History of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement, in 1630, to the present time, 1855, Part 30

Author: Brooks, Charles, 1795-1872; Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900
Publication date: 1855
Publisher: Boston : J.M. Usher
Number of Pages: 640


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Dr. Milton Fuller, who has practised acceptably in Med- ford and the neighboring towns for the last twelve years, on the homeopathic system, has just removed to Boston.


Of the present physicians of the town, now in full practice, and justly esteemed by all who know them, the usual rules of courtesy forbid us to speak. Drs. Bemis and Dorr prac- tise on the allopathic system.


In reviewing the last century and a quarter, we find that the terms of service with four physicians have filled up this long period! Medford certainly has not been given to change ; and was ever town more favored in its physicians ? They were men of medical science, of practical skill, of quick sensibility, and irreproachable morals. How steady and powerful the beneficent action of such Christian professors amid the most trying scenes of human life! What so disgust- ing as a profane and licentious physician ? There are some noble scholars in the medical profession who maintain that there are very small advances made in therapeutic science, compared with those in kindred branches. They are awaking to the demands of the age; and the happiest results will in due time follow.


LAWYERS.


The number of lawyers resident in Medford has been very small, - the quarrelling propensities of the people smaller still. Office business has been the chief source of emolument. Hon. Timothy Bigelow came from Groton, to reside in Medford, in 1808 ; but he relied on the whole county for business, and had as much as, perhaps more than, any other lawyer. Standing so eminently at the bar, he accumulated a fortune by his indefatigable labors. As a senator, a mem- ber of the Executive Council, a representative, and speaker


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of the House, he was placed among the most efficient and accomplished. For many years he represented Medford in the General Court ; and during the whole time he filled the speaker's chair with signal success. He was a member of the American Academy. He was a professor of Christianity, and a constant attendant on public worship. He died May, 1821, aged fifty-four.


Abner Bartlett, Esq., whose name first appears on the town records in 1808, was born in Plymouth, and graduated at Harvard College 1799. He preferred not to appear as an advocate before a jury. His taste led him to the unostenta- tious duties of a legal life ; and for forty years he attended acceptably to all that Medford needed. As a representative, legal adviser, town officer, and justice of the peace, he was as faithful to duty as is the needle to the pole. He belonged to the working-men, but was one of the " festina lente " school. He loved human law much ; but he loved the divine law more. No one distinguished more clearly between things that differ, and no one more heartily approved those that were excellent. Truthfulness was interwoven with every fibre of his soul ; and he was for reform in its best sense. He did not


" Crook the pregnant hinges of his knee, That thrift might follow fawning.


Among the inhabitants of Medford, there has not probably been a man who has served the town in so many and respon- sible offices as this gentleman. He was not made for a leader ; he had not that kind of force, but left the race to those who coveted the laurels. He was a faithful member of the church, and all but revelled in spiritual disquisitions. As a neighbor he was most friendly, as a critic most caustic, and as a wit most ready. He died Sept. 3, 1850, aged seventy-four. Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci.


Jonathan Porter, Esq., born in Medford, devoted the ener- gies of a strong mind and a ripe scholarship to the science of law ; and, while his health allowed, he practised his profes- sion in Boston. For many years past he has been an invalid, confined to his house ; but he has been, nevertheless, a dili- gent student in literature and the classics. He has enter- tained sickness as he would entertain an angel, and has hallowed all his sufferings by a meek submission.


Sanford B. Perry, Esq., has taken the place of Mr. Bart-


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lett, and has already been elected a member of the Senate of Massachusetts. May it be long before his name can come under the care of the historian.


A similar wish we may express for Thomas S. Harlow, Esq., who is a permanent and valuable resident in Medford, but attends to his professional business in Boston.


PUBLIC CHARACTERS.


Medford has furnished its share of public characters, who have done it honor ; and they include a governor, lieutenant- governor, councillors, senators, representatives, clergymen, physicians, lawyers, authors, two professors in colleges, a mayor of Boston, and military commanders in the army and navy of the United States. We may be allowed to signalize our ladies, who have been called to public stations. Two have represented the country, as wives of ministers, at the Court of St. James ; and another has written and published more perhaps than any other female in the United States.


