Evidence: | Harriet Martineau on the death of a Town Missionary acquaintance of hers:
'A friend of his at Birmingham wrote to me that he declared himself dying [of consumption] [...] she immediately wrote to suggest to me that a letter from me would gratify him. There was scarcely anything I would rather have done [Martineau having abandoned her Christian faith]: but it was impossible to refuse. I wrote at once [...] There was not a word about the future, or God, or even Christ. It was a letter of sympathy in his benevolent and happy life, and also, of course, in his present weakness. It reached him on the last day of his life. It was read to him. When he a little revived, he asked for it, and read it himself; and then desired his wife to tell all who loved him of "ths last flush on his darkness."' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Listener: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | Missionary |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Harriet Martineau |
Title: | Letter |
Genre: | Unknown, Letters |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9777 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 347 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 2, p. 347, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9777, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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