mself and to true happiness; and that you may
know the truth of this from deep experience, to the eternal joy,
peace, and safety of your immortal soul, is the last prayer of your
affectionate friend, who hopes to meet and rejoice with you in our
Redeemer's kingdom.

"ISABELLA GRAHAM."

Mrs. Graham to her Father.

"ANTIGUA, May, 1774.

"MY EVER-DEAR FATHER--If this ever reach you, it will be when I
have taken my final leave of this world, and received my portion for
eternity in the next, when I hope I shall have gained the summit of my
wishes, and be happy in the society of my dear husband and much-loved
mother, in the kingdom of our Redeemer.

"My truly orphan children I have desired to be sent to you;
though I see no visible way you have to provide for them, yet I am
perfectly easy concerning them. I leave them upon that God who has fed
me all my life, and whose tender care I have experienced in a thousand
dangers--upon their and my heavenly Father, who has commanded me to
leave my fatherless children upon him, and he will preserve them
alive. The God of providence will prepare for them a home, and raise
up friends, perhaps from a quarter neither you nor I could expect.

"My only concern and prayer to God for them is, that they may be
early taught to love God and serve him--that they may fall into such
hands as will carefully instruct them in the principles of morality
and religion, and teach them the great, but too little thought of
truth, that our chief business in life is to prepare for death. As to
the polite parts of education, I look upon them as of no consequence;
they may be as good Christians, perhaps better, without than with
them; the perfection of their nature no way depends upon them. I am
equally indifferent what station of life they may occupy, whether they
swim in affluence or earn their daily bread, if they only act their
part properly, and obtain the approbation of their God in that station
wherein he in his infinite wisdom sees fit to place them.

"Remember to give my love to all my dear children. I reckon all
that sprung from my dear doctor mine; and though I did not suffer a
mother's pangs for them, Heaven knows how equally I love them with
those who cost me dearer. Tell them I leave them a mother's blessing;
and my last prayers, if it please God to continue