AUTHORS.


The following list of printed works contains all that have come to our knowledge. Names in the order of gradua- tion : -


REV. EBENEZER TURELL.


Essay on Witchcraft 1728


Biographical Notice of Mrs. Jane Colman Turell . 1735


A Direction to my People in Relation to the Present Times 1742


Mr. Turell's Dialogue between a Minister and his Neighbor about the Times 1742


Biographical Notice of Rev. Benjamin Colman 1749


MRS. JANE COLMAN TURELL. Her literary productions are noticed elsewhere.


REV. DAVID OSGOOD. Sermons.


On the Annual and National Thanksgiving . 1783


At the Installation of Rev. Peter Thatcher, in Brattle-street Church, Boston 1785


Before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, in Boston . 1788


At Ordination of Rev. N. Thayer, in Lancaster 1793


On the Annual Thanksgiving . 1794


On the Day of the National Thanksgiving 1795


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On the Death of a Child, killed by a Gun 1797


Before the Annual Convention of the Congregational Mini-


sters of Massachusetts 1798


At the Ordination of Rev. Leonard Woods, at Newbury 1798 The Devil let Loose ; or, the Woe occasioned by his wrath-


ful Appearance, - a Sermon on Fast Day 1799


On the Death of General Washington 1799


Dudlean Lecture; Validity of Presbyterian Ordination, delivered in the Chapel of Harvard College . 1802


At the Funeral of Rev. Joseph Roby, at Lynn 1803


The Validity of Baptism by Sprinkling, and the Right of Infants to that Ordinance 1804


On Family Religion 1808


At the Annual Election 1809


At the University in Cambridge


A Solemn Protest against the late Declaration of War 1810 1812


At the Ordination of the Rev. Convers Francis, in Water- town .


1819


Volume of Sermons, pp. 469


1824


SAMUEL HALL.


He was born in Medford, November, 1740, and served his apprenticeship, at the printing-business, with his uncle, Daniel Fowle, of Portsmouth. He began business in 1763, at Newport, R.I., in company with Anne Franklin. He left Newport in March, 1768, and opened a printing-office in Salem in April, and commenced the publication of the " Essex Gazette," Aug. 2 of that year. In 1772, he admitted his brother Ebenezer as partner in trade ; and the firm was Samuel and Ebenezer Hall. They remained in Salem until May, 1775, when they removed to Cambridge, and printed in Stoughton Hall. Their paper was then called " New England Chronicle and Salem Gazette." Ebenezer was born in Medford, September, 1749, and died in Febru- ary, 1776, aged twenty-seven. He learned the art of print- ing from his brother. He was a good workman, a steady young man, and promised to be an able editor.


After the death of Ebenezer, his brother Samuel removed to Boston, and remained there till 1781, when he returned to Salem, and, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 1781, published the " Salem Gazette." The last sheet of this paper which he issued was on Thursday, Nov. 22, 1785. After this, he removed to Boston ; and on Monday, Nov. 26, of that month, he issued the first sheet of the " Massachusetts Gazette." He died Oct. 30, 1807, aged sixty-seven. He was an able


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writer, and an impartial editor ; a very industrious man, and a friendly neighbor ; a true American patriot, and a humble, pious Christian.


REV. JOHN PIERPONT.


The Portrait, a Political Poem 1812


Airs of Palestine, a Religious Poem 1816


Sermon, " What think ye of Christ ?" 1823 Sermon, " Knowledge is Power," - Annual Fast . 1827


Sermon occasioned by the Death, at Sea, of Rev. Dr. Holley, his immediate Predecessor . 1827


Sermon before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com-


pany . 1828 Sermon, The Object of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ 1828


Sermon preached at Northfield, Mass., Feb. 27, 1828, at the Ordination of Mr. Samuel Presbury 1828


Sermon, " New Heavens and a New Earth 1830


Sermon, "The Fashion of this World passeth away 1830


Sermon, The Garden of Graves 1832


Sermon, The Great Salvation 1833


Sermon, Ephesian Letters 1833


Sermon preached at Northfield, Mass., March 8, at the Or- dination of Mr. Oliver C. Everett 1837


