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and was very backward to talk of
the occasion. On the Sabbath-day she was asked, whether she believed in
God; she answered, Yes. And being told that Christ was the Son of God,
she made ready answer, and said, I know it.

From this time there appeared a very remarkable abiding change in the
child. She has been very strict upon the Sabbath; and seems to long for
the Sabbath-day before it comes, and will often in the week time be
inquiring how long it is to the Sabbath-day, and must have the days
between particularly counted over, before she will be contented. She
seems to love God's house, and is very eager to go thither. Her mother
once asked her, why she had such a mind to go? whether it was not to see
fine folks? She said, No, it was to hear Mr. Edwards preach. When she is
in the place of worship, she is very far from spending her time there as
children at her age usually do, but appears with an attention that is
very extraordinary for such a child. She also appears very desirous at
all opportunities to go to private religious meetings; and is very still
and attentive at home, during prayer, and has appeared affected in time
of family-prayer. She seems to delight much in hearing religious
conversation. When I once was there with some strangers, and talked to
her something of religion, she seemed more than ordinarily attentive;
and when we were gone, she looked out very wistfully after us, and said,
I wish they would come again! Her mother asked her, Why? Says she, I
love to hear 'em talk.

She seems to have very much of the fear of God before her eyes, and an
extraordinary dread of sinning against Him; of which her mother
mentioned the following remarkable instance. Some time in August, the
last year, she went with some bigger children to get some plums in a
neighbor's lot, knowing nothing of any harm in what she did; but when
she brought some of the plums into the house, her moth