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ELEANOR VANNER
I HAPTEB I.
T i n a little gir l ' s n a p e was K l c a n a , she
was bom U England,] December
17. I82B. S I H »'J» a most lovely liluV girl.
Every o H who know her, loved her. Sho
was kin J and g r n d c io every one . She wai
I nor s t rong ; she could not
play about upon the dtfwy graM. or in the.
rough wind, a* n i n e of ua do, but was
Always very delicate.
Once she had four sisters older than herself,
b'.'-nh-a her brotlier. She was the youngest
child (if :dl the family. T h e y were a l iving
family. Their father and mother were Chr is
tian people. T h e y laught their childred the
* a r of God, and tmin- .J iMtn in obedience.
] • 5
S ELEANOR VANNEB.
re r j moot), and no anxious
mod loo great lo be
bestowed BpOD thi'ir I'lulilr.'ii.
I l would hare mane you glad to i r e tl>i»
family,—ail together "'i happiness. Every
^ lo do. In *' i
work, or healthful phyM the cha I Wore pawed. T w o things made lli
—lov« ind obedience. Low ttught then to • •
a little ktndnuas was exchanged among them
every day. dl lull of • rm
Thua did thai Uula girl u d her
brother, ami IUT elder M i e n , Uvi
together around their mother. Hut w h e n UB
they ell now ! Ob ! Mtine of them are grmc
lo heaven. T h r e e sisters worn there before
Eleanor . N o w , the Messed Jesus has laken
h e r ; and only I U T father and mother, and one
brother and Bitter, are left. 1 hopt
d ingcUieraoon,—a haj ,
of her ill health, Eleanor"icarcely
u motber'a side ; she w i s with hc i
mother all day loi g, and she slept at night hy
INXB- 7
Iivr modicr 's bed. She was never strong
enough u> go t<» V-l.
tilings at boi WT mutJier's g r t t i
- n j a bor in kaowledga u d love;
uuil m bar s iptcn it was a t w e e i e m p l o y m a a t
i .
M 1 ibal] toll you . without giving iny O M th*
eh ll»''- She li:id "Hi
El iza , about i. n v i a oldi t •••
whom she was very fond of; Mid I do »"t
very fend of DOT. -Hiueiimcs, oiid
sometimes sin; used ti> leach her darl ing t i i ier .
When Eleanor wa> only two year* old, add
E l i z a w u about i w e l " , — ' «j
•peak fory ' .-1 i_\. BHxi taughl her u» s»y
• m e e t . T h e y s e e d to s i i b y tiM
window logrihcr al ihr clow of day , and say
their liitln v e n a and h y m n s (o each other
very bcftutil'ully.
I should like (0 explain to yog the delightful
way El iza had of icarhiug hef little- u r i c *
But you must, first. remember that she did not
v thing which Eleanor was not
Jl I enough to understand ; nor did she read
6 KI.MViR V.NM'R.
A s wi'rdt in a drawling, sing-song way, ii»
moat ehDdr •!•! every word M
[f she fell ii. Tin* made E t a u u •nd then it was easy for her to remember it.
!•! read some little poem in hi I OWU
dJftincI way : Eleanor would look nnd It-ten.
iwo or three times, she felt
• uld remember -•••
Bliza would
road iba r o n e afain< •tomnog •omet ima u
lei her da»* little itatei pul i" Iho words she
I you would b a r e beard F.lira repealing tho
i rv now and then
Eleanor pulling in a word with a sweet and
earnest tone. I should like to make you
understand how this way of teaching would
' • ' • • • • • : —
- I think th« g&tlnriM anil lb* grace Which on mj birth hirtmiftrf.
Ami made me to IIMM Cknitian d i j i A Ire* and Iwppy chi l i"
You notice that some of these words are
printed in different looking letters from tne
I l l UfOft -ANNE*. »
., uiJ some
•
a • those irhii h Eli uu i •
•
• El " " ' eame io
them. Then yon mi l find how strange ii 1 I 10 hear lutlc Uleauor
learning her vrr-.es. Al t in t , IU you n a y
suppose. B|I>' did not l-irn niuch at a IJincj
ii' learned longer jurer- , and learn-
• 1 ihi in mom ijutrkly. EUxa did nui keep
her long al l lesson, leal she fhould nuke u
wearisome. She did liol li.:/., llOI
•r ibea she would nut have liked i u
-\ 11 -1 when wr do noi lik'.' K> l i^ni , wo o n Tory
dull scholar*.
book which ibe loaned verses out
BGM booghi fa* I " S i m p l e T r u t h s . " Afterwards the learnt
from Dr. W.ULs's • ' DMfM Song*," " PoeiM
" Hymn* for ln£ml
Minds,"—and "Original H y m n ' . " On, l i jmn
which s h e learned when alio was three years
- ;«kc nf M V I I th» ramtflodie H t f
SJOIIHT iau*hi M her. l i beg ins :—
• Thrw i* hrfoni ibe «ky
A h M i n of joy tnd to»»i ABJ holy aUUraa - w I V T di-
Oo U thai world •(«•*•.
- T h w i . * Jn-^lfdlh*". * And fifii»»u»r pain*.
Wb*n. -inncrt mu4t with ilxlli dwell,
Id diukdPM. fir*, ami thaim "
• listened la hct moiiicr reading il.
»]]«• though! dial rflt WM a --iiin-T. and fain-d
m M punish h#r. and mud bar '.»
!Itd in II." Her mother taught
h.'i • faoatJMU Christ , who can ( a
.' gale* of h r a « n . Il m u pi***
n n i to !..-ltoM Iwr looks of wondrf.
Ii'jrncd that J M U I W M once a Hide child I1J.1*
h t i , and heard the rest of the story uiiiold-'«J.
—how he " c a m e down to be a man, «nd
dii--" Thus . silling upon hrr niothrr** km1*:
«h<* first learned lo l o r e the Saviour. .No
douui viiii h ive all learned tlint hymn . 1
wish that you would all think of it at much
•. * N \ E R . I I
imrdW. I bop* Ibai ye* -viii follow ben—'" 'I"' '1 ' "*"'' I1H' " M y rhiUtt.n" m thai " '••
AViicn Bloom ww • little babyi kei 10 «tng lo her very much. and
b a u d her »ister» singing.
Owe, wbt 11 ibfl » M ra J up all
sight to play DMOWC i«* l»-r. Tor nothing «Uo
could keep hat from thinking of [he pain.
From bearing •<> much iriu-ic. Klrnnor, as
you would suppotc, became very fond of it.