Sermon, Angelic Ministrations 1837


Address to the Congregation, at the Installation of Mr. Henry A. Miles, at Lowell 1836


Sermon, The Moral Rule of Political Action 1839


Sermon, The Reformer and the Conservative 1839


Sermon, Annual Fast 1840


The Airs of Palestine, and other Poems, - a volume of Miscellaneous Poems 1840


Sermon, " I have lost my Children, and am Desolate 1841


Sermon, " The Prophets, - do they live for ever? " 1842


Sermon, The Covenant with Judas 1842


Sermon, " Man diethi, and wasteth away " 1843


Charge, at the Installation of Rev. John T. Sargent, at So- merville, Feb. 18, 1846 1846


Sermon, " Despise not the Little Ones 1850


The American First Class Book 1823


The National Reader 1827


These were followed by " The Introduction to the National Reader," "The Young Reader," and "The Little Learner."


1854, " The New Reader " was compiled, and " The Ameri- can First Class Book," and " The National Reader " revised.


Between 1838 and 1845, Mr. Pierpont published nume- rous documents, in pamphlet form, which make up his part of "The Hollis-street Controversy."


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WILLIAM CHANNING WOODBRIDGE.


Modern School Geography and Atlas, eleventh edition.


Annals of Education, editor.


Woodbridge and Willard's Geography ; accompanied by an Atlas, Physical and Political, for the Use of the Higher Classes.


REV. ANDREW BIGELOW.


This gentleman has published a large octavo volume, describing his travels in Europe, and several sermons, and very valuable reports respecting the ministry to the poor in Boston. Of the much that he has written so well, we regret that no catalogue of his printed works could be procured.


REV. CONVERS FRANCIS.


A Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. Benjamin Kent as As- sociate Pastor with Rev. John Allyn, D.D., Duxbury .


1826


On Experimental Religion 1827


Errors in Education : a Discourse at the Anniversary of the Derby Academy, in Hingham, May 21 · 1828 Address delivered on the Fourth of July, 1828, at Water- town, &c. 1828 1828


A Discourse before the Middlesex Bible Society, in Bedford An Historical Sketch of Watertown, Mass., from the first Settlement of the Town to the Close of its Second Cen- tury 1830


Sermon on the Presence of God with the Good Man.


A Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Oliver Stearns over


the Second Congregational Society in Northampton . 1831


Sermon on the Value of enlightened Views of Religion 1831 . The Christian Charge described by the Apostle Peter . 1832


Discourse at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 22 1832 Sermon on Love to Christ.


Sermon on Grace as connected with Salvation.


Christianity a purely internal Principle.


Christ the Way to God.


" The Dust to Earth, the Spirit to God". . 1833


A Dudlean Lecture before the University of Cambridge,


May 8, 1833, - Popery and kindred Principles un- friendly to the Improvement of Man 1833 Three Discourses (printed together) in Watertown ; two on leaving the Old Meeting-house, and one at the Dedica- tion of the New 1836


The Life of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, - vol. v. in Sparks's American Biography 1836


" The Death of the Aged " 1841


The Life of Sebastian Rasle, Missionary to the Indians, - vol. vii., new series, of Sparks's American Biography 1845


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In the "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical So- ciety " are the following papers : -


Memoir of Rev. John Allyn, D.D., of Duxbury 1836


Memoir of Dr. Gamaliel Bradford 1846


Memoir of Hon. Judge Davis 1849


The following articles in the " Christian Disciple," new series : -


On the Use of the Word Mystery, vol. ii. ; Remarks on Matt. xxviii. 19, vol. iii .; The Gospel a New Creation, vol. iv .; Obituary Notice of Rev. Dr. Osgood, vol. iv.


The following articles in the " Christian Examiner : " -


Reason and Faith, vol. iii .; Article on Dr. Robert South's Dis- courses, vol iv. ; Article on Dr. Paley's Life and Writings, vol. v .; Article on Dr. Young's Library of Old English Prose Wri- ters, vol. vi., new series ; Article on Crombie's Natural Theology, vol. vii., new series; Article on Reinhard's Plans and Memoirs, &c., vol. viii., new series.


