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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Stories of Boys and Girls Who Loved the Saviour - A Token for Children - -Author: John Wesley - -Release Date: December 10, 2009 [EBook #30645] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES OF BOYS AND GIRLS *** - - - - -Produced by Michael Gray - - - - - -</pre> - -<h1><img src="images/sarah.jpg" alt="Sarah's Death Bed"></h1> -<p align="center">SARAH'S DEATH BED</P> -<br><br> -<h1>STORIES</h1> -<h3>OF</h3> -<h1>BOYS AND GIRLS</h1> -<h3>WHO</h3> -<h1>LOVED THE SAVIOUR</h1> -<br><br> -<h2>A Token for Children</h2> -<br><br> -<p align="center"> -EXTRACTED FROM A LATE AUTHOR,<br> -By John Wesley, A.M.</p> -<br> -<p align="center"> -New York:<br> -PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PORTER,<br> -SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 200 MULBERRY STREET.</p> -<br><br><br> -<H1>CONTENTS.</H1> -<HR WIDTH="25%"> -<p> -<a href="#1">LITTLE SARAH HOWLEY</a><br> -<a href="#2">A HAPPY BOY</a><br> -<a href="#3">HAPPY MARY</a><br> -<a href="#4">PRAYING CHARLIE</a><br> -<a href="#5">A POOR BUT HAPPY BOY</a><br> -<a href="#6">A BABE IN CHRIST</a><br> -<a href="#7">THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER</a><br> -<a href="#8">LITTLE JACOB'S FAITH</a><br> -<a href="#9">JACOB'S SISTER SUSANNAH</a><br> -<a href="#10">THE MERCHANT'S SON</a><br> -<a href="#11">PIOUS LITTLE PETER</a><br> -<a href="#12">THE DUTIFUL DAUGHTER</a></p> -<br><br> -<br><br> -<H1>A TOKEN FOR CHILDREN.</H1> -<HR WIDTH="25%"> -<BR><BR> -<H2><A NAME="1">LITTLE SARAH HOWLEY.</A></H2> - -<p>MISS SARAH HOWLEY, when she was between eight and nine years old, was -carried by her friends to hear a sermon, where the minister preached upon -Matt. xi, 30, "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light;" in the applying of -which scripture the child was mightily awakened, and made deeply sensible of -the condition of her soul, and her need of Christ: she wept bitterly to think -what a case she was in; went home, retired into a chamber, and upon her knees -she wept and cried to the Lord as well as she could, which might easily be -perceived by her eyes and countenance.</p> -<p>2. She was not contented with this, but got her little brother and sister -into a chamber with her, and told them their condition by nature, and wept -over them, and prayed with them.</p> -<p>3. After this, she heard another sermon upon Prov. xxix, 15 "He that, being -often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that -without remedy;" at which she was more affected than before, and was so -exceedingly solicitous about her soul, that she spent great part of the night -in weeping and praying, and could scarcely take any rest, day nor night, for -some time together; desiring with all her soul to escape from everlasting -flames, and to get an interest in the Lord Jesus: O what should she do for -Christ! what should she do to be saved!</p> -<p>4. She gave herself much to attending upon the word preached, and still -continued very tender under it, greatly relishing what she heard.</p> -<p>5. She was very much in secret prayer, and was usually very importunate, -and full of tears.</p> -<p>6. She could scarcely speak of sin, or be spoken to, but her heart was -ready to melt.</p> -<p>7. She spent much time in reading the Scripture.</p> -<p>8. She was exceedingly dutiful to her parents, very loath to grieve them in -the least: and if she had at any time (which was very rare) offended them, she -would weep bitterly.</p> -<p>9. She abhorred lying, and allowed herself in no known sin.</p> -<p>10. When she was at school, she was eminent for her diligence, -teachableness, meekness, and modesty, speaking little, but when she did speak, -it was usually spiritual.</p> -<p>11. She continued in this course of religious duties for some years -together.</p> -<p>12. When she was about fourteen years old, she broke a vein in her lungs, -(as is supposed,) and often spat blood, yet did a little recover.</p> -<p>13. In the beginning of January, she was taken very bad again, in which -sickness she was in great distress of soul. When she was first taken, she -said, "O mother, pray for me, for Satan is so busy that I cannot pray for -myself; I see I am undone without Christ, and a pardon! O, I am undone to all -eternity!"</p> -<p>14. Her mother, knowing how serious she had been formerly, did a little -wonder that she should be in such agonies; and asked her what sin it was that -was so burdensome to her spirit? "O mother," said she, "it is not any -particular sin that sticks so close to my conscience, as the sin of my nature: -without the blood of Christ that will damn me."