-She eonld Inun many tunc" liefore oho could
ipcak plainly, ant! when she was no! ipiim
r old. E H U taught hr.r t.
" Came. children. can't juu nw ana idl TIM wnmlm of Imanniirl 1"
All little children tuny lc.irn lo ijng if thev
plciwe. I know mvrrjil children who onca
could not ain? at a l l ; hut they lock great
pain* to Iciim, and now they can *ing very
WtU. H ( :IIOMCM how (jleaaant
it nuert h a i r been to hear Jaaoa " siniring "
h y m n " with hi* disciple*,—and how •weedy
the. cdiiMrrp/a v o u w tnuat hiTe sounded in
(he nh. Whefl thl ) .ni lo 'lie > • 11 'I . '
wiab d m I hud been inere. W« -iiontd » y
to sing n» J<-MI- did. and likr the childrrn t<f
: bm !-•: u- n manbefi llmi, wnea
.. God H-iili o n rotofc wc nhi>ultl
• ill tin- lime in <>nr heart ,
•
vrry fond of having other* read to hrr . Nhr
would li-trn nry p tvni tn- ly . ind any link
ntory iKnt she liked, •In- *lway« «t-!ird (o
ighi ihju her notfm in .1 iieo r- iran nol bu*y. ahe «wd i" ininj
• •ok to iheni. and aek tfh I
If iii-y ooald DOI iiii ml i-> !KT. iha ne*ti
teased (hen io do M>. She did nol •
JXHII l ike nome children because ahe could nol
• II i ' - y , Imi who. troaM grntly d i p
•way , and find for h e m l f some amuM-mcni-
waa very fond i
' when Eliza had fmi*hcd rending.
Eleanor Mroold I'll it n n r again in her own
aimplr u \ ,v . It was ahoiil Mr . Cecil iz-acliinn
hi* little child What failri meant. You mai l
all have heard the beautiful explanation,—
how the IJUlfl ijirl diil not like to part with her
••ii.it a etraggte of bean • '
mill howi u li-i- ib> obe/aA end threw them (otfa tbi fin:, IKI-HI-.* ibg liad i'.uih in JUT
father*! tow and |Dodncn. I: wee a IWM
thin-.* t'- b a i" • •-• *tory.
loaf ill. Sin* had
for her lu-ahh uTaahMgp^rtO§, Nowi ihi
•I home nearly tWO »•• I
wa» nigh unto death. Kleanur won h--
- ring iVuin -in illiK-es, when »ho wan
brought down to bc r l i i ter 'a bodiido lo hea r
word-). All the family were there.
What a »i'l' Tin- dying girl
epoke BOIO" wordi of kindr-rn* and warning
a ,—words which t!n-y did not for-
g e t When ihc beheld b
prayed lo Got! for he r aloud. She r e n i n !- d
her of tlio litde Blory about faith, and \u-l ird
he r to repeat it. S o Eleanor told it lo her.
T h e n , whilf BhWIOr looked e.mie»lly upon
her. ahe »nid. •• Do M l cry lor BM I
T ; '• •
bar what I bare tooghi yoo. Attend 10 all that father and mother »iv to you. Lore them
3
: r ELIA.N'OR VANSHI-
aint obey llinii. Never Bay * thing that i i
not imp. Pray to Ood every day, for he only
can make you a good chi ld ." With many
auefa words nho bade her deaf Eleanor fare*
well ; and prayed thai she aoon might mccl
them nil again—a whole family in heaven.
T h e next day she died.
None can tell what Eleanor fell when l ; ' f
deaiest sister was toni from her hear t ;—and
oh ! the difference lo her '. Many a lime, long
after, s h e aal musing, wi th tear" in he r eye* .
Tlic hymns and tunca which Eliza hod taught
her—it made her weep lo hear diem sung.
Bhe *tal be ihc booh ol potvy it hi •!. B H M bought to teach her from ; and folded up tho
little drcMea for her doll which El iza had
made. She kept them both in a little drawer,
i»i tokens of her sialer's lore . Theae loving
sisters were not long parted. W e trust they
dwell together, now, in Jesus ' bosom.
ILKAXOX nmM< is
OflAPTEB 11.
I TUI-O >'>" t l i ' l B t lMW nrv . r went to
school. I will now describe W you how »ho
learned to read at home. She « u taught he*
A B C BrOM Unit* ivory Irllrr-. «urh H you
mnv have used. These she learned very
iiio to bpjrin the
spelling, dmt puzzled her very much. And
it is enough to puzzle any hide child who
thinks about wh . t b* b Iqna ta f i
not understand w h y r a t should be sounded
dioughi it ought to apell ar-a-ie*.
Ami fTbsn tin- li'iiers 1 and o wcr
ihcr, (die thought it very natural that thfy
should be pronounced el-lo. Very natural il
WW, I have known many i-liddf-n, « h « .
| first began, thought, lik.- tin- Imle
jrirl. that spelling was a «•
Still nhe went o» widi it, although it was <"*
uilhYuli, hflrtlsW l b * did whatever she wM
tnld without murmuring. H a p p i l i .
It ELCASOK VA.WKH.
Eleanor (omul out i way of U-afiiiiiff to read
•rithoot apeMing. N o doubt you wonder how ihi- ooqjd be. | t happened in this « 13 ;—
On Sabbath 0TCnJBgm, iho«e of id.- firmly
ObllgOd, ir..iii being UliWiIl, lo
n'liiain al home. li-cd lo<*»mr together 10 read
I jtn .Mr". Vfliincr. KUanor ».n up
to ihr table in bof UghflnqfTi .•ri.I WooJd k m
!il nol read
it i l l . f f a r i i t t t f --"i ;•'iin.l uiii ihe plnce,
U d inni o ' e r ihr l « t « l for her. BTBT] 0 M
round tlif table Kad a ? c w in mm. If you
tiiui been lb. I havf heard one
I iha other readinc tin- i
atid you would hHW
Eng apofl die page, and eagerly |ini< .
dial was read. She w u now, I m.v r.imml
ytm, about four y e u n o n d a half old. Though
•he could not read, alio aoon diacm
die m m w o n .. i u m b o r in
the Bible, In a little time. b y not looking
offai all, d ie learnt <! to keep bo? eye upon
aa it waa read. Win o
triad to follow die reader
from word 'o word J but dial w u vrry ilim"
17
cult at l i n t . T i m , she nuii--,-d, fir*!, tin:
rone*, and (ben Uir word*, until presently situ
know :tll the litUr word*, auch M ' a , ' • die,"
•to,* • it," 'to;' anil while die great word* were
read, "lie noticed how ihcy looked. O u e
• :<• thought »he would Like her verse
in t u n i . # n d read as IIIIIWI of it an idle could.