In the " American Monthly Review," the following : - Review of Memoirs of Oberlin . 1832


In the " Unitarian Advocate : " __


On Isaiah lxiv. 6; The Friendship of the World.


In the "Scriptural Interpreter : " -


St. Paul's Combat at Ephesus 1832


In the "Juvenile Miscellany," edited by Mrs. Child, the following : -


Several Translations from Herder, at different times; several Illustrations of Scripture, at different times.


Right Hand of Fellowship at the Ordination of Rev. Charles Brooks, in Hingham 1821


The Address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society 1829


Obituary Notice of Rev. Dr. Foster, of Brighton . 1829 Address to the Society at the Ordination of Rev. T. B. Fox, Newburyport 1831


Charge at the Installation of Rev. Edward B. Hall, Provi- dence, R.I. 1832


Address to the Society at the Ordination of Rev. John Pier- pont, jun., Lynn 1843


Obituary Notice of Rev. Samuel Ripley 1847


Address to the Society at the Ordination of Rev. Horatio Stebbins, in Fitchburg 1851


Obituary Notice of Miss Eliza Townsend 1854


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MRS. LYDIA MARIA CHILD.


Hobomok, an Indian Story 1824


1825


Juvenile Miscellany, 16 vols., edited


from 1826 to 1834


The Girl's Own Book


1831


The Mother's Book .


1833


Appeal in behalf of the Africans


1835


History of Women, 2 vols.


1836


Philothea, a Grecian Romance


1843-4


Letters from New York, 2 vols.


1845


Flowers for Children, 3 vols. .


1853


Life of Isaac T. Hopper


successive Ages,


3 vols. 1855


REV. HOSEA BALLOU.


Contributions to the Universalist Magazine 1819-28


A Sermon delivered at Roxbury, January 1822


A Sermon delivered at the Installation of the Rev. Thomas G. Farnsworth, in Haverhill, Mass., April 12 1826


The Ancient History of Universalism, from the time of the Apostles to its Condemnation in the Fifth General Coun- cil, A.D. 553; with an Appendix, tracing the Doctrine down to the Era of the Reformation 1829 1830-40


Articles in the " Universalist Expositor "


1833


Reply to Tract No. 224 of the American Tract Society . .


Introduction to an American edition of the History of the Crusades against the Albigenses in the Thirteenth Cen- tury, by J. C. L. Sismondi 1833


A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Univer- salist Societies and Families 1839


Articles in the "Universalist Quarterly and General Re- view " 1844-55 A few Contributions to Religious Newspapers.


REV. CHARLES BROOKS.


Perils of Truth in Controversy . 1820


Address before Hingham Peace Society 1821


Address before Scituate Temperance Society 1822


Family Prayer-book, - 17th edition, 1853; 1st edition 1822


Annual Address before Old Colony Peace Society 1823


Account of St. Thomé Christians 1823


Abstract of the History of the Jews 1824


Description of the Jewish Festivals 1824


Daily Monitor, - Reflections for each Day in the Year . 1828


1830


New Year's Sermon on Procrastination


Prayers for Young Persons 1831


Rebels, a Tale of the Revolution


1831


The Oasis, an Antislavery Annual .


1833


Fact and Fiction


1845-6


The Progress of Religious Ideas through


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Biography of Eminent Men and Women, 2 vols. 1832


Visit to Vaucluse, France 1833 Visit to Mount Vesuvius during an Eruption, February . 1834 Leaves from a Journal, - Carnival and Holy Week at Rome 1835 Discourse at the Funeral of Rev. Jacob Flint, Cohasset . 1835 Prussian System of Education, &c., - Lectures delivered


before the Legislatures of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut . 1836


History of Preaching in New England 1836


Oration at Quincy, July 4 1837


Normal Schools, - Lecture before American Institute of Instruction, at Worcester 1837


