SUSAN GRAY. 17

SUSAN GRAY’s
Account of herself.

WHEN I consider the early part of my life,
and the pious instructions which I received
from my beloved parents, (said Susan Gray,)
my mind is filled with shame and sorrow, to
think how little 1 profited by them, and how,
for a time, I entirely forgot all that had been
taught me, and yielded to every temptation
which fell in my way. Thus I became, early
in life, convinced, by sad experience, of the
utter depravity of my own heart, and of my
total incapacity of turning to good without
divine assistance.

Many particulars concerning my childhood
you are well acquaited with, my dear Sir;
but, much as you respected my parents, and
often as you visited them, you can form little
idea of their anxiety to give me a right appre-
hension of the religion of Christ. So great
were the pains they took, that they made me
acquainted, before they were called hence, with
most of the leading doctrines of Christianity ;
such as, the fall of man—the evil of the human
heart-—the need of a Saviour--the nature of
God—and the wonderful plan formed by divine
wisdom for man’s salvation. AndO! what en-
dearing ways were used by these loved parents
to win my infant heart to God! How often did
my gentle mother mingle her tears with prayers
for my eterual welfare! How sweet is the re-

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