• id ail the short Wetdj u h u h i b i
knew, and her kind mother read all the long
ones for her- Thin m V.TV nm.li fta the
" i v vhkfa El iza found out to icoch h r r
pOOtry, Souii. Eleanor found dial the cuulil
read all die words which wen? repeated r e r y
.• had noticed diem ao mafly ttflMl
while Uiey were read, that *he knew (be
look of them. -Not long after. she could read
nearly all the word* hy herself, and in about
tfireo months' time «he could read almost any
Torse of scripture yridioul help. E
I very great attention to learn HO
quickly. If fhildren would always pay i»»
:<on( it would be very easy lo
ii almost any thing. N.iy. diey
would learn many things, l ike Eleanor, widi
out any trouble of leaching at all. 2 «
18 EWUNOH v.NM II.
B a n yQ*a i " f read itie " Pilgrim*)* Pro
;::•-- What an inierOMing »ioiy it U !
Botfa e H U f t a vnd grown-up people find it
pleasant to hear. In the winter after dear
U "id a friend who
«:..« u-i iui , ; lir-t, ii—if u> n*ad "
PrognMv" aloud in the evening; •«, that all
the family n i g h l htlX. BtauMC Ml " |HHI her
liltlt: stool, by tin- aide of her moUier, and
• :y eagerly. When • Hide story
w n read, or :iny place de-cribed, she uaed to
try to make a picture of it in her mind. Th i s
i» a very good plan. I t made h a
very much, and helped her in
well. She frit rery modi for Christian when
he w u in Doubting-CasUc, in the puwer of
Uut cruel Giant I>e»pair. and when they came
u> die place when BopeftfJ foaad ihe Uy, •he did nol like to go w bed till th<y wen boiii .tale o u t ; aud when they were gone
quite elear away, and had reached th« Delec
table Mountains, she rejoiced greatly. Do you
remember that part where Christiana and he r
children go to ihe Inter prcter ' i h o u s e ! H e
look l imn, yon know. b)u hii ' Significant
ELEANOR VA.-MM- ID
rooaW." »"d »hi>wed litem many iilUc iVitilt**.
) had to find the MINUliBg Of. ' ' i'
»•«• iboui •
nboni "UM bttfla ehickem" which * n i w the trough to drink, " a n d Vt^r)
drank "he lift'1*! up l»-r hr jd am) ajTM toward*
h r .n f i i . " These and the other nv» I
was r c r y fund of Ik
had (tut her into btfd, t i n would •omi-inins
h i b o u th.in. ;,iid 1J10 liitlc ehQd
would **k KIT IKttf I\.rni>. irbo » w three
y e a n older than herself, what •]»
wa* nKMiit b y lliPffl. You « e , «hc tried
very much to understand wl
I t » I I aboui Un» liuie tliat all were talking
MM ereuing. T h e y thought ihm
I A ... playing about the room. IV.-
•PiiUy her molhi-r said. " Wlirre i- I
They alf looked around. Then b)
Charlotte eaw w b m lh» w-v- Kleanor w u
under the table, where, »hc thoughti no eye
could «e .—knee l ing down to p i . .
Hrreou*in did nut till. i N g p o s i
girl had thought of •ometluntf. whilst she » » •
playing, dial "he wjfhed to pray to Jesus
Sf. KIKAXO* r a x t m
• the km-lt doWB i" pray. I do nol
icnow what the prayed • b o u t IV
that Goil wooM take b « io baarco, 10 1*
widi bei ' ' w u gone them.
O r perhap* "he had done •onMUfUj wriinu,
and prayed m bara lief i-in forgiven through
Jesus ' blood. Her mother minks dial ii was
for lirr dear sister Anne t h e prayed.—li t r
I win* wai i!i 'u ill. Some doya
after. she asked a lady. " I" it ax much prayer
when we nre standing or niiimir. s j when we
kneel down ? Will it do 10 linn
It waa plain, from
AM MUM of bar n i c e , that the thoughtful child
fell deep interval in d icw que»t:
• n to any prayer ,
Bvao from iho m a U e H I'hdd. if i i come from
a m i r . loving heart. Often m a in
:.. God when art are in ihc company of oihcra.
It would ho wrong lo make a i boa
do no, for tha i woiiM In- l ike d ie Pharisee*,
whom Jesus rebuked. lii such a case wa
•hould lift up our heart* to him, u d ha will
" h e a r in lieavm, lii« dwelling-place-" But*
whenever i ' ui possible. wc should come, in
KLI.-N"!. VAN.SEL 31
Uiv liumtilt-Ji way of J l . mi*, ii,v presence of
the great •• nferoi w h a J W
id you. my
dear children, alw.iy.-i la pray aloud. If no one
can bear you.
I should like, if I could, L> t bow yon J
picture of ilu* dvaw lnUe girl. I should [ike
to make you see her. She w ; u aow aboui
*ix y e a n old. Sometimes she would p l a j
cheerfully about ibe room, for "lie had her
i: H you. J|<r battledore
and shutilecock, her little dolls, and h e r d s *
fM "lie played wi th ; and if sonie-
j.>iiird with ullit'M i t a gui le of
1*1 bin]*, or Hunt the Slipper, •he
f njuved u v.<ry much. Hut she always looked
. sad [ fab i ilioJi:
mother would no t like it, i h e made n o ooint,
but amused herself quietly. Sometime* you
might K e he r in one comer of il»> room dili
gently learning her lesson, and M
talking or piny could call oil* her eye* from
the oook. .Sometimes she would sit talking1
to Iter doll in the twilighi, or with her sister
Fanny Sometimes she stood looking up into
32 CLEA.Von VAWKtl,
fi lace, asking tome simple que*-
linn, or speaking word* of endaaring love.
