Before this last three weeks of her life, in which such a striking application of her dream was made to her, the enemy had at times suggested what a state of suffering lay before her, if at the end of her affliction she should be long confined to a sick bed; or it might be that I may be so wearied by long fatigue, as not to be able to assist her in that helpless state; and to have had strangers about her would have been a most peculiar trial. But out of all this, how soon did the Lord deliver her: indeed the trial never lasted long, for she knew “That as her day, her strength had been,” and believed, “So it would for ever be.” One day, when her sufferings were great, she said, “How sweet are the words of the Apostle, The sufferings of this life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall follow.” And on the 11th of November she mentioned the divine aid she found in these words, “Call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt glorify me:” these were words she frequently mentioned, and sometimes would add, “Yes, my Lord, I will call upon thee; and I shall glorify thee too.” Another time she said, with peculiar energy, “They that trust in the Lord, shall never be confounded.” And one day, after naming some sentences which she felt a spring of pleasure in, she added, with much animation in her countenance, “And that given so many years ago now comes with fresh power, _Thou shalt walk with me in white_: and when I answered, how can that be, seeing I am not worthy? it was repeated, but thou shalt walk with me in white, for will make thee worthy; I will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away thy tin; everlasting life is won, glory is on earth begun.” {34} One night she spake of finding a powerful application of these words, “I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” On the 18th of November, with much animation she often repeated, “I am thine, and thou art mine, a bond eternal hath us joined!” On the 20th, she said, “Just as I was waking, after my first sleep last night, I felt these words come so powerfully, Sufficient is his arm alone, and our defence is sure:—I instantly answered, _our_, what my friend and me? it then seemed spoken again with still greater weight, Sufficient is his arm alone, and our defence is sure. This (continued she) was at the beginning of the night, and a suffering night it has been; but a night in which I have seen the pleasure of the Lord, and felt his goodness rest upon me.” Indeed, the goodness of the Lord, and the great things that faith will do, were subjects on which she delighted to dwell. I have often heard her say, “The particular commission the Lord had given her, was to encourage souls to believe:” and herein she was greatly blessed to many. On the 23d, she many times repeated these words, which she said came to her with unusual sweetness in the night,