Excerpt from Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Taken in Part From the Home Missionary Magazine of November, 1828, and Printed for Distribution Among Her Descendants It is thought that a striking illustration Of the truth Of these sayings, and Of the mercy and goodness of God, is afforded in the life and death Of her who is the, sub ject Of this memoir. During a long life the light of her Christian example shone bright ly; and when death approached She was permitted and strengthened to say, with the apostle Paul, I have fought a good fight. 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.