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tdev. Samuel W/zitz_g. I25
Mr. Newhall, of which the first touching inci-
dent occurred in I664, ought not to be passed
over. The strange and interesting career of
this brilliant child of genius, her terrible fate,
her sad and mournful death, and the grief of a
broken-hearted father, shared and alleviated by
his godly minister, unveil that exquisite deli-
cacy of sympathetic feeling with which he was
ever moved by the sorrows or sufferings of
others. She sleeps in peace by the side of her
pastor, whom she so honored and loved.
The brief but instructive biographical sketch
of Manasseh Guatolf, by the same writer, illus-
trates one of the peculiar charms of Mr. Whi-
ting's life and charactGr, and his power over the
hearts of those who came in contact with him.
Guatolf was born a Jew, and in the course of
his travels became acquainted wkh the Pastor
of Lynn. Both being among the best Hebrew
scholars in the country, as Mr. Newhall informs
us, " they frequently met in the higher literary
circles. And Mr. Guatolf became so charmed
by the benignant character of his new acquaint-
ance, that he formed an attachment strong and