The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

The Story of My Life - The original, handwritten version of the Memoirs of Arnold Goodliffe

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After my father’s death she left the Lodge and went to live at a little house in her native village Barrowden, when with my youngest sister Sarah for several years she was very useful, often writing kind, thoughtful and earnest letters to her children and friends taking also a deep interest in and according to her means and strength aiding the struggling Church at Barrowden, often finding a home for the minister and students when supplying, several of whom have to the present day, expressed to me the pleasant recollections of her kindness and thoughtful care of them. She devoted for some years much of her time in visiting the sick, the poor, and members generally, seeking the promotion of the spirituality of the members and the Church, exhorting her neighbours to become earnest Christians.

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