Journal of Ann Maris; Some Remarks on a Religious Education, and the Advantages Thereof Likewise, Some Observations on the Condescending Goodness of a

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869. Excerpt: ... go to my aunt's again, so I concluded to go to my eldest brother's, not being willing to give my father any uneasiness that I could prevent. My brother lived about a mile from my very kind friends Mary Norris and her daughter Elizabeth. My trade I looked upon to be a providential blessing in that time of tryal, for I could help myself among my friends, and I found there was a disposition in the hearts of many of my acquaintances to continue to find me employment at my trade, for which I was often thankful to that power which set bounds to the ocean and stayed the proud waves, saying, hitherto shall ye come and no further. My very kind friends before mentioned, were fond of having me with them, for they some time before had told me when my father was married they hoped they should have more of my company. They had a pretty large family of servants to attend them and do their house business, as likewise some relations who lived with them, and as that was the case they truly sympathized with me in my afflictions, contrived much work for me at my trade, so that I spent much of my time with them, and I left my payment to their discretion, for I neither worked by the garment nor the day. But they rewarded me generously for what I did. My motherly friend one time said she could not have thought it was possible for any body to perform as much as I did in such a little time, for when I enjoyed the presence of the comforter I was enabled to perform my business, with alacrity, but my tryals were such that I was sometimes very low and in great danger of the deeps, which, when my two dear friends saw they truly sympathized with me. I remember once I was filled with discouragement to a very great degree, but could not find freedom to open my mind to them, which my de...