to the  societies to which   
she had subscribed7 she looked at me1   
and said1 ,i  think that is all4  #8,how
 long will ,mr4 ,c4 be1 ,i wish him to  
come now4'  ,i  said1 #8,dear1 ,i will  
send for and hasten him4'  ,she said1   
#8,do so1 ,i wish  once more to         
commemorate the dying love of the       
,saviour on earth1 then ,i  will lay me 
down and die in ,jesus4''        ,jesus 
can make a dying bed1      ,feel soft as
 downy pillows are4    ,the scene of    
this celebration of the ,lord's ,supper 
,i shall not readily  forget4  ,herself1
 her sisters1 the valued friends of her 
life1 were  before me4  ,her own        
countenance was so beautifully calm and 
heavenly4  ,she sat up1 but she was     
sinking very fast1 and ,i feared that   
she might  die during the service2 but  

all the while she made the greatest     
effort to  give all her strength to this
 holy ordinance4  ,she followed me in   
the  responses1 and at the conclusion ,i
 read over to her the blessing of the   
#8,visitation of the ,sick1' #8,unto    
,god's gracious mercy and protection we 
commit thee4  ,the ,lord bless thee1 and
 keep thee2 the ,lord make his face  to 
shine upon thee1 and be gracious unto   
thee4  ,the ,lord lift up the  light of 
his countenance on thee1 and give thee  
peace both now and  evermore4'  ,i do   
not expect again to see a face upon     
which the radiant  light of ,god's      
countenance may shine more brightly and 
happily than upon  this dying saint4    
,the scene was most touching in every   
way4  ,after ,i had  done1 a dear       
friend1 one whom ,i have mentioned      
before1 commended her soul  to ,god1 in 
a solemn strain of spiritual blessing4  
,after a pause1 at her  own request1 ,i 
read her a hymn4  ,i then took my leave1
 desiring to give  up her dying moments 

to her own disposal1 and feeling that   
there were  others in the house to whom 
she might wish to speak some last words 
of  admonition or of comfort4           
#8,after partaking of the ,sacrament1'  
her sister continues1 #8she appeared    
sweetly composed1 while ,mr4 ,c4        
commended her parting soul to ,god4     
,she  then looked round1 as if looking  
for some one1 and as ,i approached the  
bed1 she fixed her dying eyes upon me1  
and said1 8,happy translation40  ,i     
said1 8,dear1 do you feel very happy    
now80  ,she answered1 8,o yes1 happy40  
#fb  ,soon after this1 her medical man1 
,mr4 ,b41 came in1 and she  conversed   
with him on her approaching end4  ,she  
said she was sure he had  done all he   
could in a medical point of view4  ,she 
thanked him for his  attention during   
her illness1 and then added1 8,now1 sir1
 pray with me40  ,after prayer1 she     
repeated the following lines3--         
#8,what is there here to court my stay1 
,or hold me back from home2      ,while 

angels beckon me away1      ,and ,jesus 
bids me come4'    ,some time after1 she 
said1 #8now ,i must pray for patience to
 wait the  ,lord's time4  ,come ,lord   
,jesus6'  ,soon after she said1 #8,i    
would not come  back again1 now ,i have 
got a glimpse of the heavenly kingdom4' 
,she made  use of similar expressions1  
till she gradually sunk in death1 and   
her  ,spirit took its flight to the     
paradise of ,god4    ,the funeral of    
,elizabeth ,cullingham took place in the
 usual course4  ,it  was attended1 as   
well by her own family1 as by many of   
her christian  friends4  ,there was     
nothing in it to call for attention4    
,it was  consistent with her own simple 
unostentatious life4  ,a large party of 
the  attendants met at a neighbouring   
cottage1 where the voice of thanksgiving
  was raised for the mercies which had  
been granted to our departed friend1    
and prayer was offered up for all who   
had been connected with her4  ,on  the  
ensuing ,sunday ,evening1 a funeral     