V.\.< l ine* Etixa'a dr3th, sorrow bad a u d i
her mother vrry ill. Now she v u recover
ing : and they iwo were able 10 go out and
Walk in iiie garden. Upon some sweet sonny
nutfimur EB May BOtt)—thia
Utdfl iinl.l JIH! bar DMSU r, Hai mother WM
generally readfag ihr Bible. T h e n would
Eleanor come lovingly, and put her hand into
her mother's arm ; and show, by her earncat
look*, how much she wished her to read aloud,
thai "he abo micht hear the Ueaaad word of God, So tin \ read together. and talked about
loved the Bible. One day , about
this lime, t h e asked hai were
her fjvourik- c lupt ' n II. : -:u wished to
know which she liked best. Eleanor showed
he r these two, John vi. and U.oih hf« T h e
first is that one in which Jt-su* f a y s , — " I
n:» tin Bread of I.itV. He tlint rouieth to
me shall never hunger, and he thai
on me shall never thirst ." T h o oilier begin*,
— " Ho ' . every one thai thirsted), x»me ye **>[
II ) UtOM UUUBfc '£11
m i e n I mid hr l!.'I halli DO iii«ni<y.
rotfie ye. buy and - buy " l i l n i i i l
Mic Mkod ln f imithrr t" I I n i meant by " hungering ami i l i inii iug
far ri<.'htcon»no.««." 1' - nttub
I to hate God's ble*»i"s» as i | . of tin-
vbo Hanoi invhini yon. A#k ..:, holy ,-,! Usu i .1. l i e wil l
pve you lo IMte of the wait r of life. Itui il WonU bftir - m| lot
well lo go out, »he wan taught, from p tumf Scr ipto* •
or one of her oisteni r*nd to her from ibfl Bible. 1 wil l tell you wnw of the Scripttr*
i to i iM -In- waa mot) plotted lo hi ir. Thi re r-t thai beautiful bbioty (rf .'•
which you an* alt fond of. You will (intl
ii in Oaaeati xxsr i i . to tiru. Chen came toriw, of Moses in ihtj
and ilte burning bush,—and the l'lai;ut.t oi
is du - I.—and Itrac! eneampetl in the wilder
11 n.nN- ' i : r j u r i r a .
new,—njid die manna fmUi E*<J. B- to s»i. Nexi , (be tfonderfU nr-
• •inni of Elijah thr Prophet, b m
-ho» b rribly hi rebuked thr priests of Baal OB Minim ( V m r l ; and (lie story of ihe poor widow with her " hand-ful of meal in A barrel* and n little oil In » eruisc"—-wiili ihni other of the Huh- rxpiivo
ally delighted her. They arc all in die chapters from I Kings xvi i . to 2 King* v. T i m t would in] ;o cell Iww many question* •lie asked'-' I ' - . and how often
•he wonld have ihrm read to htr. '' '•••n on the sabbath day, lounging
aboiii in Idleness or looking out of the window. When she- was not told what to dOi
10 do for l ierwlf. l i e f bag o f l i t d * f ivotir i le books, her Hymn- , and Traets, mid
* wera t l f r l y l at band,—a nevcf failing •onree of plensore. Thi hours of the snbhath day,—ihey were not dull
-ume to her-When fhe was well enough to go to lh»
house of CJod, i t cannot be told how glad
KUANOH VAXNKK. $&
•lift «-!•• Could you have Walcbl A
would have wondered to ace hmr awWlIy she
IN hymn.—how null and Uiou^hl-
lul ibe * ! • >l linn- of rending and prayer,—
ii\ed her itHBlioO wheffl
began. She did not look abouL S h e did no t
sleep in the house of God. Bui yon n i f U
have aeen her countenance changing* Some
time* it « M bright with joy . S o m e t i m e Ihfl
l ean filled her eye*. Soinelimca ahe looked
down, M though there w i Aomething lha did
not understand, Or else KMH eboj
which the wan ireaaarinc m It. i iii.iin.rv.
When she come home, she t ivi! lo help b t r
door motlwr lo reracmt*r die nermnfl, ond to
write down the "heudV* of it. Hew inuc.'i
happier "be rmi*i haw baan at ohnren than
--luiiircn « bo bebava badly there, 11 morning* die minuter used to " e x p o u n d " or
explain parte of Scripiun
dta of lilde Samuel, who was awalened b y
(iod, who called to him. a t b
night, in the Temple . And at another lime
ho kdd of Uiat litde Hebrew m.ii.i *.i> area
a
M IUANUR r u n
HO it-( Mil to Naaman, ilic Syrian,—ttie Hm«
Hory which she w u so fond of • ' b&fch
These greatly pleased hor, Mil
• lo her mollier, when ihcy were
In iiio week after. H> tell what
she heard I n I •abhath, and 10 show h o * well.
•ho n*ni>iubercil ii.
In Marcli, l»:t.'p. when she wan in her
| >r. alio w u taken very HI. and for
•bottl t » o weeks she lay almost !•
S h e was scarcely able to think, ami m i d not
v thing but p i i n . W b e o ahe V H re-
HH - ibbalfa Sffodnr, MM wished to
ibe dressed; as a Hide change from die weary •
hcd. Hut she could not sit j i p , so she w u
-laid outside npon the bed. In :)
she asked her mother to take her upon her
knee, and to let die servants com? up. and
all who were J l home, lo read in her room.
hub ul of down s l a in . So they all came into
the siclf chamber, and sat around to read lb*
Bible. as I told you they used to do. She \
ehosc a hymn for her mother lo read- It be*
.p ins :—
ELEANOR VAXMEB. 8 7
• AtmtjttJ t M ( ' " " ' rv ill. Qui euro mo. if i< I* ihjr will. F « Ihou OMM i«l«- «w»J mi. p»in, AaJ make n>r MiVOf »nil «»ll •f»in."
, in Klll i lH Bui
she * » >" wrat :' I treadniMiy
vcrac*. When »be became a little stronger
I to keep & book I.
pillow, that Hlit? mijrht read HI AH
an coon iu KIIB awoke. Anil one oj
' OH oiiMi.ili »inyn. w u to wfitr
i!"\vn. mil of tin- liili]'-. llii- u-*t- |
piiipra hail heard preached from ihm day.
About six months afar . IMT - I - I - - l o M
i u> l>r. Waller, and went lo live
Amu-wan hut «MMI ihjin Shi
hid been w bat Kba • ipotfw< and since InJo jfirl had e]i .
: bar many Sorij spoke to her about her soul ; »o that -In- M i
the Iota of her sister r*ry much. But alia
used to « rile little letters to her. out of h «
'. and Blip them into somP pared
thai wan going to l/ondon. How pleasant i '
28 ' I > V\On VANNT.R
•rm -1 h*r« been for her ruter to receive
i l i .- in! lvirh" in the next y n r . when Mr*. Waller
•iy ill. Eleanor r*ni her • letter lull of
texts of Scripture, &ml She
»nii i|io-c which she ili.iui.-Iii would fumfoit
: if *j-lrr in b«r lllnc**. A ft'W dnyi
ago her mother discovered amonf^ ton
I ir'o. which i n
written lo the same t i l ler . I will ibow
• n of it. because it is a very rhild-liko
-implc h'tter, ami may tempt wmB of you 10 |
b y letter writing. It i t written in large let* ,
ier~, »ii!i .i pencil, sh*. had ruled lii
write iijMiit. T i n - ll ill*' l e t te r :—
••April M, 1830.
