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I looked towards the village in the plain below, where the Dairyman's
younger daughter was buried. I retraced the simple solemnities of the
funeral. I connected the principles and conduct of her sister with the
present probably happy state of her soul in the world of spirits, and was
greatly impressed with a sense of the importance of family influence as a
means of grace. "That young woman," I thought, "has been the conductor
of not only a sister, but, perhaps, a father and mother also, to the true
knowledge of God, and may, by Divine blessing, become so to others. It
is a glorious occupation to win souls to Christ, and guide them out of
Egyptian bondage through the wilderness into the promised Canaan. Happy
are the families who are walking hand in hand together, as pilgrims,
towards the heavenly country. May the number of such be daily
increasing!"
Casting my eye over the numerous dwellings in the vales on the right and
left, I could not help thinking, "How many of their inhabitants are
ignorant of the ways of God, and strangers to his grace! May this
thought stimulate to activity and diligence in the cause of immortal
souls! They are precious in God's sight--they ought to be so in ours.
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