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much, what place [must?] his have held in his Mother's heart,
I see him still, a little child as it [indecipherable] knee, earnestly desiring to be brought to Jesus, I see him in boy hood returning from School, day after day, ever with the [same sweet?] smile, let the crosses of the day be ever so heavy and his [indecipherable] neither [indecipherable] or small, [indecipherable] years I see him by his dying [Fathers?] bed, the [indecipherable], of

of my own heart, & not 8 fatherless little ones, [with?] a quiet, holy, expression of [indecipherable], I can never forget, when after long heavy years of absence, what did he return, all and every thing I could desire, he was indeed a little [sanctuary?], in distress a loving treasure, did I so long possess it, that I fogot it was not mine, I desire to say "God's holy will be done", but the bitterness of the loss my Father hath given me none can feel but

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[This page very difficult to make out. Transcription may not be accurate.]

much, what place [must?] his have held in his Mother's heart,
I see him still, a little child as it [indecipherable] knee, earnestly desiring to be brought to Jesus, I see him in boy hood returning from School, day after day, ever with the [same sweet?] smile, let the crosses of the day be ever so heavy and his [indecipherable] neither [indecipherable] or small, [indecipherable] years I see him by his dying [Fathers?] bed, the [indecipherable], of

of my own heart, & not 8 fatherless little ones, [with?] a quiet, holy, expression of [indecipherable], I can never forget, when after long heavy years of absence, what did he return, all and every thing I could desire, he was indeed a little [sanctuary?], in distress a loving treasure, did I so long possess it, that I fogot it was not mine, I desire to say "God's holy will be done", but the bitterness of the loss my Father hath given me none can feel but