Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin: Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban De La Roche
Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin: Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban De La Roche
Sarah Atkins
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She had been a kind of helper in the village of Wald- bach, and long one of its most active and zealous conduclrices ; but her health was beginning to be impaired by the severe colds she took in the snows. This circumstance did not, however, lessen her usefulness ; and no sooner had she LOUISIA SCHEPLER. 109 accepted the station of housekeeper to the l - Cher Papa" than, refusing offers of marriage, she took the resolution of devoting herself to his service, and would never accept any salary, b...ut lived in his family rather as a friend than a servant. What her few wants required she asked for — nothing more ; and on some occa- sions, when Oberlin endeavored, through indi- rect channels, to put money into her hands, she conjecturing the source from whence it came uniformly returned it. The following note, dated " Waldbach. First of the New Year, 1793, " addressed by Louisa to her benefactor, is a sweet little proof of her disinterested and grateful affection. " Dear and beloved Papa : " Permit me, at the commencement of the new year, to request a favor which I have long- desired.
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