. The wild-flowers of Selborne and other papers . ll-pox within a few months of his coming of age;and when fourteen years later the Countess herselffollowed him to the tomb in Felstead Chapel, thebeautiful priory passed to owners of another Mary Rich was about twenty-one that changeoccurred which she was wont to regard as her con-version, or awakening to spiritual life. Her diaryindicates very clearly the conflict through which shewas passing. She is constantly reproaching herselffor her former love of curious dressing and fine andrich clothes, and spending her precious time in nothi
. The wild-flowers of Selborne and other papers . ll-pox within a few months of his coming of age;and when fourteen years later the Countess herselffollowed him to the tomb in Felstead Chapel, thebeautiful priory passed to owners of another Mary Rich was about twenty-one that changeoccurred which she was wont to regard as her con-version, or awakening to spiritual life. Her diaryindicates very clearly the conflict through which shewas passing. She is constantly reproaching herselffor her former love of curious dressing and fine andrich clothes, and spending her precious time in nothingelse but reading romances, and seeing plays, and ingoing to court and Hyde Parke and Spring makes promises to God of a new life, but hergood resolutions are often broken. She fears thatGod will, some way or other, punish her. At last,she says, it pleased God to send a sudden sicknessupon my only son, who I then doated on with greatfondness. My conscience told me it was for my back-sliding. Upon this conviction I presently retired to. MANY RICH, COUNTESS OK WARWICKint III theposstssioii of Sir Charles Stuart Kieh, Ha MARY RICH, COUNTESS OF WARWICK 147 God, and by earnest prayer begged of Ilim to restoremy child, and did then solemnly promise to God, ifHe would hear my prayer, I would become a newcreature. This prayer of mine God was so graciousas to grant; and of a sudden began to restore mychild, which made the doctor himself wonder at thesudden amendment he saw in him, and filled me thenwith grateful thoughts. After my childs recovery Ibegan to find in myself a great desire to go into thecountry, which I never remember before to have had,thinking it always the saddest thing that could bewhen we were to remove. When Mary was againat Leighs she found great consolation in conversingwith the household chaplain. Dr. Walker; and itpleased God, she tells us, by his ministry to workexceedingly upon me, he preaching very awakinglyand warmly the two texts which were, by God
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