Chapter IV: Discipline and Character

Mr. Pickard's Embarrassments.--His Correspondence with
Mary.--Her Sympathy and Faith.--Her Teacher's Testimony to her
Piety.--She leaves Hingham.--Her Grandfather's Death.--Devotion
to her Grandmother.--Visit to Northampton.--Her
Self-distrust.--Interest in Dr. Churning.--Letters on his
Preaching, and Interview with him.--Correspondence with Miss
Cushing.--Death of her Grandmother.