The Annual Monitor for 1851 - or, Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great - Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850 by Anonymous
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her humble dependence upon the Lord, and the language of her soul was,
"not my will, but thine, oh Father, be done!" Some alleviation was permitted, and she so far recovered as to be able to assemble with her friends for divine worship; on these occasions, her communications evinced her undiminished interest in the cause of truth and righteousness. In the last meeting she attended, she bowed the knee in solemn supplication, craving for herself and those present, the attainment of perfect purity and holiness, and that this might be the chief concern of their lives. A few days after, she was seized with paralysis, and although consciousness was not entirely effaced, she said but little; she retained a grateful sense of her many mercies, and a fervent affection towards her husband and near connections. Gradually declining, she passed away as falling into a sweet sleep, and we cannot doubt exchanged the tribulations of time, for the blissful joys of eternity. JOSEPH STANDIN BROWN, _Hitchin_. 60 6mo. 27 1850 SARAH BROWN, _Preston Crowmarsh_, _Oxon_. Wife of Richard M. Brown, junior. 36 3mo. 31 1850 GEORGE BRUMELL, _Scotby_. 72 2mo. 23 1850 ASH BUDGE, _Camborne_, _Redruth_. Wife of John Budge. 53 4mo. 10 1850 In an unexpected hour, and in the enjoyment of usual health, it pleased our heavenly Father to lay his hand of affliction upon this dear friend, and after a severe illness of about four weeks, to gather her, as we reverently believe, into "the rest which remaineth for the people of God." |
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