The Power of Faith

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Title: The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of
The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.
Author: Isabella Graham
Release Date: July 12, 2005 [EBook #16276]
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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.
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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.
Voyage and reception at New York--Marriage of Mrs. Stevenson--
Anxiety for her son--He escapes a press-gang--Confidence in
God--Sickness and death of her pastor, Dr. John Mason-- His
character--Dr. John M. Mason installed pastor-- Devotional
exercises--Letter to A.D.--Letter to her son-- Last intelligence of
him--Reflections--1789-1794, ............ 82
CHAPTER V.
DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER--FIRST MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN
NEW YORK.
Marriage of Mrs. Bethune--Death of Mrs. Stevenson--Strong
consolation--Singular receipts and liberality--Devotional

exercises--Anniversary of her daughter's birth and death-- First
Missionary Society in New York--Reflections-- Acquaintance with Mrs.
C---- near Boston--Letter and devotional
exercises--1795-1797, ............................. 115
CHAPTER VI.
FORMATION OF THE WIDOWS' SOCIETY-- CLOSE OF HER
SCHOOL.
Rise of the Widows' Society--First monthly missionary
prayer-meeting--Letter to a young man on joining the church--The
Essay on Man--Marriage of Mrs. Smith--Close of her school--Labors
for widows and the poor--Letters to Mrs. C.--The yellow-fever--Death
of Washington--Devotional
exercises--1797-1800, ........................................ 144
CHAPTER VII.
BENEVOLENT LABORS--MRS. HOFFMAN--
CORRESPONDENCE.
Schools and labors connected with the Widows' Society--Her friend
Mrs. Hoffman--Anniversary of the Widows' Society-- Visit to
Boston--Want of evangelical preaching--Letters to Miss M---- of
Boston--Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Bethune in Britain--Anxiety for
them--Confidence in God--Church discipline--Dr. Mason sails for
Britain--1800-1801, .......... 167
CHAPTER VIII.
JOURNAL AND LETTERS--LADIES' SCHOOL FOR POOR
CHILDREN.
Death of a grandchild--Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Bethune in
Britain--Death of B.--Of another grandchild--Of Pero, a colored
man--Return of Mr. and Mrs. Bethune--Takes up her abode with

them--Devotional exercises--Ladies' school for poor children--Address
on its formation--Supplications for a revival of God's work--Labors for
the suffering poor-- Letters to Mrs. C.--Letter to the widow of her
brother-- 1801-1805, ................................................... 200
CHAPTER IX.
ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY--FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.
Letters--Formation and success of the Orphan Asylum-- Inscription for
Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Hoffman--Labors in the New York hospital and
among female convicts--Miss Farquharson, first American missionary
to foreign lands-- Visit of Rev. Dr. Morrison and others--Letter to her
children at the Springs--Letter to Mrs. Juliet S.--Visits
Rockaway--Reminiscence of Elderslie--1806-1809, .............. 250
CHAPTER X.
NEW YORK BIBLE SOCIETY--ASSOCIATIONS FOR PRAYER--
HAPPY OLD AGE.
Letters--Bible Society organized--Efforts for the revival and extension
of religion--Admissions to the communion-- Narrow escape from
drowning at Rockaway--Barrenness of preaching without
Christ--Devotional exercises--Letters to Miss Van Wyck and James
Todd--Happy old age--Letter to Mrs. C---- in affliction--Letter to Mrs.
G.Y.--Prayer for ministers--Magdalen Society--Lancasterian school--
1809-1811, ................................................... 270
CHAPTER XI.
DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES AND LETTERS.
Indwelling sin lamented--Day of fasting--Happiness of the aged
Christian--Sermon in the state-prison--Happy reminiscences--Two
grandchildren unite with the church-- Unfaithfulness to people of the
world