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sighs ascended up to Him who is love, even when he smites. On arriving in the vicinity of the Landskrone, near Görlitz, we halted, and sat down, in the evening sunshine on a grassy bank. Not far from us sat a shepherd under a tree, with his flock of sheep, and sang the following verses :

'Come, little lambkins, come and feed
Upon this green and flowery mead,
Where quietly the streamlets flow,
And grass and daisies richly grow.
The shepherd's staff and arm is near;
Repose in peace, and free from fear.

'Ye lambkins, do not run away,
Nor heedless in the thicket stray;
The savage wolf his watch doth keep
To seize and tear the wandering sheep.
Rest here, upon this pasture fair,
Where safety, peace, and plenty are.

'And can a lambkin e'er rejoice,

Which will not hear the shepherd's voice,
Which knows not danger how to shun,
And yet will into ruin run?

At once the wolf upon it flies;

It cries and struggles, pants and dies.

'O, little lambkin! never flee

The care I gladly take of thee!

Remain upon this flowery field,
Which does such plenteous pasture yield.
I will protect thee, night and day;
Then do not from thy shepherd stray.

'Ye lambkins on the flowery mead,
A Shepherd does me also feed.
He does me from all ill defend,
And loves me without bound or end.
His rod and staff point out the road :-
My Shepherd is my Saviour God!'

"The words, Does me from all ill defend, and loves me without bound or end,' penetrated deep into my heart, and my faith was obliged to stand firm, in order not to lose sight of them in the trials I afterwards endured. I will only hastily touch upon them. In the course of a year my husband died in my arms. His sister soon followed him to the grave. The property fell to the state, because there were no heirs, and I was obliged to be content with a small sum of money. Provided with recommendations to the Dutchess, I travelled to Würtemberg, in order to find out some relatives of my late husband's. They were dead; and I therefore availed myself of my letters of recom

mendation, and sought employment of the Dutchess."

Such was the history of Guly, now called Maria; and I perceived, with thankfulness toward God, that my path was far from being the most painful. She subsequently related many things to me at greater length; and I was astonished at the severity of the trials through which the Lord had caused her to pass, and at the patience and humility which she had learned under them. She often made me ashamed of myself, when I was dissatisfied, or fell into despondency, by her calmness and resignation, and by her firm confidence in God; and it is impossible for me to describe how beneficial the connexion

with her proved to me. Our mutual love, which had been planted in early youth, increased every day, and we were permitted richly to experience the blessing of a friendship and fellowship sanctified by Christ.

On the removal of our most gracious lady, the Dutchess Dowager Magdalena Sybilla, to her seat at Kirchheim on the Teck, we were glad to escape from the noise and distractions of a life in the metropolis to the quiet

ness of a little country town. We there found also pious Christian people, in whose society we felt edified, and spent our time in a profitable manner.

With the consent of the Dutchess, we opened a little work-school for young females of the town, of from fourteen to twenty years of age, whom we instructed in sewing, knitting, and embroidery, and to whom we endeavoured, at the same time, to make ourselves useful, by religious conversation. A chapter from the Bible was regularly read, and conversed upon, whilst the young people were at work. At intervals, pretty hymns were sung; and sometimes in order to excite our pupils to reflection, and to afford them an occasion of making themselves more minutely acquainted with the Bible, we availed ourselves of an old book, which contained a variety of Scripture riddles, which we gave them to solve. The following are some of them :

"In what year was the earth unfruitful and yet no famine ensued?

"Who was it that swallowed a ring?

"What woman is that who is mentioned in

Scripture in connexion with the numbers three, ten, and twelve?

"Who is that who found something which he did not seek; who was too poor to purchase it, and yet bought something in addition to it?

"What house is that which stands neither upon a rock nor upon the sand; it has neither walls nor windows; and more families dwell in it than people. In January it stands in the valley, and in December on a hill?

"Which is the greatest vessel mentioned in the Bible?

"What man was that who was born in the mountains, lived near the water, and died in a fortress? He was less than the least, and greater than the great.

"What was the name of that man who in the morning was afraid of the weak, and in the night overcame the most mighty?

"How were the four men called who came down from the highest mountain in the land?

"Who was that who rejoiced at always growing less, and hence is so great?

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