The story of Mary Jones and her Bible . that she had learned — a note that shebought it in the year 1800, when she wassixteen years old. So, full of days, and like Dorcas of old4 •^wmwMm. Her Works do Follow Her. 147 of good works, Mary Jones passed awayfrom earth to the rest that remaineth for thepeople of God ; a sheaf of ripe corn safelygarnered at last in the heavenly granary. She was buried in the little churchyard atBryncrug, and a stone has been raised to hermemory by those who loved to recall theinfluence of her beautiful life, and the im-portant if humble part she had taken in thefoun
The story of Mary Jones and her Bible . that she had learned — a note that shebought it in the year 1800, when she wassixteen years old. So, full of days, and like Dorcas of old4 •^wmwMm. Her Works do Follow Her. 147 of good works, Mary Jones passed awayfrom earth to the rest that remaineth for thepeople of God ; a sheaf of ripe corn safelygarnered at last in the heavenly granary. She was buried in the little churchyard atBryncrug, and a stone has been raised to hermemory by those who loved to recall theinfluence of her beautiful life, and the im-portant if humble part she had taken in thefounding of the great work of the Britishand Foreign Bible Society As it is only by a view of the mighty-stemmed, wide-spreading oak that we canjudge of the acorns potency, its wealth ofhidden and concentrated power, so we canhardly appreciate the great importance of thesimple narrative which here stands recorded,unless we cast a brief glance over some ofthe details of the glorious work that arosefrom the small beginnings which form thesubject of our story. It is an undeniable fact that the idea of theestablishment of the British and Foreign r^pOEAJYi^o/Vo GWEDOW THOMAS LEWIS, yiDQW Q
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