"Mr mua A im, " I ihinfc you will he mrpr i -ed lo h r a r that
I thinV more of relipon than I used in do. I
ihould like to know whether you eror noticed
the 5 chap. Matthew, ami 10 ehap. J..*,- . nd
65 chap, of , and the 40 chap. 1) .
i nd the 1- psalm, and ll^e I I chap . J o h n .
( f.i;A\OR VANMCX. X I
M t u Children catne to lei friday afternoon.
I nerer thought ao much of ivUgioq (ill the 3
April. I hope I "hall go to cliurch oti 6tu>
J a y .
•' 1 remain your affectionate -
*' ELEANOR ViumUL
You ace thai the h.u left a word out in one
place. I have no cloubi that aba m a u l 10
write ihc « [tWM one of
the worda which »he could not write o r spell
very d a i l y . She uaed (o loare » apace for
• . nm), w h m h«r mother w u not
b u y , she would get her to write them on •
o f M M t i b t h e h T h e n ahc would
take1 the lnuV piee* of paper, f id lay it abovr
imiMd **> write, :itnl copy it m y
carefully. But I auppoM ahc WM
•end the letter off in a hurr)*t and bad not
lime to Writ! tin- word. Eleanor had a little lead pencil in her bog.
61m u-ctt in mark with it in her own hooka
those irordj and •"Qlcncea which made her
3 '
3 0 BLEAXOH TAXXKR.
lliink IDMU I have «eeri a great unn y of her
nnrk». I
won!" which wore undrrlined. T h e y were
iheMf—" liufDTial too l . " Your eoul, yoU
. it within y,iu which think.* and
Aula, lmmon. i l . meant that ii will nevarbjfl
—that* when your hands anil feci, and a l l '
your body a n mouldering in tiwgi •Ool Mill l i re f o r c r e r . O h ' iry :<> tliink, gj
Eleanor did, ih.it you havf an I H M " ,
Witii n e a iboafhti :u* ihebe w w thi« dear
ebJM employed. w h r n llirrr BUM, one d a y , «
nieiaenger in ha-*te. l i e "aid tint Mrs. Wal -
, -r WBJ put into !%
earriagp with her raotTicr, ami all of thr family
who were at homo. It tvas niphi , and they
travelled very fast, because they wished W
- • • i l t ' r Anne once more before "he died-
O h ! whal a moiirnftil journey aRU lha l l
1 • ]»il London juet in time for the
mother to look Upon he r dyinr; daughter{ hul
William. n.nrf Fanny, and Eleanor " w their
•Irnr yi-i'r no more alive. T h e y saw her
when »he w a i dead There lay her pale,
I.I.I.I.MIR t A N N H ,
m i l l in ly . but her spirit was in heiron.
Whan KImuor »UKHI that , I dan
1 tint Anne » M eon* very for away.
—"ao I'n-ai M*m.« the diBlanco between life
mi J uc J i l i ."
97 EUAN»R VANXEI.
CHAPTER in.
Now. n ' ) 'dear little frietids. I wiiOivou could
all come found DM I" H i" Kf Mudv. How
m a n y quciUon* you would a*k about dear Eleanor ! ami how pleased I should be to an
s'vet iiinii I Tin* o u n o t ba] hut mill ii ia
ml fat m i to fancy thai \ . m on]
pet*, and to think what QW
a*k. I con iinagvie\*oiiit' liiu> »irl faying .—
h EM, ?ir. Irll U how -'
10 Write4 had she to show a<
" A n d what made he r so forward as to write le t ter*!" says another dipuchlful chi ld: " lor
I can write in a copy-book. hat I am sure I
could not write a letter withnui
h e l p . " And aomc boy exclaim*.—•• Mow
could she write, without knowing how to
»;>rll ! She must hare learned lo spe l l . "
These , and many other questions. I think 1
hear you ask I shall try to answer ihem all
ELCANun MN.NER. 33
Wlii-u B J c u o t wa» altoul live years old,
•'ie i n uughl to iv H of mark*. 1 HI thr ) .niiiv, ,nd t l i .n travelling
audit pot -1 "!,,i» '" '"'* ' • nf »hu was eight year* old, and no
• '!':•' ' li-r 10 ffrifc ; but •he liul
learned l>y herself. Her mother or t i t te rs
would write word* fur her on pieces of paper ;
tad .-in, with bet pencil, wodH oopy ihua close undcrncjih. Tin* WW htf Btv.it -utiusc-nuin. \ \ •
any of her little friends, she told her mother
what she wanted u» my. !!• r DM
write down itt large letter* |u-i what Eleanor
r.iid. T h e n !•!!• .inn: uoiihl n a b
I,if own pieee nf |U|>er, aud RBOd
Ihe little [head. 8o*byoAefl •Jiiu-: III this way , alic came to write with hrr pencil
v.TV will ; uiul, Bl llii' nUH m m .
•!-t> 10*11 die WO)
WIOM, without hat ing taken any trouble. She
nUd write battel with • pi ion difficult. Bui.
before aba died* ibi write wun pen cud mk. Her falter kindly
34 r.Lt<\»x m o u n t
bnghi her. I b a n -i >i» aoraa of bcr writing, which was MT> m i . Hut you could M «
I ; . i l . thin band to tri mill.'.
In writing little laUan "he had great prso-[)--r. [.a .ill iha ohOdyu i round, of mi (ivetini].'. mid write Uula notes, and vend them ueros* the mM. iu dufa mother.
write lo idem kind answers back beam. winch t iny loved to rend. KteatfOC
i l l ' i ;o: \ i r j - i
and aa soon as she had (bought of •"•>' thing, • l u wrote it down JUst aa she would ha*a •aid it.
