The Power of Faith: Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.Graham, Isabella
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The Power of Faith: Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.
Graham, Isabella
Christian biography; Graham, Isabella, 1742-1814
Thus she arose from her Master's table, was called to gird on her
armor for a combat with the king of terrors, and came off more than
conqueror, through Him who loved her.
On Monday she appeared in perfect health, and visited and gave
religious instruction to the orphans in the asylum.
On Tuesday, the 19th of July, she complained of not feeling well,
and kept her room; on Thursday her disorder proved to be a
cholera-morbus, and her children sent for a physician. She thought
this attack was slighter than in former seasons. On Saturday, however,
she requested that Mrs. Chrystie might be sent for; this alarmed Mrs.
B----, knowing there existed an understanding between those two
friends, that one should attend the dying-bed of the other, Mrs.
Chrystie was a very dear friend of Mrs. Graham. For upwards of
twenty-four years they had loved each other, feeling reciprocal
sympathy in their joys and their sorrows; the hope of faith was the
consolation of both, and oftentimes it had been their delightful
employment to interchange their expressions of affection towards Him
whom having not seen, they loved, and in whom, though they saw him
not, yet believing on him, they rejoiced with joy unspeakable and full
of glory. On Mrs. Chrystie's entering the chamber of her friend, Mrs.
Graham welcomed her with a sweet expressive smile, seeming to say, "I
am going to get the start of you, I am called home before you; it will
be your office to fulfil our engagement." When she sat by her bedside,
Mrs. Graham said, "Your face is very pleasant to me, my friend."
During Saturday night, a lethargy appeared to be overpowering her
frame. On Sabbath morning she was disposed to constant slumber;
observing Mr. B---- looking at her with agitation, she was roused from
her heaviness, and stretching her arms towards him and embracing him,
she said, "My dear, dear son, I am going to leave you; I am going to
my Saviour." "I know," he replied, "that when you do go from us, it
will be to the Saviour; but, my dear mother, it may not be the Lord's
time now to call you to himself." "Yes," said she, "now is the time;
and Oh, I could weep for sin." Her words were accompanied with her
tears. "Have you any doubts, then, my dear friend?" asked Mrs.
Chrystie. "Oh no," replied Mrs. Graham; and looking at Mr. and Mrs.
B---- as they wept, "My dear children, I have no more doubt of going
to my Saviour, than if I were already in his arms; my guilt is all
transferred; he has cancelled all I owed. Yet I could weep for sins
against so good a God: it seems to me as if there must be weeping even
in heaven for sin."
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