</p> -<p>15. Her mother asked her what she should pray for, for her? She answered, -"That I may have a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ; and that I may have an -assurance of God's love to my soul." Her mother asked her why she spoke so -little to the minister that came to her? She answered, "It was her duty with -patience and silence to learn of him."</p> -<p>16. One time when she fell into a fit, she cried out, "O I am going; I am -going: but what shall I do to be saved? Lord Jesus, I will lie at thy feet; -and if I perish, it shall be at the fountain of thy mercy."</p> -<p>17. She was much afraid of presumption, and dreaded a mistake in the -matters of her soul, and would be often putting up ejaculations to God, to -deliver her from deceiving herself. To instance in one, "Great and mighty -God," said she, "let my faith be a true faith; that I may not be a foolish -virgin, having a lamp, but no oil."</p> -<p>18. Her father bade her be of good cheer, because she was going to a better -Father; at which she fell into a great agony, and said, "But how do I know -that? I am a poor sinner, who wants assurance; O for assurance!"</p> -<p>This was her great, earnest, and constant request to all who came to her, -to beg assurance for her; and she would look with so much eagerness upon them, -as if she desired nothing in the world so much as that they would pity her, -and help her with their prayers. Never was a poor creature more earnest for -any thing than she was for assurance and the light of God's countenance. O the -piteous moan that she would make! O the agony that her soul was in!</p> -<p>19. The Lord's day before that on which she died, a kinsman of hers came to -see her, and asked her whether she knew him? She answered, "Yes, I know you, -and I desire you would learn to know Christ. You are young, but you know not -how soon you may die! and, O, to die without Christ is a fearful thing! O, -redeem time! O, time, time, precious time!" Being requested by him not to -spend herself, she said, "She would fain do all the good she could while she -lived;" upon which account she desired that a sermon might be preached at her -funeral, concerning the preciousness of time.</p> -<p>20. Some ministers who came to see her earnestly entreated the Lord to give -her some token for good, that she might die in full triumph: notes of the same -nature were sent to several churches.</p> -<p>21. After she had long waited for an answer to their prayers, she said, -"Well, I will venture my soul upon Christ."</p> -<p>22. Considering the pains and agonies that she was in, her patience was -next to a wonder: "Lord," said she, "Lord, give me patience, that I may not -dishonour thee!"</p> -<p>23. On Thursday, after long waiting, great fears, and many prayers, when -all her friends thought she had been past speaking, to the astonishment of her -friends, she broke forth thus, with a very audible voice, and cheerful -countenance: "Lord, thou hast promised that whosoever come unto thee thou wilt -in no wise cast them out: Lord, I come unto thee, and surely thou wilt in no -wise cast me out; O, so precious! O, so glorious is Jesus! I have thee! -Blessed and glorious is Jesus; he is precious, he is precious! O, the -admirable love of God in sending Christ and free grace to a poor lost -creature!"</p> -<p>24. Her soul then seemed ravished with the love of Christ. And while she -was engaged in magnifying of God, her father, brothers, and sisters, with -others of the family, were called, to whom she spake particularly as her -strength would give leave. She gave her Bible as a legacy to one of her -brothers, and desired him to use that well for her sake; and added, to him and -the rest, "O make use of time to get Christ for your souls: spend no time in -running up and down, or in playing: O get Christ for your souls while you are -young! Remember now your Creator before you come to a sick bed: put not off -this great work till then, for then you will find it hard work indeed: I know -by experience the devil will tell you it is time enough; and you are young, -and what need you be in such haste? you will have time enough when you are -old. But remember the words of a dying sister. If you knew how good Christ is! -if you had but one taste of his sweetness, you had rather go to him a thousand -times than stay in this wicked world. I would not for ten thousand worlds part -with my interest in Christ. O, how happy am I that I am going to everlasting -joys! I would not go back again for twenty thousand worlds; and will you not -strive to get an interest in Christ?"</p> -<p>25. After this, looking upon one of her father's servants, she said, "What -shall I do at the great day, when Christ shall say to me, 'Come, thou blessed -of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for thee?' and shall say to the -wicked, 'Go, thou cursed, into the lake that burns for ever!' What a grief is -it for me to think that I should see any of my friends that I knew upon earth, -turned into that lake which burns for ever! O that word, for ever! Remember -that for ever! I speak these words to you, but they are nothing except God -speaks to you too: O pray that God would give you grace!" And then she prayed, -"O Lord, finish thy work upon their souls: it will be my comfort to see you in -glory; but it will be your everlasting happiness."