1 b a n told you thai she could #pcll a greal number of words from fri-tj iuiii ly writing Ihenii M l thtrr remained many tang add li.inl word-, irfafafa WfM always dilhVull
- <uie la a dilli.-ulty. :M give up. A » l o n ^ a s i l
easy you may often we what pleasure ihoy taka in i t ; hut as soon as i t begins lo c.dl for trouble and pains-taking, then vou may afatch how tln-ir foiinuiianri 's fal l . They grow in-iiit'ii-t n r a d listless, Soon iliey an idle. Thef
i i | M M UfUBJB. S3
,:.\ tii \ . I . . M>| |0H Ihr la»k. What | pi t ] il ,*: F n ii i i " y hid MM ffvm up » the tlr*t
hi v iiiii'iU haviJ conquered all tile o f t e n , I have known other children, win). whpn ihey lu i l auim Untie difficult \o do, !•.•• came twice u attentive w hcfore. twice A
•. i j ro a« determined l Smiii .hildreii cjnuol bear lo lake pain*. They would not learn a game of pfaj ,1 u DAM murli t W n l o i H i " there are other* who dflljghl to "L i ke pa'ma." They find ihat i« the pleminieal way. They "take pain*"
They have a habit of, d.-.
• DO (rouble lo litem to ' 'L ike p: i im." | l
w.i» tli i* £0od habit which helped to make
• BboBlfoJ and happy. •
• illt " I Onn reaa lload very "lowly, #%fil the otliera vrrote th« word* which were read. When they h id finished. all their writing w » looked over, to «ee i te l they had applied the word* propwfo Thw i t the heat way of learning 10 apell.
IB* thai fthc could not apell wel l , ao *lie took paitu to '^ *» *Jie tried to imi-
80 BLrANon rtxicia.
toiP her mien. She look a l in
to herself n!«njl a line of" it.—then -Inn tho
book. nnil wrote as corrMtr j u she •
M irdl she would look al the book
to find out what words were wrom:h
8h« ondfrauufci . iint .»U-might h k a notice of them again. I have seen many
of ihOH pt-ucil marks in a book which she .
used for the purpose. T h u s she went «
taking pains to learn. Could not some of
you teach yourselves to -
H e * I ..in B0iag 1" MU \o i ' HUB? T''i
which I should not tell you If I did not |l
thai yon loved Klnnor . W e like, ydfl knnw,
to bo told every little thing about one wc lo
From four year* of age, il had h •
Iter :iiii"-'iin'i)i- lo play litlh' t un ' - . srilh una
hand, upon the piano. Heforc Anne'* death,*"] her kind and gentle sister Mary fa ro her M
few music lessons, and a most loving attentiv*,]' pii|-J was E leanor : but Anne'* death and
M - illness! (for Mary became ill as soon
as Anne was gone} prevented her l eamtOQ much *i ih.it time. This , with a few tuont '
bmsoni* a vear after, was all the inftrucliosi $
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Sola *to4Mfl meeting, aiil .
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would MOO « u thai order » u
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liule copbovd where hrr hooka nil rarrfully amngod on the thrlf ; or might h a " : Bon>' up su in i . to •••
•t hack into itn own prop.
. finlilnm, ihl tord
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Vhaviour 1 thai.
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She did ii •Oonll) I. Sometime* when «hc u
!1«Il-;\v.M
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I drank lea
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. tiinee, »fie would wke :i•••
I wiili ihr r
. LS a grnoroui girl j
for ulio could g in ; tip her own pli
tT;i» thai a r. T c
would ban
. .-•luntl II*T,
Ift i» tec who .«!.•
npoa her death-bed,
r» again*! untruth.
Sho tceiii» to h a v
Corahs Wai
•ho w u noi quite sure thai it wo.- b
in dial nnjr ih in A
rt '.li.it it » u
You know \
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•Kii igwhhfl J oliilil.
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Led wi'
l I ninrk* 1
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. tiflgl ihat you l ike ."
Whf do y i
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II troultl linn: fbown U DDwUU
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fur such un
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1.1.1 *Ni»ll V.l> - 4J
i make tier
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: uoi Bay vtc M ' I V not to
would r ep ly .—" Y ' » ; lull I know fhc would
• da :ly. A n ! >»'.> 'i. •( lati, the 1
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B will i •
44 ••LUXOR
Oh'. Ova c
: iy dear cliililn . | I
ftomihia,
I think \s. . I; 1 b .
ht'T in:-'
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Ho bu •nil desperately
o o u of
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and I would tell you whai I km » of -t faultd W I thought ii would ' I" |
line her ili-:.r'siiiT Mary w S H There •• "'QfllM
il- u n i n . Eliz i
ol whom I hare not toW .—4 Itrafl brother ami a little i d l e r . They (Hod i a * M j
I 1VMII .
Wt Mary wi l ;• world. Klouior i n
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Id not tell bo •
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•Ma lo nit ap in ilio parlour, and • • • "
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nti'I in D great Offoov, dun rones of. despair,—"I* my—Amt
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40 NOR r*N\i:».
Sudden iltnth had taken Mjrvav i r tOnSH if
war. won to folio" to where that Holy Sa. I • •.
rfalneu.
KLEANOK M V \ H .
CHAPTER IV.
NwrniAtKLV after Mary'*
(Son •. y Po •
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OW that #lio look telling. Her Rilfwi bought (ot
Hani lo «rc [Ii
Ed rii!i»£.nl>oiii on U>r- common, or • •
• whfeh Oil on
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>|:,__how ehufloVi
;,-nis on •• ilisi il.i)-," and iem
18 • ran.
worr ••••
•• ili.it da
. in crerbnting :! . .
i a.
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w w en rrlciut
• i ih* '
..r Oofl
I:. hm fl^H
i ould only ait up a alion time in UIP <Iny. T l w i ' s a J disease Nrean of wbfad^H •ho i i .
ti> [lampsUiwi. Hut »ho M M " 4 ^ 1
in Uic fnwth air u p d ^ ^ ^ H
io iho Itla o M | •
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m o o ; tflimfl
i J.ii>. When i b i
on there aboiil three weeks ttu
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MM) b o f •pruncr Dp in llicir IIIIIMI-. N'OW
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Ml ppou '•"•'11. II ' I
is Lorn : iimny other preu
ild ai a »'a» lo be hi'lil I
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•ha thrvft m o l d b x o doi and to good nnd to comomaloirie*1 *'n» her
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!k o u l i n thcuweei
•i flrowfa and hilfi nud
, tfd of ila- Dobfa N • • Ti..-y v.
