Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Tom Roch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE POWER OF FAITH, EXEMPLIFIED IN THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE MRS. ISABELLA GRAHAM. A NEW EDITION, ENRICHED BY HER NARRATIVE OF HER HUSBAND'S DEATH, AND OTHER SELECT CORRESPONDENCE The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility. The Lord will destroy the house of the proud; but he will establish the border of the widow. PROV. 15:25, 33. PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 150 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK: 28 CORNHILL, BOSTON. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by JOANNA BETHUNE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Copyright transferred to the American Tract Society. CONTENTS. _______________ CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE--RESIDENCE IN CANADA. Foundation of the excellence of her character--Birth-- Education--Conversion--Marriage--Voyage to Quebec-- Doddridge's Rise and Progress--Residence at Montreal and Fort Niagara--Sails for Antigua--1742-1772, .................. 7 CHAPTER II. RESIDENCE AT ANTIGUA--DR. GRAHAM'S DEATH. Dr. Graham called to St. Vincents--His safe return--State of his mind--Death of Mrs. Graham's mother--Letter describing the death of Dr. Graham--Kindness of Dr. H.-- Reflections--Letters to Mrs. Grandidier and to her father-- Departure for Scotland--1773-1775, ............................ 22 CHAPTER III. RETURN TO SCOTLAND--SCHOOL AT EDINBURGH. Perilous voyage--Trust in God--Return to Cartside--Care of her father--Residence at Paisley--Depressed circumstances-- Peace in God--Singular investment and result--School in Edinburgh--Friends--Benevolence to poor tradesmen-- Dancing--Letter of Lady Glenorchy--Origin of the Society for the Relief of the Destitute Sick--Death and character of Lady Glenorchy--Letter to a daughter--Visit to Cartside and Paisley--Reposes all upon Christ--Removal to New York--Devotional exercises--1776-1789, ................... 54 CHAPTER IV. SCHOOL IN NEW YORK--DEATH OF HER PASTOR, DR. JOHN MASON--LAST NEWS OF HER SON.