FRIENDS?’

if she had anything more to say, it was “to im-
press the necessity of faithfulness on old and
young,” and that she left it as her “ dying legacy

that faithfulness to the inward monitor should be |

attended to in smal/ matters as well as greater.’’
She very solemnly said it was “ a great blessing
that, from the first of her illness, she had be-
lieved that the end would be peace :” adding,
“Oh ! it is all of merey—merey—nothing short
of it to a poor creature.” She had much enjoy-
ed hearing the Scriptures read, and her remarks
on them were very instructive; they proved com-
forting to her even a few hours before the final
close. Her last days were marked by a very
solemn and peaceful influence, her thoughts be-
ing evidently fixed on heavenly things: her
judgment continued clear, whilst the bodily:
powers gradually declined, until the 22d of the
Seventh month. On the morning of that day,
after a quiet sleep, the moment arrived when,
with no reliance on the merit of a well-spent
life, but with a humble faith in the mercy of
God in Christ, our omnipotent Saviour, the spirit
of this meek disciple—sustained by heavenly
peace and love—was gently disrobed of mor-
tality ; and, as we cannot doubt, was clothed up-
on with the garment of eternal salyation.— Lng.
Annual Monitor.

 

For Friends’ Review.
NOTICES OF DAVID COOPER.
NO. IV.

Some evidences have already been given of
Sibyl Cooper’s religious dedication and matu-
rity. Of her individual loveliness, of the traits,
personal and mental, which made her an object
of unusually strong affection, although fond tra-
dition is still eloquent, it would be impossible
to convey an adequate idea. Attractive in fea-
tures, in person, and in manners, these charms
were heightened by
‘‘ An intellectual beauty, like a light within a vase,”
and hallowed by that ‘¢ grace upon grace”’ ob-
served upon the lowly and devout, and which
Charles Lamb meant when he said :—“I bave
seen faces upon which the dove of peace sat
brooding.”” |

David Cooper was now to endure what the
writer conceives to be the greatest affliction, un-
connected with crime, that falls to the lot of
man. The precious partner of his heart and life
was taken ill on the 16th of Fourth mo., 1759.
Every means of relief suggested by affection and
by medical skill proved insufficient, and the
pure spirit vacated its beautiful tabernacle on
the Ist of Fifth month, “ about thirty minutes
after 9 o’clock in the morning.” ‘ Three days
more,” her husband notes, ‘ would have ended
twelve years of married life.”

‘A short time before her departure,” (we quote

 

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from the diary,) “many of her relatives and
friends being present, she desired to be raised,
and asked for some cold water; then said : ‘ Lay
me down, and let me die.’ Upon which she
breathed the following supplication :—

‘Oh Lord, have mercy upon my poor soul,
and be pleased to be with me; for Thou hast
been good to me all my life, and art so to
all those who put their trust in Thee. Thou
knowest, Oh Lord, how I have walked before
Thee, and as Thou hast been with me in my six
troubles, leave me not, nor forsake me in my
seventh ; but still be with me, if it be Thy bles-
sed will. And, Oh Lord, be pleased, I beseech
Thee, to be with Thy church and people, and
keep them near to Thyself; and remember the
poor and tribulated ones, wherever they may be,
the world over; and deliver Thy suffering seed,
if it be Thy blessed will. And, dearest Father, r.-
member my little ones, my tender offspring. Be
with them, Oh Lord, and preserve them from
the evils which are in the world. To Thee I
commit my poor little babe.* I give him up
freely. Thou canst do fore for him than I can.

‘ Blessed God, I have lived in Thy fear, and
die a lover of Thy blessed Truth and Church.
To Thee I commit my body, soul and spirit! To
Thee, holy Father, and to Thy dear Son, the
Lamb, belong all glory, honor and high re-
nown. Let it be ascribed and given, now, hence-
forth and forever.’

“ After this, she said :—‘Give my love to all
my dear relations and friends, and all those who
love the Lord, everywhere; for I have loved the
Lord and his Truth all my life. Give my love
to Friends of Haddonfield meeting, for I love
them all. Give me one drop more of cold
water,’ and then ‘let me go, if it be Thy will,
oh Father!’ Divers times repeating, ‘ Come
death, come death !’

‘Being in much agony, she prayed that her
passage might be made easy, and then said:—
‘Why is it thus, Father? Father, why is it
thus? Abba, Father!’ After a time of still-
ness, she said to us, ‘Oh, give me up—give me
up.’ Some thought she desired to be raised
up, but she put them by with her hand, repeat-
ing what she had said. A little after, she said :
‘My dear, give me up.’ Then speaking with-
out reference to those around her, she often re-
peated, ‘Abba, Father!’ and, afterward, said
emphatically, ‘this is the end of all fear.’

“The blood retired from her face, and she
was thought expiring, but it returned, and she
came to her natural color, as in a time of health;
and opening her eyes, asked to be raised up.
She seemed to admire to find hersclf still with
us; saying, ‘ Where have I been? Where have I
been? Is it possible for me to die twice ?” {said,

 

* About one year old. He died in his tenth year,
a very conscicntious, virtuous boy.