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Bag all round the " c o w l ew." n i
•>•, and up iho f;recti IliU •• 1 church, juid BO home by ihe n
LLLA..NUH l .tNM.K.
ihe VM able 10 climb die " pulpit rook." ami
•land 10 enjoy ihc prospect, for it mad.- her
h<rart glad to ace ihe lovely place* which God
h u made in (he world. I have not i
"ii of nil the plra»ant walka and rule* ih*
look,—Komctime* into the grove io spend aa
•• in.—and BometimoB down to the beach,
to pick up little diamond atones, or to throw
»Urk- into the sea, for the dog " S p r i n g I
j ump in after. Sometimes nhc would .«ii aloos
and rend aome little book there. Oner they
all loal their way in the '• Landslip." ;
•bould like to tell you how c h o rl'ully i
bore Ifae fatigue and the danger. Am
day she rode on the little Shetland to |
Flagataff." Her father and bnH
walked b y the aide. T h e y held an umbf
to keep off the rough wind from the delici
girl. I wiah you" could nee tin* view I
" t h e F U g f t t C " There lies the great aea beneath you. There are ihc dark frowninf
cliffi looking down upon it, and the rugged
•hore •trrtching far away. S o m e
wnulil go in die Sandrock Hotel, and Eleanor, |
Would ramble •bout, and greatly enjoy tbt •
in urn i umn. &%
: that mo*! plruumi spot. W h a t t
beautiful world Hod has placed ui in I IIJ.v.
nor w u thankful for the b e n t U U trorid.
M I staying at tha t On
father, Mr. Roberta of Oldham. I |
v all who knew him. He w u then
unwell. He has since gone to his rest above.
l i e lored Eleanor, ai every one did. She
would sing hymn* with him. in 6
and ' i other U m t t imes; nnd for hours he
could take delight in com--:
M. Upon hi- deathbed h e s p o k e
nf IHT with gfeit atJVction. You would hnre
wondered to noiirr him- murh h 'T mind was
enlarged beyond her years. She could talk
about thin;'- which othtf littfc children take
ll in. She was able to think and to
reason very strongly. which her children can
do. She had learned to converse aiid to think
*o well by imitation; for she * m
mother and sister* a lways ; and so. t.\.
to think And to feel, and to apeak as they did.
Hut do not imagine that she spoke and acted
. Little » • -was a simple child in i-very thing
C3
i'onld ofiBQ tak
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Fiiirpr.... 1 them. An irgumvai m i he
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•peak.
•ho than
. tmi h *
Win!
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. \-\paam to her, for hi i
her work an
>C* n-ading—^oiii'iiiin-* looking .
KLEA.SUH V \N\LI1. 69
—'no niont of die time hold-
. in* hoan put fully.
Il u-.u about this time thai .1 \.M u.,.,
0 I'.Lnlilnh • Bible* class in the village.
bug Willi bar noUwr 0 I <-oultI spare an hour
• lip said, for teaching the- class, but l b * bad
not time to study the l imoni for them. B b t -
nor consented to choose die subjects for her,
and to supply her, e rery week, with ,1 li--i
of texts to explain them. Th i s proved a de
lightful employment for the dear girl, n* long
• •trength to m m over her Uible and
t o t o l i for. Seriptmi
D11 iii,. l iuc ' iuh of Nemmber , she wa«
1 a violent disease, aud from that
iiecame weaker tuid weaker.
For noveril year* she bad been accustomed
m read the Bible every day. And Vrhflo th«
was dressing in the morning. ' l W M h c r ""h"1
to learn some choice Terse for the day. On
die first of January, 1839, she commeored
reading on 0 new plan. A chapter from the
Old Testament *h< r;iing. Is
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&4 ELMM'K r u n
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Ng.aehiptaruf Ui )
(iod upon earth, and loin: »h» WJ« exploring ii!» overiaaiiog imih i
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joyful MM. i il ihe liappieuij
I . ..1 help lellhig ;
all about it. Since ib i I • [a rilltigo iii i
tod I'.ntiy li.n! taken fitt-al paina I •
nly ben i
D Uii'V bogafl t.. U
Auguat, By ihi* Umc thry had rni»«l 1 number u> ihJrfy-two. Eleanor wa* thai alio cuulil mil f{o, but »Ue wai n l l l l j f l plhufd lo hear of the link children. anil to ' n o her brother atid'awter inking Bo gr
in ilii in. One aftcfiK-" •
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|tleh a thing. Their kind (Viol*
Wanli
ftLJ l1* -N.SLK, 5 b
ho Cltne i n .
proceeding* of die d • -
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tinned io add to tho cnjoj
;i o'clock in thi semlflcd a; nth) in their but clothes, villi
y walked la pro Highbnnk Cottage, Mr. H
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pony, h -
lag up llio road, and tfaj t'.iu-, and n
•d bonnoto in tli ,
i form* for •
.•:nd* int around.
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One liidy play.ft
BH KLI4K0I wfmm<
Upon llir piano, and nil the i'1 i joined. Tbcy repealed pa»nge i of the Bible '-i Warden ! eationed them upon their
n I. MODI. Eleanor could no) light at the simple ans*
which they g a r *
After the examination w u cloned. went into another room, where good H awaited them. T h e y iat down, at (wo long table*, to panakf of roaM l>cef and plum pud* ding. Eleanor and her mother were at t b I of one table. T h e children all enjoyed thp treat. Afterward* Eleanor helped to i)i«tribute
.id liooV" to every elnld. And before • ihey went away, *he gare lo each of them *
• i l rer fourpcimy piece. Tbia made them very glad. At the clo#e of this happy meeting, the
1 children roie and nang,—
Oh thai will ba joyful When w> iM« to p»rt n* mow." ,
Then they tepnrated. 1 wonder wheUier
Eleanor will meet them all again.
i l i t le girl in whom Eleanor
v u greatly interested. She » ai rery tinwetf
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n u would D •
ihcy cvvw I
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Dearly - ll
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heart*. Uu<>
mother WM
It was about the lesson u chosen thai week, for the claw. •• 31
OB ru:«*..>ii I . \ M :.
j I have MOB ill.1 liuli book in which
with l.i • •••- n hi in! [lie Serin*
lurt' rcferrncM " "I'lni it an important q u a
tj .M. my dear ," raid her mother,—•• n,-ought
in think of ii (»r cnur-elrcs. Suppo^r ii wem
put in either of us, what would !-• t-ur w
" i i ' '" r» iii.il -aul,—
•• Hoar mother. I hjive no hope but in iho
merit" of Jt»ti» Chr ia l . " Bleaacd bi Q
who ga»e her audi a hope!