,sermon was preached on her account4    
,the text was taken from ,rev4 iii4 #ab4
  8,him that overcometh will ,i make a  
pillar in the temple of my ,god1 and he 
shall go no more out3 and ,i will  write
 upon him the name of my ,god1 which is 
new ,jerusalem1 which cometh  down out  
of heaven from my ,god3 and ,i will     
write upon him my new name40    ,the    
subjects dwelt upon in the ,sermon      
were--,the course of a christian's      
life2 and the eternal reward which      
follows his death4  ,the victory over   
the world1 the flesh1 and the devil was 
through divine grace1 obtained by  our  
departed friend1 and now she has her    
reward4  ,she is become a pillar  in the
 temple of her ,god1 to shew forth his  
praises through eternity  amidst the    
redeemed in heaven2 where 8they hunger  
no more1 neither thirst  any more3      
neither shall the sun light on them nor 
any heat4  ,for the lamb  which is in   
the midst of the throne shall feed them1
 and shall lead them  unto living       

fountains of waters3 and ,god shall wipe
 away all tears from  their eyes40      
,her tomb stone in the church yard1     
bears a memorial to the truth of which  
all who attended upon her in her last   
hours can bear witness4  ,they are      
lines somewhat transposed from a        
beautiful little poem of ,mr4 ,dale's4  
#8,triumphant in thy closing eye1       
,the hope of glory shone2      ,joy     
breath'd in thy expiring sigh1      ,to 
think the fight was won4        #8,and  
thus shall faith's consoling power1     
,the tears of love restrain1      ,o6   
who that saw thy parting hour1          
,could wish thee back again8'           
,,she ,,was ,,aged #bh ,,years4    ,in  
drawing this memorial to a conclusion1  
,i wish to add a few words in  the way  
of encouragement to any young persons1  
who may read the account  which has been
 given4    ,in the first place ,i wish  
to repeat1 what ,i have before stated1  
that the  subject of this history had   
nothing in her natural character or her 

situation in life1 which distinguished  
her case from that of thousands4  ,she  
was not particularly clever1 or         
naturally very amiable1 or very much    
instructed1 or a person of great        
leisure1 or brought up under very       
extraordinary circumstances4  ,she had a
 moderate portion of talents  committed 
to her--but she used what she had well4 
,i know how prone we all  are1 to think 
that others around us have advantages   
which we have not1  and to take this for
 an excuse for not giving ourselves to  
,god as others  do4    ,i wish to make  
the same remark about all the persons   
whose history has  been introduced into 
this memoir4  ,they were occupied in    
business1 or  engaged in the common     
duties of life2 they had no greater     
advantages than  belong to many of their
 neighbours1 they were persons of like  
passions  with others4  ,there is       
nothing therefore in their case to make 
an excuse  for those who have not       
followed in their steps4  ,it must      

however be  admitted that some          
individuals are often situated in a more
 favourable  position than others for   
the cultivation of religious duties1 and
 ,i am  willing to allow that ,elizabeth
 ,cullingham had every advantage of this
  kind4  ,at the same time ,i say       
without hesitation1 that ,i believe the 
great mass of our young people possess  
the means1 by which she gained her      
highest advantages4  ,the preached word 
seems to have been her chief  outward   
help1 and the ordinary instruction in   
the scriptures1 and the  little meetings
 for prayer1 were the means of grace    
which she followed4  ,within her own    
mind1 however1 she at the same time     
laboured diligently1  she watched and   
prayed1 she came out from worldly       
temptation1 and she  sought to set her  
affections on things above4  ,but these 
efforts are  within the reach of all who
 will enter upon them4  ,such is the    
liberty  given to young persons in this 
present day1 that it seems to me1 that  

