Letter from Ann Garrett to her Children, Delaware County, PA

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Ann Garrett’s advice to her Children.

“O my Children how have I interceded with the Almighty on your account that you 
might be favoured with an ability to worship the great and most Holy Being in 
truth with upright hearts and with sincerity of Soul having his honour 
continually in your view, that so you might bring up your offsprings in the fear 
of the Lord and teach them to refrain from evils ways for for it surely has been 
my great care for you to endeavour to instruct you in righteousness as far as I 
have been capable of, giving you all the opportunity of attending religious 
Meeting, that you might be met with by his Soul searching power and O how have I 
requested of him that he would be please to stretch forth the Shepherds Crook of 
his pure love and touch your minds therewith that so you might live in his fear, 
and be enabled to worship him in deed and in truth with hearts contrited before 
him for surely he hath been a precious Instructor to me and great cause have I 
to bless his high and holy name who is worthy to be reared honoured and obeyed 
therefore am I thus led to persuade you to come up to the help of the Lord 
against the grand adversary of mankind who is seeking to draw our minds from the 
way that leads to the kingdom of heaven but if ye indeed seek his help he will 
be found of you for his promises are yea and Amen forever my soul has cause to 
speak well of his great name and to praise his greatness for he is everlastingly 
worthy.  O be sure that you follow my example in taking your children to 
religious Meetings both week days as well as first days that so their minds may 
have the opportunity to ??ste of the goodness of the Lord for we know not when 
he may be pleased to touch their minds and favour them with his precious 
presence and be sure that ye set them good examples your selves for example some 
times prevails beyond precepts.”

                                                 (Signed) Ann Garrett Seniour
                                                              To her children



(Maiden name Ann Knowles of Oxfrd TT Phila
 Nathan Garrett B 1?/1?-1711 D 9 16-1802
Married Ann Knowles 17??  B 1710 D 4/? – 1737
she was the daughter of John & Ann Paul Knowles of Oxford)