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Beyond Penn's Treaty

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Jesus, when they become members of One Mystical Body,
even the Spiritual Body, or Bride of Christ, whom He
will remain Head of, or Bridgeroom to, forever, by law-
ful inheritance, having Swallowed up death in victory.
As soon as she had finished, I made way for another, by
sanctioning what was already advanced; and then, the
third time, I resumed my office, almost like a mother in
Israel, although but a babe, comparatively speaking. It
was a time whig will be remembered, I verily believe,
because no other person spoke, or prayed, but us three
women, who never had seen each other’s face before.
We witnessed according to this declaration, Where
the Spirit is, there is Liberty, and I am of opinion, if we
never see one another again in the flesh, we shall be ad-
kitted into that Mansion, where there is joy and pace,
and everlasting pleasure, to reward every soul, who have
denied themselves of all ungodliness, and worldy lusts,
and taken up the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A person asked me home with her, two miles off,
whose name was Sloan, who was a tender hearted woman,
a Baptist by profession: thus I mix among all, regarding
no name, if only the image of Jesus Christ is there. I
had to lodge again in the same room where the whole fa-
mily were, it being a log house, with poor accomoda-
tions.

One the 17th, William Sloan went with me from Au-
gusta
to Stockbridge; and this merciful man having but
one horse, walked four long miles through the woods and
mud, to let me ride on his valuable creature. This person
was a Scotchman, who fought for the Americans, and in
the war received a ball that passed under his left should
blade to his back bone, where it has been twenty-eight
years. I offered him out of my little stock of money,
half a dollar, but he would only take two shillings.

A meeting was held again in Stockbridge, for the in-
struction of the poor Natives, who are dear to me. There
are some of the Jersey Indians among this tribe, and the
whole number here, are rising three hundred, which infor-