He seldom could speak long together without some reference to his dear child.

He loved to tell how merciful his God had been to him, in the dutiful and affectionate attentions of his daughter.
All real Christians feel a tender spiritual attachment towards those who have been the instrument of bringing them to an effectual knowledge of the way of salvation; but when that instrument is one so nearly allied, how dear does the relationship become! If my friend the Dairyman was in any danger of falling into idolatry, his child would have been the idol of his affections.

She was the prop and stay of her parents' declining years, and they scarcely knew how sufficiently to testify the gratitude of their hearts for the comfort and blessing which she was the means of affording them.
While he was relating several particulars of his family history to the others, I opened and read the following letter:-- "SIR, "Once more I take the liberty to trouble you with a few lines.

I received your letter with great pleasure, and thank you for it.

I am now so weak that I am unable to walk to any public place of divine worship,--a privilege which has heretofore always so much strengthened and refreshed me.