management of their farm, was on some occasions required to officiate in family worship; and, amidst the homeliness of his tones and language, there was a simplicity and fervour in his prayers deeply interesting to a pious heart. The devotions of the family were generally conducted, when they were alone, by the oldest. sister; and the prayers of one possessing so much knowledge and feeling in religion were both instructing and impressive. Amidst all the in

dulgence which, from their kindness of disposition, they were disposed to show to their domestics, they never lost sight of their due authority; and the frown of the eldest was ready to check all petulance and levity, and no neglect of duty passed unnoticed. She knew whatever was necessary to be done, and was a competent judge of every operation.

Amidst all their hospitality and kindness. there was no profusion. Their affairs were

managed with the utmost prudence and discretion. They were contented with the simplest fare for themselves; and, when strangers were with them, their attentions to their comfort were paid with promptitude and ease. Prudential considerations induced them, when far advanced in life, to dispose of their property, and to retire to a smaller house about a mile from their

former abode. This was no slight sacrifice, t it was made with the firmness of minds actual by a regard to duty; and, when they turned th eyes to the long-favoured spot, it was not make a contrast betwixt it and their new ha tation to its disadvantage, and thus to exc discontent in their own breasts. They ble ed God for the good days they had seen it; and remarked that a child of God had t peculiar advantage, that, wherever he went, best friends and his best comforts accompan him.

Some orphan children of their relatives w cast upon their care; and no parent could ha shown more solicitude for the comfort, or ma greater efforts for the education and impro ment of their offspring, than they did for the young persons. It has sometimes happer that orphan children, in these circumstanc have been treated with neglect or severity; a especially has this been the ease where th has been any indiscretion on the part of th parents. The reproach of this has often dan ed the gaiety of the orphan, and called for the bitterest tears; but these excellent wom acted with such a considerate kindness, that t dependents on their care felt that in each th had a mother, and had reason to bless t

Providence which made other hearts to glow

with a parent's love.

There were striking diversities in mind and The oldest had con

temper betwixt them. siderable strength of mind, and an uncommon degree of sagacity, which was apparent in the management of their worldly affairs, and in her intercourse with society. Such was the confidence reposed in her judgment that her advice was sought by her neighbours in all their difficulties. There was a mild dignity about her manner that secured respect, and which gave a value to every act of condescension; and when she expressed her disapprobation of what was foolish or improper, it was felt by the guilty individual as the rebuke of one whose displeasure it was most disgraceful to incur. Persons accustomed to the most polished circles, found in her manners a propriety and an elegance which were never marred by affectation, but were the genuine result of good sense and benignity. When far advanced in life, she fell down the stair, while going in the dark to perform some act of attention to her sick sister, and by that fall some of her bones were broken. In the confinement and pain which were occasioned by this event she showed much patience, and the only regret she expressed respected her inabili

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ty to attend to her sister. It was most affecting to see the amiable solicitude of these two sisters for the welfare of each other, and the messages of kindness which they sent from their respective apartments. Her first steps were directed to the bedside of her infirm sister; and her first ejaculation there, was, that the Lord who had done so much for herself might save her from all her distresses. She died the last of the three; and though she felt the dreariness of her dwelling, her manner was calm, and even cheerful to the last. She showed the strength of a superior mind, and of enlightened piety, amidst the days and nights of infirmity in which she had no sister to minister to her as she had done to them. Her servant was her nurse in her decline, and frequently read to her portions of the word of God. In its promises she expressed the liveliest interest" My heart and my flesh faileth, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever." It was her hope"Though the vale of death is dark and lonely, I shall go through it directed by the guide of my youth; and to a long life of mercy there is now to be added everlasting happiness through Christ, and with him."

The second sister had much of the spirit of the disciple whom Jesus loved. Benignity and

simplicity were her peculiar characteristics. Though she had no slothful habits, she left the management of domestic affairs to her sisterfelt the most entire satisfaction in all the arrangements of Heaven respecting her lot; and said that God had placed her and kept her where it was best for her to be. She had much of the temper of Mary the sister of Lazarusand while she did not bear a great share in conversation, she listened with eager interest to all pious discourse. Meek and lowly, benevolent and candid, she never spoke a harsh word of any human being, nor could endure to hear it. About the world she felt no solicitude; and respecting her future lot, in it she had no fears. There was such a sweetness and kindliness about her manner-such a sincerity, innocence, and unaffected piety-that she seemed like a being of a purer world. When she expected children to visit the house, she used to provide a number of little articles which she knew would be agreeable to them, and with these she rewarded their proficiency in the tasks she assigned them, or enlivened them when they became languid and If weary. any of them, in their rambles, came to the spot to which she had gone to meditate in the evening, she sometimes made them sit down by her side, and pointed out the