Mary Williams letter to Charity Rotch, Newport, 11 of 11 Mo 1793

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	Dear Cousin
		Tho  it may seem an indifferent matter to receive the testimony
	of one whose judgement and discerning is rather inferior to the common
	level, especially in a case where the copious effusions of the most illu-
	min d mind accord, in acknowledging the worth, the superior virtue
	and loveliness of My endeared, much lamented, and late departed
	sister; yet feeling myself a partaker in the loss have frequently felt
	disposed to address thee with a few lines on this mournful occasion, on
	which my own with the minds of many of thy friends here have 
					                not		
	been bow d  in Sympathizing sorrow, yet  without hope- far from it
	what more evident proofs could be desired of her heavenly re-
	ception than have been granted ? how many have been added to
	the evidence arising from her sweet and innocent life, the Rightness
	of her excellent example, which continued unsullied to the last; to
	me it loudly spoke the inviting language of one fr advanced in
	the holy [illegible]  follow me as I follow Christ  Assured thus that
	she is safely Anchored in the Celestial Port of permanent repose. how 
	can we deplore her happy escape from this tumultuous scene,
	when we feel our selves encompassed with billions of
	affliction on every side, attended with a diversity of dangers
	and perils with cried perturbations that occur on this rough
	sea to interrupt our passage. May we not rather rejoice that
	she is safely landed, indeed on her account we may but I will
	know the pangs which those separations occasion from frequent
	and recent experience I can feel for those that grieve for the
	removal of their precious friends-  I know the present