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History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I.

CHAPTER XIV
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She died on the thirtieth of September, 1836, at the age of thirty-four.
The closing scene is described by her husband.

"Involuntary groans were occasionally muttered in her convulsions.

These, as we were listening to them with painful sympathy, once, to our surprise, melted away into musical notes; and for a moment, our ears were charmed with the full, clear tones of the sweetest melody.

No words were articulated, and she was evidentally unconscious of everything about her.

It seemed as if her soul was already joining in the songs of heaven, while it was yet so connected with the body as to command its unconscious sympathy.


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