The question may occur to some persons, where did this poor woman
procure the means of doing so much good--clothing children and
assisting missionaries? Uneducated as she was, she possessed
extraordinary taste and judgment. Of a truly refined nature, she
appreciated the beautiful, wherever found. Hence a wedding, or other
festival, in some of the best circles of New York, could scarcely be
considered complete unless Katy had superintended the nicer provisions
of the table. She was also uncommonly skilful in the cleaning of laces
and other fine articles of ladies' dresses. This constant demand for
her services must, however, be likewise traced, in part, to the great
esteem in which she was held, and to the desire to furnish her the
means of continuing her useful Christian labors.
She was a cheerful believer; occupied less in complaining of her own
deficiencies and her troubles, or boasting of her attainments, than in
commending her Redeemer to others, and in trying to imitate His active
benevolence.
Thus was this beloved disciple ripening for heaven. And when death, in
that fearful disease, the cholera, came for her, she was ready, and
calmly expressed her Christian confidence by saying: "Oh, what a good
thing it is to have a hope in Jesus!" Her last words were, "All is
well."
POOR POMPEY.
An old African who had long served the Lord, when on his death-bed, was
visited by his friends, who came around him lamenting that he was going
to die, saying: "Poor Pompey! poor Pompey is dying." The old saint said
to them, with much earnestness: "Don't call me poor Pompey. _I_, KING
Pompey," referring to Revelation i. verse 6.--"_And hath made us kings
and priests unto God and His Father._"
ANCASS.
"I was born in Africa, about the year 1789; the country of the Iboes
was my home. My father's name was Durl, and mine, Ancass. My mother was
my father's only wife, and she was the daughter of a great chieftain.
Of four children I was the only son, and therefore my father's pet. He
always liked to have me near him, and even when he went out to work
he would take me along with him. In the midst of our ignorance we
had a vague idea of the existence of a Supreme Being, which we know
that every heathen can see from the works of creation. We called him
'Thunderer,' and appealed to him for aid in case of illness.
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