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
After this she entered into conversation with her friends,
mentioning portions of scripture and favorite hymns which had been
subjects of much comfort and joy to her. Some of these she had
transcribed into a little book, calling them her "victuals" prepared
for crossing over Jordan; she committed them to memory, and often
called them to remembrance as her songs in the night when sleep had
deserted her. She then got Mr. B---- to read to her some of these
portions, especially the eighty-second hymn of Newton's third book:
"Let us love, and sing, and wonder;
Let us praise the Saviour's name:
He has hushed the law's loud thunder,
He has quenched mount Sinai's flame:
He has washed us with his blood,
He has brought us nigh to God," etc.
Mrs. Graham then fell asleep, nor did she awaken until the voice
of the Rev. Dr. Mason roused her. They had a very affectionate
interview, which he has partly described in the excellent sermon he
delivered after her decease. She expressed to him her hope as founded
altogether on the redemption that is in Jesus Christ: were she left to
depend on the merit of the best action she had ever performed, that
would be only a source of despair. She repeated to him, as her view of
salvation, the fourth verse of the same hymn:
"Let us wonder: grace and justice
Join, and point at mercy's store;
When, through grace, in Christ our trust is,
Justice smiles and asks no more;
He who washed us with his blood,
Has secured our way to God."
Having asked Dr. Mason to pray with her, he inquired
if there was any particular request she had to
make of God by him; she replied, that God would
direct: then as he kneeled, she put up her hands, and
raising her eyes towards heaven, breathed this short
but expressive petition, "Lord, lead thy servant in
prayer."
After Dr. Mason had taken his leave, she again fell into a deep
sleep. Her physicians still expressed a hope of her recovery, as her
pulse was regular and the violence of her disease had abated. One of
them, however, declared his opinion that his poor drugs would prove of
little avail against her own ardent prayers to depart and be with
Christ, which was far better for her than a return to a dying world.
On Monday the Rev. Mr. Rowan prayed with her, and to him she
expressed also the tranquillity of her mind, and the steadfastness of
her hope, through Christ, of eternal felicity.
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