The Pilot's Daughter: an account of Elizabeth CullinghamCunningham, Francis
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The Pilot's Daughter: an account of Elizabeth Cullingham
Cunningham, Francis
Christian life; Cullingham, Elizabeth, 1812-1840
‘I must also notice her example in the house of God. There was no
lightness, or carelessness in her demeanour, but her mind seemed to
be filled with the sense of the divine presence, and to be thirsting
after the knowledge of his truth; she gave the deepest attention to
the preacher’s word. No religious mind can shew lightness in the
house of God. How often have I enjoyed sweet sympathy with her, when
sitting near her in her usual seat at St. Peter’s Chapel. Have we
not endeavoured to “pray with the Spirit, and to sing with the
understanding also?” I could weep from my heart to find her seat
empty. She met patiently her many trials, and meekly bowed her head
to the will of God. The awful death of her father in the yawl, had
deeply afflicted her; indeed she never recovered the shock: but I may
say, under every trial and bodily suffering, of which she had much, I
never heard her complain, but with calm serenity she yielded herself
unto the Lord.
‘I had the privilege of visiting her the day before her death, and
found her sweetly serene and happy, full of confidence in her
Saviour; delighting in prayer, and evidently finding it “sweet to lie
passive in her Saviour’s hands,” and to know no will but his. And
the next day, a few hours before her end, can I ever forget the
solemn impressive scene of our partaking of the body and blood of
Christ together in the Holy Sacrament; her deep attention—her
response to the words of the service—her fervent manner in taking the
bread, as a sign or seal of her living upon Christ, who was to her
soul the bread of life, and her drinking the wine as an emblem of
that blood, that she had felt to be so _precious_?’
‘After this solemn communion together, we united in earnest prayer
and thanksgiving on her account, that the works in her might be
finished in righteousness, and that she might soon find herself in
the glorious mansions prepared for her, by the beloved of her soul.
She appeared perfectly sensible, and able to taste this spiritual and
interesting communication with us. I then arose and took my leave of
her.’
The testimony of her friend is as follows:
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