Hannah Rodman Fisher letter to Charity Rotch, Philadelphia, 2nd Mo. 10th, 1800

              B-247-4
                             Philadelphia 2d Mo. 10th, 1800
My dear Sister
                I feel so stript, & tryed, that I hardly dare
trust myself to write much - & as thou hast heard more 
particularly from the pen of our beloved M Morton, who
was like a kind affectionate Sister in a time of need - thou
will excuse my enlarging on a subject which I find it
necessary to endeavor to turn my mind from dwelling too
much upon, desiring not to repine at the dispensations 
of that almighty hand, who certainly knows best, what is
best for his poor creatures, & as our beloved deceased Sister
remark'd "undoubtedly has a right to take his own way
to humble our hearts, & place in them his Holy fear
& dread" - After nature had sustained the pinching
tryal of parting from one beloved Child - & I painfully
beheld the other likely to follow - O how feelingly did
I remember the language of a suffering Lord "if it is
possible let this Cup pass from me" -- yet recollecting
how the lives of some had been apparently lengthen'd at 
the requests of their fond parents - who had departed from
that sweet engaging innocency with which our precious
Lambs were Cloath'd - Great were the conflicts of
nature in endeavouring to obtain a degree of resignation