Excerpt from Extracts From Letters and Other Pieces: During Her Last Illness Margaret jackson was daughter of Thomas and Biddy Jackson of Eden derry, in the King's County: she died at Moate, in the County of Westmeath, in the prime of life, on the 16th of se cond month, 1822. Her last illness was of several years' duration, and the lin gering progress of the disease was at tended With severe bodily suffering. In its earlier stages she passed through dis tressing mental conflicts, arising from an apprehension of unfitness for the ap proaching awful change; yet these trials appear to have been permitted in mercy for her refinement - through the Re deemer's love she was brought to a state of peaceful resignation, raised in a remarkable manner above her suffer ings, supported under extreme and pro tracted weakness, and enabled to rejoice in the hope of a glorious inheritance. In this favoured situation she felt a deep. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.