THE WORKER IN CHRIST'S VINEYARD. She formed many valuable friendships about this time ; becoming acquainted, among others, with Dr. Tucker, Dean of Gloucester, Dr. Ford, and Dr. (afterwards Sir James) Stonehouse. The last named was a physician of high reputation, who, relinquishing the medical profession for one to which the bent of his mind more strongly disposed him, had entered the Church. Having fixed his residence in the same street in which Hannah and her sisters lived, a friendship was commenced between them, which ended but with the death of Sir James. To these friends she was deeply indebted for her guidance in her studies of divinity and her choice of theological writers. It is a remarkable fact, very significant of the character of Hannah, that during a long life she never forfeited a friendship once gained. In her twenty-second year, Hannah formed an acquaintance which resulted in a friendship of a more ardent kind. There were two young ladies, named Turner, pupils at the school, who had a cousin, Edward Turner, a man of fortune, and of liberal tastes and education. He had a beautiful estate at Belmont, about six miles from Bristol, where the young ladies spent the vacation with him and the worthy, respectable lady who superintended his household ; and as he permitted them to ask any youngpersons at the school, they invited Hannah and Patty, who were nearly of their own age. The clever and fascinating Hannah made a deep impres- sion on Mr. Turner, although he was twice her age, 14
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