My daughters were both wilful, and, like ourselves, strangers to the ways of God and the word of his grace.

But the eldest of them went out to service, and some years ago she heard a sermon, preached at -- - church by a gentleman that was going to -- - as chaplain to the colony, and from that time she seemed quite another creature.

She began to read the Bible, and became sober and steady.

The first time she returned home afterwards to see us she brought us a guinea, which she had saved from her wages, and said, as we were getting old, she was sure we should want help, adding, that she did not wish to spend it in fine clothes as she used to do, only to feed pride and vanity.

She said she would rather show gratitude to her dear father and mother, because Christ had shown such mercy to her.
"We wondered to hear her talk, and took great delight in her company; for her temper and behaviour were so humble and kind, she seemed so desirous to do us good both in soul and body, and was so different from what we had ever seen her before, that careless and ignorant as we had been, we began to think there must be something real in religion, or it never could alter a person so much in a little time.
"Her youngest sister, poor soul! used to laugh and ridicule her at that time, and said her head was turned with her new ways.