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ligious assurance? How can I acquire that patience which
possessed her soul through every trying scene of a long and
distressing illness? How can I gain that sweet composure of
mind with which she bade adieu to the world and all she
held most dear? Often have I heard and discoursed of the
power of religion in sickness and ^at death Often have I been
with those who in near view of eternity have expressed rather
a willingness to die than any cheering inclouded hope of future
felicity But never did I hear or was I witness of an instance of
-- more perfect submission to the will of Providence than my
Abigail constantly manifested and at the same time of such
unshaken