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Excerpt from The Life of Darcy, Lady Maxwell, of Pollock, Late of Edinburgh: Compiled From Her Voluminous Diary and Correspondence, and From Other Authentic Documents Eleven years have nearly elapsed, since the pious writer of the following papers exchanged mortality for eternal life. It was generally known by her intimate friends that she had left to posterity a record of the gracious dealings of God toward her; and it was sanguinely hoped that this record would soon be given to the religious world. These hopes, however, were destined for a season to undergo a painful disappointment. Lady Maxwell had intrusted her papers to the care of the honourable Miss Napier, with a solemn injunction that after her ladyship's decease they should be transmitted to one of the Wesleyan ministers; but she neither specified any individual, nor fixed on any particular period when this obligation should be discharged. Thus a liberty seemed to be allowed for the exercise of choice and discretion; and a delay in delivering up the manuscripts was the too natural consequence. The feelings, also, were deeply interested in this delay. Miss N. had long been an inmate in the house of her illustrious relative; had enjoyed the benefit of her pious counsel, holy example, and fervent prayers; and when left to lament her loss, felt an almost idolatrous attachment to every thing in her possession which had belonged to her departed friend. This attachment was frequently assigned to the editor as the principal, if not the only reason for the detention of these papers: for, though Miss N. readily acknowledged that her ladyship's injunction was, on her part, binding, and determined to obey it; yet she indulged a desire to retain the valuable deposit until the period of her own dissolution. Six years passed away and nothing had, as yet, appeared to gratify the ardent expectation of her ladyship's numerous friends, when the Rev. W. Atherton, a gentleman who had been honoured with a personal acquaintance, yielding to frequent and earnest solicitations, attempted "A Sketch of the Life and Character of Lady Maxwell." This valuable memoir was first published in the Methodist Magazine in the latter end of the year 1816. Its author, considering he had to lament the want of original documents, has certainly delineated the exalted character with great fidelity; and, though he regretted the want of "a master's hand," has executed his task in a manner highly honourable to himself. A great part of this memoir, which, with a few omissions, afterward appeared in a respectable Scottish monthly publication, has been introduced into the present work. Still more recently, even while the editor was preparing these volumes for the press, a work entitled "A Christian Sketch of Lady Maxwell," was announced to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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