System of Education in Holland, - Introductory Lecture


before the American Institute of Instruction, at Lowell . 1838 " Letters of a Foreign Correspondent ;" being Communica- tions from Europe, on Science, Natural History, Education, Pauperism, Fine Arts, and Religion 1838-44 Artesian Wells, - Account of the first one at Paris, France 1841 Parisian Linguist, - an easy Method of obtaining a true Pronunciation of French 1842


American School of Fine Arts, - a Speech made in Rome, Italy, Feb. 22. 1843


Remarks at Annual Meeting of the American Unitarian Association . 1844


Natural History, - A Lecture before the American Institute of Instruction, at Portland 1844


Protestantism in France, " Christian Examiner' 1844


Christian in his Closet, - Volume of Prayers for Individuals ; 2d edition 1845


Superintendence of the Boston Schools 1845


Improvisations of Italy, - Account of Rosa Taddei, as wit- nessed at Rome in 1843 1845


Annual Report of the School Committee of Boston 1846


Remarks on Education, Peace, and Labor, in Europe, 2d ed. 1846


Elementary Course of Natural History, - Ornithology 1847


Account of Richfield Springs, New York 1847


Ride through the Gulf, Green Mountains, October .


1847


Four Annual Reports of the Sunday-school Society : 1. On the Evils existing ; 2. On the Remedies; 3. On the Fa- mily ; 4. Statistics of Schools in United States 1847-50


Plan of a Farm-school for City Boys 1849


Sermon on the Cholera, Greenfield 1849


Concluding Lecture, - American Institute of Instruction ;


On the Duties of Legislatures, - at Montpelier, Vt. 1849


Address at Dedication of Brooks Schoolhouse . 1851


Sanatory Survey of the State, " Christian Examiner" 1851 On Marriage of First Cousins 1852


History of Medford 1855


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Contributions to Silliman's Journal ; Journals of Education in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio; North American Review ; Knicker- bocker; Graham's Magazine; Friend of Peace; Chris- tian Citizen ; Colonization Tracts; Christian Examiner ; Unitarian Miscellany ; Monthly Religious Magazine.


REV. WILLIAM H. FURNESS.


Remarks on the Four Gospels 1836 Jesus and his Biographers 1838


The Spirit of the Pilgrims ; an Oration delivered before the Society of the Sons of New England of Philadelphia, Dec. 22. 1846


Derby Academy Lecture, - Doing before Believing 1847


An Address delivered before the Art Union of Philadelphia 1848 Mirror of Nature, translated from the German of G. H. Schubert 1849


Gems of 'German Verse ; containing the Song of the Bell, and other Translations by various hands 1851 A History of Jesus, 2d edition, with Introduction and Notes


1853 Domestic Worship.


Discourses . 1855


The Kingdom of Heaven, an Ordination Sermon at Somer- ville, Mass.


Faith in Christ, Ordination of Mr. Hodges at Barre, Mass.


REV. EDWARD B. HALL.


A Sketch of the Life and Character of the Hon. Samuel Howe, from the " Christian Examiner " 1828


A Sermon on Fear as a Religious Principle 1832


A Sermon on Old Age . 1835


Two Discourses, comprising a History of the First Congre- gational Church in Providence, after the Close of a Cen- tury from the Formation of the Church, with an Appen- dix 1836


The Temperance Reform, from the " Christian Examiner," March 1840


Discourse on the National Fast, after the Death of President Harrison 1841


Discourse on the Death of William E. Channing, D.D. 1842


Christians forbidden to fight. Address before the Rliode Island Peace Society 1844


Discourse in behalf of the Children's Friend Society 1845


The Punishment of Death, from the "North American Review". 1845


The Value of a Man ; a Discourse occasioned by the Death of Henry Wheaton 1848


Memoir of Mary L. Ware, wife of Henry Warc, jun. .


1853


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The Spirit of Truth ; a Discourse at the Dedication of the new Divinity Hall, in the Meadville Theological School, Pa.


1854


The Scriptural Doctrine of Good Works. What is it to be a Unitarian ? .


The Atonement.


No Professed Religion.


The Life and Times of John Howland ; a Discourse deli-


vered before the Rhode Island Historical Society.


REV. CALEB STETSON.