in  almost any case1 the excuse of not  
having the fullest opportunity of       
obtaining religious instruction is      
groundless4  ,there may indeed be cases 
where young persons are deprived of a   
liberty which they should always  have  
of attending at the ,house of ,god at   
stated times4  ,but these  instances are
 very few4  ,no6 the fault is not with  
the husbandman4  #8,what  could ,i have 
done more1' the divine master says1     
#8that ,i have not done4'  ,it is with  
ourselves4  ,our heavenly ,father would 
gather us to himself1  but we will not4 
,but1 ,i will shortly point out the     
chief rules of christian doctrine1 by   
which ,i think that ,elizabeth advanced 
to that state1 in which she became  so  
meet for her heavenly rest4    ,a chief 
failing which is constantly dwelt upon  
in her writings is that  of her own     
sinfulness4  ,i will not refer to any   
more passages of her  ,journal1 but we  
may gather this from those already      
cited4  ,this sense of  sinfulness1     

distinct from a mere regret at the      
inconvenience and disgrace  of sin1 must
 form the foundation of a sound         
religious state2 #8against  thee1 thee  
only have ,i sinned1' was ,david's      
feeling4  ,thus it was with  ,elizabeth 
,cullingham also4  ,notwithstanding her 
meek and holy walk1 and  the            
conscientious feeling which she had of  
the uprightness of her  motives1 she    
felt the deceitfulness of her heart1 and
 the sinfulness of  her state in the    
sight of ,god2 and that she had within  
her a root of  bitterness1 which        
continually brought condemnation1 and   
which required  the constant renewal of 
the ,holy ,ghost to overcome4    ,but in
 this1 #8her fervent spirit laboured4   
,here she fought1 and here  obtained    
fresh triumphs o'er herself4'  ,still   
the sinfulness of her  nature was a     
subject continually present in her mind4
  ,she mourned over  it2 she strove     
against it2 and it was a constant       
burden1 which only the  cross of ,christ

 could enable her to bear4    ,but a    
second feeling which dwelt in her mind1 
and which produced the most  important  
practical consequences was1 that ,god is
 reconciled to sinners  through the     
,atonement of ,jesus ,christ1 and       
received in the heart by  ,faith4  ,the 
doctrine conveyed by this view of       
religion was the  foundation stone on   
which her peace1 and liberty in prayer1 
and holiness  rested4  8,ye10 says the  
,apostle1 8who were far off1 are made   
nigh by the  blood of ,christ1 for he is
 our peace10 and 8being justified by    
faith1 we  have peace with ,god through 
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ40  ,although   
constantly  cast down by the sense of   
her sinfulness1 ,elizabeth was enabled1 
as  constantly to look by faith to the  
,atonement2 and if her sense of sin1 by 
reason of the assaults of ,satan1 became
 greater as she advanced in years1  yet 
with it1 her hope of pardon increased1  
so that in the end1 she felt  an        
assurance that an #8entrance would be   

ministered unto her abundantly1  into   
the everlasting kingdom of her ,lord and
 ,saviour4'  ,on the doctrine  of the   
,atonement moreover was founded her     
comfort in prayer1 for it was  only as  
she felt that ,god was willing to accept
 her as a returning child1  that she was
 enabled to ask with confidence4  ,but  
in this belief1 she was  enabled to go  
to ,god1 with the simplicity of a child4
  ,she felt that he1  who as a ,father  
had redeemed her1 was now willing freely
 to give her all  things4  ,moreover1   
this doctrine was the foundation of her 
holiness1 as  she believed that she was 
not pardoned by any work of her own1 so 
she  was not tempted to measure her     
goodness towards ,god by a rule1 or     
standard which she judged might         
constitute his requirements2 but her aim
  was rather to serve ,him in the       
measure in which she loved ,him1 with   
all  her heart1 and mind1 and soul1 and 
strength4  ,if she had felt that she    
had been justified by works1 she would  

