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Hawes, Louisa (Fisher)

MEMOIR

OF

MRS. MARY E. VAN LENNEP,

ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE REV. JOEL HAWES, D. D.

AND

WIFE OF THE REV. HENRY J. VAN LENNEP,

Missionary in Turkey.

BY HER MOTHER.

SEVENTH EDITION.

HARTFORD:

WM. JAS. HAMERSLEY.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,

By BELKNAP & HAMERSLEY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut.

STEREOTYPED BY RICHARD H. HOBBS,

HARTFORD, CONN.

PRINTED BY

CASE, TIFFANY AND CO.,

HARTFORD, CONN.

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To few, perhaps, whose period of action was so limited, could the above sentiment be better applied, than to the subject of this memoir.

Her life, though short, was filled up with acts of beneficence and love; and although many of those acts, like fragrance borne upon the breath of morning, and then scattered by the winds of heaven, can never again be gathered; yet something remains in the memory of those who best knew her, and something more in her writings; and it is hoped that from these two sources a little volume may be made, which will be both interesting and profitable to the young.

In regard to the following memoir, it is proper to remark, that it was not attempted under the impression that the subject of it possessed extraordinary powers or attainments. Such qualifications, however desirable in themselves, or coveted by others, are not deemed indispensable to a life of usefulness.

A friend remarked, "I know of no character more worthy of being presented as a model for the young, than Mary's; and for this reason, among many others, that it exhibits no unattainable excellence. It was not by any extraordinary gifts of nature that she won all hearts, and adorned her Christian profession more than any other young person I ever knew, it was the complete subjection into which she had brought her every wish and purpose, to the one object of promoting the happiness of others, and their spiritual welfare, that made

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