of the soul, and the amazing importance of having Jesus for a friend. My dear, dear friends, to Jesus I commit my departing spirit, and I pray that you may be his in life and in death. A tender and an affectionate farewell. O may we meet in that world where tears and sickness, and sorrows and sins, are known no more. My dying love rests with you all, and O may the love of Jesus possess your hearts, and dictate hereafter in mansions of glory, songs of endless praise to God and the Lamb. O do let me exhort you to leave this worthless world behind, and live as becomes heirs of immortality. Friends of my heart, I bid you farewell.

My dear, dear Betsy, When those I love visit you, take them to the place where Fanny moulders; and as you pass around my grassy hillock, listen to the voice that calls loudly from thence, "Watch and pray, and be ye also ready." Talk of the affections which have bound our souls together, talk of death, of judgment, and eternity, and depart laden with wisdom. Do all your hands find to do, and do it as for eternity.

To my dear correspondents.-The pen has dropped from my hand, but the love I bear you dwells in my heart, and may it survive the shock of death, and be consummated in the regions of light. My parting message to you is, live as strangers and pilgrims here; live devoted to the service of God; and exert every power and faculty to honour your divine Re

deemer. Let the small pledge of affection. which may be given you, be a memento of the dying love of your affectionate Fanny.

To the praying sisters at **** —I have heretofore constantly met with you, knelt by your sides, and implored the blessings of heaven. Those moments, so sweet and so dear, are gone to return no more. As often as that dear evening shall return, let your attendance there evince that you love the place where prayer is wont to be made. Let the thought that I meet with you no more, stimulate you to redoubled diligence, to ardent prayer, and to active exertions for the continuance of thosemeetings. Let me exhort you never to for-sake the assembling of yourselves together; and let your hearts be united by the most endearing ties. Farewell, my dear sisters.. May we soon meet in the place where praise, not prayer, shall flow from every heart.. I cornmend you to God and the word of his grace.. May he from time to time bless you with an abundant spirit of prayer, and answer your petitions in copious benedictions on your own dear souls, on the church of Christ, and a perishing world. Peace be to you, my sisters; a peace ineffably sweet, such as our dear Jesus gives his humble disciples, and such as shall ripen in the glories of heaven.

To all my dear friends.-Beware of earth;

* Possessing a little Ebrary of about 40 volumes, she directed that one of them should be given to each of her correspondents.

live above all terrestrial things; and live as though you possessed immortal souls. 0 think how soon the days of your mortal life will be over, and an eternity of retribution be your portion. O remember the last counsel you can ever receive from me; and so number your days as to apply your hearts unto wisdom. Let the remembrance of our friendship be dear to your hearts, and O be sure that you gain an interest in the sinner's Friend, who will never leave nor forsake those who put their trust in him. We soon shall meet again. O may it be in yonder world of light, that celestial paradise which Jesus purchased with his expiring breath. The Lord bless you all with blessings for time, and with blessings that shall run parallel with the ages of eternity. An affectionate adieu.

To the dear Church, with whom I have so often met, and sat around the table of our dear Redeemer.-My best, last wishes, and dying love are to you. It has grieved me that there has been so much formality, so much lukewarmness among us. OI beg that you would seek to exhibit more the power of religion in your lives and conversation. Do adorn the doctrine of your Saviour better than your unworthy sister has; and let my death be sanctified to all your hearts. Do strive for the faith of the gospel, for the resettlement of a faithful minister among you, who shall break to you the bread of life, and be instrumental in leading you onward to heaven. My seat is now to be vacated; O pray that it may soon be oc

cupied by one who shall be more faithful in good works, more holy and more heavenlyminded than I have ever been. Do live as brethren; be earnest for each other's spiritual good, and tender to each other's infirmities, and live answerably to your high and holy profession. Wherein I have erred, and gone astray, be so kind as to forgive me, and avoid my follies. Receive this affectionate advice in love, as the last expression of my ardent and sisterly friendship; and may we all be prepared to join the Church triumphant, and sing with endless rapture the song of Moses and the Lamb. Farewell, my dear Friends, my Brothers and Sisters dear; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ make you faithful in every good word; strengthen, establish, and comfort you, and make you meet for the inheritance of the saints in light. My ardent love abides with you; and now I bid you-Farewell.

MEMOIRS AND WRITINGS

OF

MISS FANNY WOODBURY,

LETTER TO MISS E. A. OF BEVERLY.

Beverly, Sept. 21, 1805.

Ir was with peculiar pleasure I received your edifying

with similar sensations I Though I am sensible I

epistle, my dear Miss A. and resume my pen to answer it. shall not write with accuracy nor coherence, yet I will not consume a page in apology.

How vain, how transitory, are all the enjoyments of time and sense! They can never satisfy the desires of our immortal minds. Real felicity they cannot impart. Let us then look upon them with a noble indifference; and as they must one day appear unworthy the attention of immortal beings, what folly, what madness, to seek for permanent and solid happiness here! We have immortal souls that must exist for ever in consummate felicity, or endless misery. We are hastening to eternity, and must soon appear before the tribunal of Christ, to render a strict and impartial account of the deeds done in the body; and can we then devote our time and attention in the pursuit of terrestrial pleasures! Young gives us a very excellent caution;

"Beware what earth calls happiness; beware

All joys, but joys that never can expire."

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