The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.: A Monthly Magazine for the YoungVarious
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The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.: A Monthly Magazine for the Young
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I visited her often after my return to Pewsey, and found her in great
concern about her soul. She said she knew that nothing but an
application of the blood of Christ could suffice for her great sins, and
this she longed to feel. She asked me to read and pray with her, which I
was enabled to do, believing the Lord had given her true conviction of
sin. Each time I called she was greatly distressed, and seemed without
hope; and this went on until the last week of her life, when she begged
me to stay with her altogether, and whenever we were alone she wished me
to read and pray. She would cry out in agony, "Oh, what shall I do if I
don't get to heaven?"
On the Tuesday, when she had been greatly tried, this word was brought
with comfort to her mind, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." I
said, "If the Lord has given you those words, He will, in His own time,
bless you with pardon and peace"; and, as she was drawing near her end,
I said, "When He comes, if you are unable to speak, raise your hand."
But the next day the Lord was pleased to bless her soul with joy and
peace. She called for her mother, and when she came, she said, her face
at the time beaming with joy, "Oh, mother, I am so happy! I am going
home to be with Jesus! He has put away all my sins by His own precious
blood, and you will come, too." She would have us sing some hymns,
herself joining in while able--among others, "How sweet the name of
Jesus sounds," and "Rock of Ages." When we had finished one she named
another, and said, "Beautiful! beautiful!"
She gradually sank, but the fear of death was taken away. She was quite
conscious to the last, and turned her head to look at the clock several
times. The enemy of souls was not permitted to harass her in her last
hours, and just before she breathed her last, she raised her arms and
clapped her hands three times, evidently remembering what I had said to
her. It may be truly said, she died in peace. She was a constant reader
of the LITTLE GLEANER.
C. G.
TO lay the salve of our services upon the wound of our sins is as if a
man who is stung by a wasp should wipe his face with a nettle.
ROME PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES.
"_For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,
saith the Lord._"--ISAIAH lv. 8.
Father Chiniquy had been for some years lecturing on teetotalism, in
addition to his usual priestly labours, and his success had been so
great that he had received the title of "Apostle of Temperance" in
Canada, and the gift of a splendid medal and crucifix from the Pope of
Rome; and his reputation as a popular influential priest was therefore
well established, when he was requested to become the leader of a great
movement.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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