CHAPTER III.

RETURN TO SCOTLAND--SCHOOL AT EDINBURGH.

Perilous voyage--Trust in God--Return to Cartside--Care of
her father--Residence at Paisley--Depressed circumstances--
Peace in God--Singular investment and result--School
in Edinburgh--Friends--Benevolence to poor tradesmen--
Dancing--Letter of Lady Glenorchy--Origin of the Society
for the Relief of the Destitute Sick--Death and character
of Lady Glenorchy--Letter to a daughter--Visit to
Cartside and Paisley--Reposes all upon Christ--Removal to
New York--Devotional exercises--1776-1789, ................... 54


CHAPTER IV.

SCHOOL IN NEW YORK--DEATH OF HER PASTOR,
DR. JOHN MASON--LAST NEWS OF HER SON.

Voyage and reception at New York--Marriage of Mrs. Stevenson--
Anxiety for her son--He escapes a press-gang--Confidence
in God--Sickness and death of her pastor, Dr. John Mason--
His character--Dr. John M. Mason installed pastor--
Devotional exercises--Letter to A.D.--Letter to her son--
Last intelligence of him--Reflections--1789-1794, ............ 82


CHAPTER V.