. Mary Clarke Nind and her work : her childhood, girlhood, married life, religious experience and activity, together with the story of her labors in behalf of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. investment. Marys mother was a clever, energetic, vivacious woman, anentertaining conversationalist. She was fond of music and was asplendid housewife. She was endowed with indomitable persever-ance and was a fond mother, but a good disciplinarian. Mary wasthe fourth child, and from the fact that our mother was not consid-ered sufficiently well to stand the strain
. Mary Clarke Nind and her work : her childhood, girlhood, married life, religious experience and activity, together with the story of her labors in behalf of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. investment. Marys mother was a clever, energetic, vivacious woman, anentertaining conversationalist. She was fond of music and was asplendid housewife. She was endowed with indomitable persever-ance and was a fond mother, but a good disciplinarian. Mary wasthe fourth child, and from the fact that our mother was not consid-ered sufficiently well to stand the strain of business responsibilitiesand the care of the two younger brothers, they were nursed awayfrom home until they were about six years of age. They thereforesaw little of the childhood of Mary, for when they returned to theparental roof Mary was at a boarding school, to which they senther when she returned home to take her share of responsibility inthe business at Snares Brook. One of my first recollections of going out with her was in1838, on the occasion of the illuminations on the evening of theday when Queen Victoria was crowned. We drove to the west endof London in an open vehicle, the better to get a view of the Early Family History 3 and Mary was so engrossed with the sight that she allowed a shawl,which in those days were worn, to be stolen from her back withoutnoticing its disappearance. We looked upon Mary as a good-natured, vivacious, happy-go-lucky girl, fond of Sunday Schoolwork and of religious gatherings, but often getting into trouble fornot mending her stockings and keeping her clothes in repair. Shewas fond of vocal music, a fondness which she inherited from hermother, as did three other members of the family. But two of herbrothers, the eldest and the youngest, were not good at that was the father. Of the grandmothers on either side no information can begleaned as they died before the only living member of the familywas born. Mary had a bos
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