An Oration delivered at Lexington, July 4 . 1825


A Sermon preached before the Ancient and Honorable Ar- tillery Company, June 7 . 1830


Tracts of the American Unitarian Association : -


The Apostle Paul a Unitarian ; Piety at Home; Domestic Wor- ship.


Articles in the " Christian Examiner : " ___


The Temperance Movement; Harriet Martineau's Society in Ame- rica; The Word, - Exposition of John i .; Margaret Fuller's Summer on the Lakes ; The Log Cabin.


Articles in the " Unitarian Advocate : " -


The Saviour's Temptation in the Wilderness ; The Saviour's Agony in the Garden.


A Sermon on the Burning of the Ursuline Convent 1834


Address to the Society in New Bedford, at the Ordination of


Joseph Angier . 1835


Two Discourses preached to the First Congregational Soci- ety in Medford ; one on leaving the Old Church, and one at the Dedication of the New . 1839


Intuition of God; a Sermon . 1840


Sermon on the State of the Country 1842


Sermon on the Principle of Reform, preached at the Ordi- nation of John Pierpont, jun., January 1843 Address to the Society in Somerville, at the_Ordination of John T. Sargent 1846


REV. NATHANIEL HALL.


Two Discourses preached on the Sunday after Ordination . 1835


A Sermon preached on the Sunday after the Resignation of Rev. Dr. Harris as Colleague Pastor 1836


An Address at the Funeral of Rev. T. M. Harris, D.D. . . A Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. Hiram Withington, 1842 Leominster, Mass. 1844


A Sermon occasioned by the Death of Mrs. John Howe, 1844 and others


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A Sermon on doing justly . 1845


A Sermon on the Death of Children 1845


A Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. Frank P. Appleton, Danvers, Mass. 1846


A Sermon on the Limits of Civil Obedience 1851


A Sermon commemorative of the Life and Services of Ro-


, bert Thaxter, M.D. . 1852


A Sermon on the Death of Mr. James Pierce 1853


A Sermon preached at West Cambridge after the Death of Rev. James F. Brown 1853


MRS. JANE TURELL.


This lady, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Colman, D.D., was born in Boston, Feb. 25, 1708; was married to Rev. Ebe- nezer Turell, of Medford, Aug. 11, 1726 ; joined the church, Oct. 29, 1727 ; and died March 26, 1735. She had three children, all of whom died early.


Some further notice of this talented, accomplished, and Christian lady is required at our hands ; and we gladly rely on the statements contained in "two sermons, preached at Medford, April 6, 1735, by Benjamin Colman ; " and " Me- moirs of her Life and Death, by Ebenezer Turell."


" Before her second year was completed, she could speak dis- tinctly, knew her letters, and could relate many stories out of the Scriptures to the satisfaction and pleasure of the most judicious. I have heard that Governor Dudley, with other wise and polite gen- tlemen, have placed her on a table, and, sitting around it, owned themselves diverted with her stories. Before she was four years old (so strong and tenacious was her memory), she could say the greater part of the Assembly's Catechism, many of the Psalms, some hundred lines of the best poetry, read distinctly, and make pertinent remarks on many things she read."


Her father devoted himself to her education. She inhe- rited a poetic talent ; and some verses written by her, in the beginning of her eleventh year, show its cultivation. In her youthful diary we find the following : -


"1. Thank God for my immortal soul, and that reason and under- standing which distinguish me from the lower creation.


"2. For my birth in a Christian country, in a land of light, where the true God and Jesus Christ are known.


"3. For pious and honorable parents, whereby I am favored beyond many others.


" 4. For faithful and godly ministers, who are from time to time showing me the way of salvation.


"5. For a polite as well as Christian education.


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" 6. For restraining grace, that I have been withheld from more open and gross violations of God's holy laws."


Before her marriage, she laid down the following rules : -


" 1. I will admit the addresses of no person who is not descend- ed of pious and creditable parents.


"2. Who has not the character of a strict moralist, - sober, tem- perate, just, and honest.


"3. Diligent in his business, and prudent in matters.


"4. Fixed in his religion, a constant attender on the public wor- ship, and who appears not in God's house with the gravity becoming a Christian.




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