Memoirs of Mrs. Susan Huntington of Boston, Mass; Designed for the Young (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831. Excerpt: ... my merciful Father, and my constant Benefactor; to God the Son, as my Prophet, Priest, and King, my only Savior and Redeemer; and to God the Holy Ghost, as my Sanctifier, Guide, and Comforter: humbly praying for grace to devote myself entirely and eternally to thee; that I may esteem it my highest happiness to consecrate to thee all I am and have, my health, my time, my influence, my possessions, to yield my will to thine, and rejoice to be guided and governed by it in all things. I take thy word for the rule of my life, and for my comfort in death. I renounce this world as my best good, and take thee as my portion forever. TO THE SAME. Andover, Sept., 20, 1021. Mi Beloved Child. I rejoiee in your return. I thank God, who hag once more brought i;s so near each other, and given us the prospect, of again meeting on this side the grave. Boston must look solemn and sad to you, my dear. All gone; not even the house of your father to go to. But there is a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. There U your heavenly Path' er, andhe is inviting your returning footsteps thither. There is your Savior, who has gone to prepare a place for you, if you will accept one. Come then, my From a viit of some months, at Haw-London, Conn, dear child: yon have early seen the treachery of earthly prospects; you have seen a father cut down in the high noon of his usefulness; you have seen the sweet, the promising little scion which sprung up from the parent root, instantly withered in all its heauty; you have seen that all on earth is change. Crnns then, my child, and secure a better, even anenduiing inheritance. There is a friend who will never forsake you. a happy home which can never be taken from you. There, the inhabitants shall no more say, ' I am sick.' There, th...