THE MANUSCRIPT.1.
“MY Confession: To be put into my coffin; and to be buried with me when I die.
“This is the history of what I did in the time of my married life. Here—known to no other mortal creature, confessed to my Creator alone—is the truth.
“At the great day of the Resurrection, we shall all rise again in our bodies as we have lived. When I am called before the Judgment Seat I shall have this in my hand.
“Oh, just and merciful Judge, Thou knowest what I have suffered. My trust is in Thee.”
2.
“I am the eldest of a large family, born of pious parents. We belonged to the congregation of the Primitive Methodists.
“My sisters were all married before me. I remained for some years the only one at home. At the latter part of the time my mother’s health failed; and I managed the hous
