said Mrs. Douglas, “and it is all pure—­the light is all pure, it burns bright.”  It would be well if Christians of every trade and profession were to act in like manner; that the merchant should have no hand in unlawfully secreting property, or encouraging perjury to accumulate gains; that the man of great wealth should have neither usury nor the shedding of blood by privateering to corrode his treasures; that all should observe a just weight and a just measure in their dealings, as in the presence of God.  Let every Christian seek after the consolation of Mrs. Douglas, that the light which refreshes him may be pure.

It being stated as matter of regret, that poor people when sick suffered greatly, although while in health their daily labor supported them, Mrs. Graham suggested the idea of every poor person in the neighborhood laying aside one penny a week to form a fund for relieving the contributors when in sickness.  Mr. Douglas undertook the formation of such an institution.  It went for a long time under the name of “The Penny Society.”  It afterwards received a more liberal patronage, has now a handsome capital, and is called, “The Society for the Relief of the Destitute Sick.”

In July, 1786, Mrs. Graham attended the dying bed of her friend and patroness Lady Glenorchy:  this lady had shown her friendship in a variety of ways during her valuable life; she had one of Mrs. Graham’s daughters for some time in her family, condescended herself to instruct her, and sent her for a year to a French boarding-school in Rotterdam.  She defrayed all her expenses while there, and furnished her with a liberal supply of pocket-money, that she might not see distress without the power of relieving it.  So much does a person’s conduct in maturer years depend upon the habits of early life, that it is wise to accustom young people to feel for and to contribute in their degree to the relief of the afflicted and the needy.

Lady Glenorchy was a character in whom was eminently displayed the power of religion.  Descended from an ancient family, married to the eldest son of the Earl of Broadalbaine, beautiful and accomplished, she was received into the first circles of society.  With her husband she made the tour of Europe, visiting the several courts on that continent.  Yet all these things she “counted but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus her Lord.”  She became a widow while yet in the bloom of youth.  She devoted herself to the service of the Lord, and was made singularly useful.  She kept a regular account of her income, and of the different objects to which it was applied.  She built and supported several chapels in England, and erected one in Edinburgh, in which pious ministers of different denominations should be admitted to preach.