Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER X. CATHARINE AND ELIZA CONE. Catharine and Eliza were the youngest of his four sisters. Catharine married Mr. John JSTorvell, his partner in the " Baltimore Whig," and afterwards United States Senator, from Michigan. Eliza became the wife of James Leslie, Esq., of Philadelphia. Both married when very young, and died early. Mrs. Norvell was a woman of remarkable sweetness of disposition, and singular personal beauty. After her conversion and baptism, she was distinguished by an ardent faith. The grace of God developed and heightened the natural graces of her character, and deepened the tenderness of her heart in an uncommon manner. Such was the gentleness of her spirit, that under the most severe trials and sicknesess, she was never known or heard, by any, to repine, or indulge in a harsh or hasty word. With a highly cultivated mind, and great natural humor and quickness of perception, she had also a meekness and forbearance, which prevented her from ever founding the dullest or most ignorant. She was, from the testimony of all who knew her, a thing framed by nature to be loved. Her brother, indeed, and his wife, loved her with the most absolute and tender affection. Neither of them ever spoke of her except as of something too pure and exquisitely sensitive for the rough uses of the hard world we live in. Happily for herself, she went Home very young. The thought which lay nearest his heart after his ownconversion, was those dear sisters. A never-ceasing anxiety urged him on their behalf. Although separated from them by distance, he must preach to them the Gospel ? He must continually warn and entreat them —no matter whether they would hear or forbear. " While I live," he exclaims, " and you remain un- regenerate, you must expect and bear from me the warni...