I A M U I of February wan the Sab
bath day. EIWBOr though «rrj- weak, made
Soil t" drew quickly, tliat she might
I. down to brrakfatl cmrlicT than uiual.
VI ' n .. | on ";'• fctked,—Who arc going to chapel (church) thi* morning ' III-
i-anor looked i The look Mveetljr
told 1I10 with, i know why »he <!OWD «o ear ly . Her mother answered,
" I' will be too cold, and too fur for you to
walk, dear girl ." " I know father will carry
nil',' ' w w Uio beseeching r ep ly—" I &»**
auch a with to go to-day." She wonil and
jt wM the last time." She was wrapped round
n > UNM wumtu to
vviili •bawlf iinil i . father took
• •• burden in his arm*. She joined
in :!i'' ringing u 1 ... pr«ywi itwl when IIH
p B ihe listened aigerl) wept T h l u-i! |>um M
••. •- On*:-—** N<>: by might. ower, bal b y m y Spiri t , saith the
Lord . " 1! • • r I H T . ]\
•.ril of Uic Lord which upheld her. - carried up to bh
•"ouhl DOl I
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l i i in l . ibfl !•> '•:• tin* raft, -•• l i l A il
up stair*- It was DOl till OOUld f i r ry
bar to l"ii. N«xl day, t i l ihuui;hi show-as tying, i l '
"ng, from a little book ea)
In tlie -iftortti'on. he held a delightful conversation with nor. 1 am sura you would like U» hear of tUf in own words. So I shall copy part of a loiter. wrnch he w rote to J friend soon iftai -—
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will giw
in of the l ink Hiinii io trhiefa -
refer*. mn! tfhlch ber m-itlir-r ;.
uea>;.i • no « i -« ea«t
o i l . " ia>i CI,rim ' Bat I am ID olt] «inn»-f."
u • cm! 01 t , "
«ya Ch:i '. • : , ; • • i v
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tan all my daya," a a y « l ih •
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t I!UHI ; •• |
will in no wbtf c ; •. ru t . "But ,
I have no-.
limit; " I will in no wue tan ot
Ofaribt T f a u 1 mi •• end, and
. that ihii pro:
c i d all thy
feara." li tBWS—
•mil mid,
to ilui lime flie had
I uuiitcnancc tlM
composed and calm. lawk
fell m o n happy 'I ' :" ' yf-t<n!.iy. SI
. lather." I aahl. Why ' i.-c I have no doubt* or fears lu-
day, and I had many yeaurday.' 1
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m y creat relief CO our mind", ami 1 tniil, we
are enabled in - n r ha D tl rfw i tu a good hope, and thai, when ' ibsenl (mm Uie body,' eh* «ill in* • praaent widi the Lord.
« Youm truly,
"TiKiHAa V ANNUS."
In the same delightful eonveraBlion she naid, that ahe hail been ihe child of alfl
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•AerWfrdj, Upon the jnya of heaven ; and •poke awreily about tlir death of each of her aUu-r*.—boti hapfrirjp dicy dird. and w lu i
them.
I • nl du second ahe did 1 ha win very wakeful in dw
night, and when -I" could not sleep, ihe would repent to herself die lillle liyinni
•he had learned. T h e foDneenih and fifteenth chapter* of John the had commuted
i i . *ben
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die night, ihey heard die voice of Uwir Imle
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child toftly repeat im- ia a *«.;.•! low U»e*
I in G o J . believe abo In MB. In m;
house ai<- m • • . 1
I would have |oU pare • PaMMl for you. And if I go rod prepar*
j u u , I will cfiroc njpuo, an.:
• i-\l when? 1 »m,
ai*o," Ac . I Bad .in- passage- marked, wilh
tnmv olhert , which I have not lima u> speak
nor B i b b u d En b t i i
I IH' I I : . ' I' . • . > »he Ottered lho«o
IWBOI word*, her hopes u i i c l p •ii J e m liail pfi
In R
Every momfauj, JI i « r reoaeet, du) Bible
and hymn book were put into her trembling
hniidi , ilfltt vht> miclit read. Her mother * * "
e lwayi by bet ride. Day u d I
w:i:c-hr<l Often she read to her, and they
f sweet conversation! tOgt
• AftworihemwrrolhMf;—Ptalil i , 17. Art* i i . IS.
T I M . I . 15. 1 John i*. P. 10
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00 MLXASOK VANNER.
divine . '—'One there is above all olhets, '
hmnbfa BJni»T. in whose breast,*—
•Am I a soldier of die eru»s !'•—' I
closer walk with God,"—*«> [/ml
],"—• My time* of -.irr
j o y , ' — ' T l i e gra.it ami flower* which clothe
Iha field-,'—• WhM variout hiadranote wo
meet. '—and ' When blooming youth is snatch
ed away. ' Rut her favourite hymn was
* Jesus . lorer of my -uul. '
" O n iho Sunday before bet A
c j l c d her brother WTOhua lo ber hedeldf
and said, ' My «T< ir WHHan, do I
for me, hut heg of Uae Lord U> render m)
death ;i blessing 10 you. And il* yog ask j *
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said to me, ' I dare «ay, d e n modMr( yoc
think it .orange that I thould not s a y w m f
ilxmg to F a n n y ; hut, mother, it * a Fanny
who first led (ne to my km ( I
bar, ' My dear child, how earnestly I denirv w
possess the same sweet frame of mind, which
yon enjoy in the prospect of death. ' * Ask the
fjord lot ii. dear mother,* was the reply, "and
you know he mill grant it you. ' Once wheB
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I MU) * I can but
jutt l>car it. But I trust the I*ord will enable
I T all his will patiently U
'nl.' Tin' no rn ing beCom bar ib»ih 1 noticed
the great difficulty she hail in breathing. She
| lied, ' Yi:«. ninllitr. but I
it. ' She tnhl me that in the night this verse
h id comforted I I .T , ' F n h e r , if it be possible,
let thix cup pass from me . Xrvrrthclcss, not
my will, but thine, be done.* "
She died peaceably early in the morning of
I ' n l v. April ihfl Stlth. Tin- only notice
which I have of her death, is from a letter
I have now
ilic p.mifiil tank to perform of conveying to
you the intelligence of the decease of m y dear
Utile k'irl. which took place this morning,
about half-put 6ve o'clock, after a protracted
illness, which t h e was enabled in bear with
peculiar calmness and resignation. She was
indeed a pa'tern to believers."
A lady, who is now enduring very severe
riihei it to be recorded,—that in
the midst of her own most dreadful sufferings
N o * . I«v il.-nf children,
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I ' • with you all.
K V J B K ~ J ^ H
