FRIENDS’

REVIEW.

S Beligions, Literary and Miscellaneous Yournal.

 

Vou. XVI.

PHILADELPHIA, TWELFTH MONTH 6, 1862.

No, 14.

 

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y Re i For Friends’ Review.
‘NOTICES OF DAVID COOPER.
' NO. XXXVI

Numerous letters passed between D. C. and
his children about this time, chiefly pertaining
‘to domestic interests. D. C.’s effusions were

  
 

ie 0t] ast, and which enter-

eth into that which is within the vail, whither
the Forerunner is for us entered.” At the
time of his writing the following letter, there
was little reason to apprehend the great trial to
ahiol his beloved child was soon to be subject-
ed: '

David Cooper to Martha Allinson.

Woodbury, Third month 10th, 1791.

Dear daughter,—I was very sorry to hear of|)

your afflicted state, and should undoub
haye been with you before now, hadimy health
permitted ; but, dear..child, the time has come
when the leaning upon father or daughter seems
cut off. How often, in m y distressed hours, would
the company of my eldest child afford a comfort
beyond anything this world ean give. But,
alas, she also hath her deep provings, from
Which none, save He, who is Almighty, can
deliver. Perhaps it is to fix our dependence
more singly upon Him, that we are thus tried.
May the end be answered, that so we may, in
the conclusion, be found worthy of an admission
into the Heavenly habitation, where all tears
shall be wiped away, and sorrows no more

   
  
 
 

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known. In all thy troubles, dear Patty (which
are many), pour forth thy cries to Him who
hath promised to give “the oil of joy for mourn-
ing, and the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness.”

I had gained strength, and was better last
week, and on Sixth-day was at thy uncle ~
Whitall’s and at meeting; but the spring and
warm weather, so desirable to others, oceasion
night sweats, and the unfavorable symptoms of
last summer. What awaits me, is known only
to Him whose Word the most raging billows
must obey. Let our intercessions be for each

| other, that our faith and trust fail not until the

end come. ty? ’
Thy uncle Timothy [Matlack] came on Sey-
enth-day evening. lis Visit was very agreea- _
ble to us. I think he is more serious than in
times past, but he would not go to meeting.

had he kept to what he once knew. oe
_ Thy brother Paul has been appointed over-
shave been anxious about Samuel. I hope this
|may find him better. With my dear

-him and the rest of the family, — ve
IT am thy affectionate father,

rms

To the same. on
i Woodbury, Third month 24th, 1791,
' Dear Patty,—I have reason to believe letters.
from me are acceptable to thee, because they
come from a parent. This induces me to write
when I have very little to communicate, other
than to assure thee, dear daughter, thou art,
often, very often, uppermost in my mind, with _

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earnest breathings that thou mayest be so con- __

ducted in thy steppings along, as to be found
worthy of brighter days than of late thou hast
had to share. To us both, dear child, the year
past hath been trying. The cause, He, w om
we both desire to serve, only knows. May we
be enabled in perfect

 

ena sincerity to say: Thy will
be done! Oh, the attainment of haved idly will

What a shining instrument might he have been, ie

seer of the poor, which distresses him. We _

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