Excerpt from Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Trimmer, 1814, Vol. 2: With Original Letters, and Meditations and Prayers, Selected From Her Journal
To the end of life, I think, I must feel the loss; to the end of life, I think, I must continue to love the late dear partner of all my earthly joys and sorrows. I cannot cease wishing again ta meet him, and to pass an eternity together with him in thy heavenly kingdom; but, O gracious Father, I love him with no earthly affection; I conceive him to be a happy spirit purified from the defilement of sin by the blood of the Redeemer. I reflect upon the many virtues he practised while on earth; I wish to imitate those virtues, and to obtain the same reward as I trust he through the merits of a Saviour (giving efficacy to those virtues which no human being can practice to perfection) has obtained; I trust this love is subordinate, greatly subordinate to the love of thee, my God. Did I suppose it not so, I would strive to root it out. Kind as this dear husband was to me, much as I am indebted to him for an uncommon degree of love and tenderness, he should not rival thee in my affections; but he was a great benefactor, a faithful friend, he loved me, I truly believe, better than he did himself, I cannot forget his love.
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