Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-03-28

noFttnee o. evlk which hnt been inIhcie0ikY
aFons 10 nay mind to produce good.
" The eletgyman OF nv native place isa very
good man His doctrines wrse in that century
ainoa universally epnhdered a ne.hodlRicaI /,
| yet thsy are to be found in almoR every page of
the Bibles aud At this tine are preached, be-
lieve in amoh every pulpit, from that Of the Uni.
| verify TO tia. Of the moR obicure village, g
the doctrines OF the Church of Englmd. OPP
petition had perhaps inflamed his zeal, and in-
duced him % dwell more on faith than on mo.
Iaiity, and il was very ieaom that we heard
him explain end enforee the intimate union Ok :
tween them his lemons made comfortable
impreiIioR on my mind but the violence, rath-
| er than The wafmth of his manaer, made it q
| painful one. andit WA not productive Of any
| ehnrs6eifick sffea.
" When ] was about twelve years old, my
fffer, child of extraordinary talent, ana virtues,
died, At the sge of fourteen, with chrifiian hope
and JOY. He's death, iueceeded as il was by
train Of family misEoItunes, very much with.
drew my mothers attention from me, and I be-
came noa completely at my diipofal. In year
or two fell into extreme indolence. In this
navery have remained till within few days,
not without couiant almoa felf.abhonence, and
Tome ieveie Aruggles.
"Your knowledge, ir, mua make it unnec-
tuition, the Aupidity of understanding, and the
inlrn6bility of heart which are the coniequences
OF Acth. From theie, siiuredly, nothing but the
mercy of God could deliver me. This have
long Tehlleds though have ieen it in the beauty
OF the rational ctestion, heard it from tn. lips
Of human genius, and felt It in the application Of
the ieriptures, by my eonicience.
$ Now mat have conqueIed nv Gnful habit
and have reafon to hope that more grace will be
given, have Rili Tome painful apprehenlion,.
The weakness OF my understanding is iuch, that
4 lSot calculation, or few moves a chefs,
gives me violent headache, and universal
trembling. The activity and force of my i'm
aginstion appear to me fuch, that if were left
to myielf there is no extravaganee Of which
could not be guilsy. have happily found
Tome isile eefive employment, but when am
doing any thing which is merely mechanical, I
feel as without having any ;stension of re.
movingl it were imPolible for me to keep my
feat. When, at iuch times. can find an oppor-
tunity OF reading few veies in the Bible, l feel
Immediately quite calm bot cannot avoid the
fear that lhould apufc even the medicine Of
life. Ihave happily, in my power friend, on
whole arengJh of mind and goodness OF heart
l can rely with pertsG confidence, bot he per-
haps wants ieme of that peculiar knowledge and
experienee which may be neceiTary TOR ne. A
ieuia,ion OF lckneis. which accompanies my
moh impatient feelings, and degree Of refflels.
neis at night, gives me Tome hopes, tina. by the
aid of medicine might be placed in mole ie.
CUE Rate
You will, hope. execute the length OF my
letter, as thought it right to give you trne and
iincere Ra;ement of my courie Of life, as faS as
regards this fubjea.
IS mutt add that nothing bat my belief Of
your confidence 10 the iacrfice which has been
made for she fins of the whole world, would
have ind uced me to make this diicoiure. If I
had not this faith, the knowledge of my Offence
es would be death to me and cannot endure
that any Perlcn who does not polI.ls it Gould
know Them"
Il appears by the statement aeon.
PanYlng this elegant and intere sting
letters that in about fortnight after il
was written, the young lady was seized
With sure paroxysrn Of delirium. and
was placed under the care of the ply.
stefan To whom it was written; and af-
ter about three weeks WAS removed to
situation, where DIR. Burrows might at
tend her--When he first saw her he
says--"she was past the sense of all
moral attention: her intellectual facuI.
ties were wholly absorbed: conscious
ness was denied: VolitIon only seemed
to be exercised" g she was after.
wards essentially cured"