# Testament Written By Dirk Pieters Smuel, Deceased In Prison, To His Wife, When He Was Preparing To Die For The Name And Testimony Of Jesus; In Which He Comforted And Admonished Her Diligently To Provide For The Bringing Up Of Her Children That They Might Learn To Fear God From Their Youth. · Page 2 of 2

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The grace of our Lord be with you now and forever,
Amen.

So I admonish you, my most beloved mother
[wife], diligently to see to it, that you teach the
children from their youth to fear God.



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