LITTLE ANH. [12 LETTER II. My dear friend,—In resuming the account of little Ann, I have to state that she was not known to my friend Aspasio until several months of her bright Christian course had passed away—nor, indeed, until the consumption, which finally terminated her earthly career, had made considerable inroads on her constitution. She had been in a lingering state of bodily discease, and under many occasional doubts, and fears, and conflicts of mind, before she obtained what she had long, very long, desired, namely, a Christian friend to whom she could daily tell all her little troubles. A few kind friends had, now and then, called on her; but until the Providence of God directed Aspasio to her dwelling, she did not find any one to whom she could freely unbend her mind; or who, on the whole, seemed to enter into her feelings, as he did. In this she was no way singular. We continually find, that in the midst of kind, and even pious friends, there is here and there an individual whose turn of mind, and peculiar manners, are so formed as to interest, to encourage, and to profit us more than any, or all of the others. This was undoubtedly so much the case in little Ann’s instance, that, had not the Lord directed Aspasio to her residence, it is probable this little girl would have passed off the stage of life in comparative silent reserve, and descended to the grave with her real character little known, and little understood. From the first interview which ray friend had with her,
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