have sought only to have done  those    
works which might have secured her      
pardon2 but now1 being justified  by    
faith1 its constant attendant1          
constraining love1 was begotten in  the 
mind1 and she felt that there was       
nothing she did not long to devote  to  
the service of her ,god and ,saviour4   
,one other doctrine was a source of the 
greatest comfort and benefit to  her1 it
 was a belief in the converting1        
consoling power of the ,holy  ,ghost4   
,her dependence for growth in ,christian
 graces1 was alone on the  power of the 
,holy ,spirit2 the love of the ,spirit  
seemed to dwell in her  heart1 and she  
was most anxious not to lose this holy  
influence by sin1  or by doubts1 or     
unwillingness to receive his ,holy      
influences4    ,her whole creed and     
course of conduct1 may be said to have  
been very  simple4  ,it was that        
directed by the ,church1 to which she   
was greatly  attached1 and which she    
followed with a holy1 humble1 obedient  

mind4  ,her  aim was constantly to lead 
a serious1 practical1 quiet life1 she   
meddled  very little with the world1 she
 aimed to live above it4  ,her chief    
desire  was to be a follower of ,christ1
 according to the station in which she  
had  been placed4    ,but ,i now wish to
 add a word on the choice which she so  
deliberately made  of a life dedicated  
to religion1 and the advantages which   
resulted to her  from it4    ,how many  
refuse to take the course of religious  
duty1 thinking its  pursuits irksome1   
its reward in no wise tending to        
present1 whatever they  may do to       
future1 comfort4  ,but ,i may venture to
 assert1 from the  constant demeanour of
 our departed friend1 that although her 
course was  one of conflict and of      
trial1 it was still one of substantial  
peace and  comfort2 and if she had not  
the joys which the world esteems1 she   
had  others which never left her1 till  
she exchanged them for higher and purer 
delights4  ,she early learned that young

 people1 who fancy that  substantial    
enjoyment is only to be found in the    
ordinary pleasures of  life1 make a     
great mistake4  ,there may be much of   
indulgence or of  excitement in worldly 
gratifications1 and those who seek them 
may reap a  present pleasure from them1 
but substantial happiness is alone to be
  found in religion4  ,for this is a    
happiness which does not depend on      
external circumstances1 it is the same  
in all states of life1 and usually  it  
rises higher when the hour of trial and 
of sickness comes on1 which  deadens the
 present enjoyments of life1 and        
overwhelms the senses4  ,it  makes the  
cup run over even in the deepest        
desolations which the  ,christian is    
called to pass through4    ,but ,o how  
incomparably more blessed is her state  
now1 and will be in all  eternity1 than 
if she had followed another course in   
life6  ,she now  regrets nothing she    
suffered1 by which the work of ,god in  
her own soul  was carried on2 she       

rejoices to have borne the cross1       
inasmuch as it hath  worked for her a   
far more exceeding and eternal weight of
 glory4  ,all the  seed of good which   
for years she was permitted to sow1 she 
now reaps1 and  the fruit of it shall   
all be gathered into the garner of ,god4
    ,if then she found the way of       
religion to be a way of pleasantness1   
and  a path of peace1 and if now she is 
reaping a good reward for the           
confession of ,christ1 we have the same 
way opened by which to return to  the   
,father1 and the ,holy ,spirit is at    
hand to teach us1 to enlighten1 to      
strengthen1 to comfort1 to direct us in 
prayer4  ,let no one refuse the  offer  
which the ,gospel makes of its          
blessings4  ,let all1 without delay1    
hasten to give themselves up to the     
service of ,christ1 not doubting but    
#8if they are stedfast1 unmoveable1     
always abounding in the work of the     
,lord1 their labour will not be in vain 
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,,printed ,,by                   ,l4    
,,and ,g4 ,,seeley1 ,,thames ,,ditton1  
,,surrey4          ,footnotes      #fb  
,i have subsequently to this event1     
found the same signal of faith  in a    
dying person recorded in one of ,mr4    
,richmond's tracts4--,vide  ,churchman's
 ,monthly ,review4  ,april #ahda4