She  would  tell  these  friends  that  "she  believed  in
a  religion  which  extended  to  every  act  of  life  ;  but
she  came  so  infinitely  short  in  all  things,  that,  if
it  were  not  for  the  atoning  hlood  of  Christ,  and
her  belief  in  Hira  as  '  the  Mighty  God,''  her
hopes  of  salvation  would  be  at  an  end ;  "  and  as
expressive  of  her  trust,  she  would  quote  those
lines  of  Dr.  Watts,

"  But  when  I  stand  before  thy  bar,
The  blood  of  Christ  is  my  defence."

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Trinity  on  account  of  its  mystery,  she  -would
reply,  "Yes,  it  is  a  glorious  mystery;  and  it
becomes  us  to  tvonder  and  adore  where  we  cannot
comprehend.^  ^

As  descriptive  of  the  kind  manner  in  which
she  addressed  those  who  were  Unitarians,  the  fol-
lowing letter  to  Mrs.  P.,  of  Portland,  (Maine,)
will  be  introduced ;  althoudi  it  was  one  of  the
last  which  she  ever  dictated,  and  after  the  failure
of  her  sight,  prevented  her  writing  with  her  own
hand.  She  had  not  seen  this  friend  for  forty
years,  but  hearing  that  she  had  become  blind,
her  sympathies  were  strongly  enlisted  in  her
behalf.
"  Newburyport,  Jan.  18,  1S50.
"Dear  Mrs.  P.,

* '  I  trust  you  will  excuse  the  liberty  I  now  take
in  addressing  you  in  this  way.  Since  I  heard
particularly  from  you  last  summer,  by  J^Irs.  M.,  I
have  sympathized  with  you  under  your  afflictions  ;
and  I  know,  by  sad  experience,  how  to  feel  for
you  under  loss  of  sight,  as  my  own  is  very  much
impaired.
