There was no need of hired mourners at her funeral. The depth of real grief was unprecedented. The sad procession was composed of many hundreds of mourners, and of nearly seven hundred children from her schools. The whole district was desolate and bereaved. The man was only speaking what many another was thinking when he said, "This is the greatest calamity that ever befell this district; of a' the dukes that reigned here there was never one like her; there's none in this neighbourhood, high or low, but was under some obligation to her, for she made it her study to benefit her fellow-men; and what crowds o' puir craturs she helped every day. And then for the spiritual, Huntly is Huntly still, in a great degree, but the gude that's been done in it is a' through her."

All that was mortal of this mother in Israel was laid to rest in Elgin Cathedral. That noble fane contained the remains of no one more loved than she. "I can't understand how people should love me," she used to say. Others could understand it. And now that they could love her in person no longer, they love her memory.

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This Journal was kept up by her till the close of her life, and contains not only a full account of events, but a personal record of her thoughts and experiences. It is preserved with pious care by members of the family. A Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, published by her daughters, in two volumes, was widely circulated after her decease. Innumerable biographies and memoirs have since appeared, the best of which, by Susanna Corder, contains selections from the private Journal.

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2

The Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, vol. 1. pp. 14, 15.

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Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, vol. 1. p. 36.

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Autobiography of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, vol. 1. pp. 89, 90.

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5

Address by Dr. Allon in the Centenary Celebration of Cheshunt College, p. 33.

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The Countess of Huntingdon and her Connexion, edited by Rev. J.B. Figgis, M.A., p. 48.

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Cf. John Howe, Biographical Series, No. 94 (R.T.S.).

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8

The quotations, when not otherwise acknowledged, are made, and the chief of the facts taken, by kind permission of Messrs. Nisbet & Sons, from Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal.

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9

Such a Blessing, p. 13.

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10

Ibid., p. 15.

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11

Ibid., p. 20.

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12

Quoted in The Sisters. Charles Bullock, B.D., p. 100.

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2 Chron. xiii. 12.

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Num. x. 29.

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Rev. ii. 1-10.

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Charge to clergy, 1738. See vol. v. of Works, Dublin, 1775.

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17

This letter may be found in The Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon.

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18

See Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by George Otto Trevelyan, M.P., vol. 1. pp. 35, 36

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19

La Vie de Madame J.M.B. de la Mothe-Guyon, écrite par elle-même, première partie, ch. ii., 6. The edition from which I quote was published at Paris, in three volumes, by the "Associated Booksellers," in 1791. See also Life by J.C. Upham (Sampson Low & Co., 1872).

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20

La Vie, première partie, ch. viii., 7.

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21

Ibid., ch. viii., 8.

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22

La Vie de Madame Guyon, première partie, ch. xix., 10.

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23

La Vie, seconde partie, ch. xiv., 1.

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La Vie, troisième partie, ch. xvi., 6.

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25

Life of Archbishop Whately, by his daughter, vol. 1. p. 43.

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Life of Archbishop Whately, by his daughter, vol. 1. p. 62.

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The Fireside for 1889, pp. 817, 818.

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Life of Mary J. Whately, by E.J. Whately, p. 10.

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Life of Mary L. Whately, by E.J. Whately, p. 15.

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Life of Mary L. Whately, pp. 21, 25.

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Bagged Life in Egypt, new ed., p. 29.

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2 Ibid., p. 110.

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Among the Huts, p. 269.

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Ragged Life in Egypt, new ed., p. 167.

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Life of Mansoor Shakoor, pp. 58, 59.

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More about Rugged Life in Egypt, p. 210.

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Life of Mary L. Whately, p. 109.

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A Glimpse behind the Curtain, p. 117.

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Among the Huts, pp. 181-184.

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Report of the English-Egyptian Mission for 1887.

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Letter from Mary L. Whately, The Christian, June 15, 1882.

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Life of Mansoor Shakoor, p. 98.

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The Christian, June 29, 1888.

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Among the Huts, p. 116.

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The Times, Aug. 15, 1885.

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Report of English Egyptian Mission for 1882.

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Life of Mary L. Whately, p. 62.

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Life of Mary L. Whately, pp. 55-57.

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More about Ragged Life, p. 199.

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Among the Huts, p. 151.

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Lost in Egypt, preface.

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Letters from Egypt, pp. 117, 118.

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The extracts are made, by kind permission of Messrs. Nisbet & Co., from Agnes Jones, by her sister.

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Life and Letters of Elizabeth, last Duchess of Gordon, by Rev. A. Moody Stuart, D.D. Messrs. J. Nisbet & Co., London.

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