9] LITTLE ANN. 9 ers were acquainted with what was passing within hhr bosom. She had, indeed, requested of them to be permitted to attend my friend Aspasio’s Sabbatb evening instructions to children, but she was unhappily told that she was too young to profit by them. After the Lord had, himself, convinced her of sin, and directed her soul to Christ Jesus for salvation, she became very earnest, in her attendance on every public means of grace, and was much edified under the preaching of the word. Although so young, and never prompted by any one to attempt such a thing, she had, for a good while, been in the habit of writing down the texts and heads of most of the sermons she heard preached. But such was her humility, and fear of being thought too highly of after her decease, that, not long before her death, she took the opportunity of her mother’s absence, and prevailed on her sister to burn all these little, interesting papers. The parent came in just time enough to see them consuming, but not in time to rescue any part of them from the devouring flames. I shall not attempt to give the particulars of my conversations with her. Suffice it to say, that through them all she expressed her conviction that she should soon die—that she was a great sinner, and merited no good thing at the hands of God : but that she believed Jesus Christ had died for her—and that she loved him, and longed to depart to be with him. In my next letter I will enter into a somewhat more particular account of her life and conversation. I may just mention here, that she had been received into the Church, and admitted to the Lord’s Supper, where, with an understanding and believing heart, she had enjoyed communion with Him “ who, the same night that he was betrayed, took bread, and, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me ”—and who, “likewise, after supper, took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the New Testament,
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