</p> -<p>26. On Friday, after she had had such lively discoveries of God's love, she -was exceedingly desirous to die, and cried out, "Come, Lord Jesus, come -quickly! Conduct me to thy tabernacle. I am a poor creature without thee; but, -Lord Jesus, my soul longs to be with thee: O when shall it be? Why not now, -blessed Jesus? Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly! But why do I thus speak? Thy -time, my Lord, is the best: O, give me patience."</p> -<p>27. On Saturday she spoke but little, being very drowsy, yet now and then -she dropped these words, "How long, O blessed Jesus? Finish thy work, holy -Jesus: come away, Lord Jesus, come quickly!"</p> -<p>28. On the Lord's day she scarcely spoke any thing. She requested that -notes of thanksgiving might be sent to those who had formerly prayed for her, -that they might help her to praise the Lord for that full assurance which he -had given her of his love; and seemed to be swallowed up with the thoughts of -God's free love to her soul. She often commended her spirit into the hand of -the Lord. The last words she was heard to utter were these, "Lord, help, Lord -Jesus, help! my Lord Jesus, blessed Jesus!" Thus on the Lord's day, between -nine and ten o'clock in the evening, she sweetly slept in Jesus, and began an -everlasting Sabbath, February 19, 1670.</p> - - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="2">A HAPPY BOY.</A></H2><p>A LITTLE CHILD whose mother -had dedicated him to the Lord in infancy, when he could not speak plain would -be crying after God, and was greatly desirous to be taught good things.</p> -<p>2. He could not endure to be put to bed without prayer, but would put his -parents upon it, with much devotion kneel down, and with great patience and -delight continue till it was concluded, without the least sign of being weary. -He seemed never so well pleased as when so engaged.</p> -<p>3. He could not be satisfied with family prayer, but he would often be upon -his knees by himself in one corner or another.</p> -<p>4. He was much delighted in hearing the word of God either read or -preached.</p> -<p>5. He loved to go to school, that he might learn something of God, and -would take great notice of what he had read, and come home and speak of it -with much affection. He would rejoice in his book, and say to his mother, "O -mother, I had a sweet lesson to-day: will you please to give me leave to fetch -my book, that you may hear it?"</p> -<p>6. He quickly learned to read the Scripture, and would, with great -reverence, tenderness, and groans, read till tears and sobs were ready to -hinder him.</p> -<p>7. When he was at secret prayer he would weep bitterly.</p> -<p>8. He was wont often to complain of the wickedness of his heart, and seemed -to be more grieved for the corruption of his nature, than, for actual sin.</p> -<p>9. He was much troubled for the wandering of his thoughts in prayer, and -that he could not always keep his heart fixed upon God, and his affections -more constantly raised.</p> -<p>10. He kept a watch over his heart, and observed the workings of his soul, -and would complain that they were so vain and foolish, and so little busied -about spiritual things.</p> -<p>11. He was exceedingly importunate with God in prayer, and would plead with -God at an unusual rate; and he would beg and expostulate, and weep so, that -sometimes it could not be kept from the ears of the neighbours: so that one in -the next house was forced to cry out, "The prayers and tears of that child in -the next house will sink me to hell!" because by it he did condemn his neglect -of prayer and his slight performance of it.</p> -<p>12. He abhorred lying with all his soul.</p> -<p>13. When he had committed any sin, he was easily convinced of it, and would -get into some corner, or secret place, and with tears beg pardon of God, and -strength to guard against it.</p> -<p>14. When other children were at play, he would be praying.</p> -<p>15. A friend of his asked him, when he was first taken sick, whether he was -not willing to die? He answered, No! because he was afraid of his state as to -another world. "Why, child," said the other, "thou didst pray for a new heart, -for an humble and sincere heart, and I have heard thee: didst thou not pray -with thy heart?" "I hope I did," rejoined he.</p> -<p>16. Not long after, the same person asked him again, "If he was willing to -die?" He answered, "Now I am willing, for I shall go to Christ."</p> -<p>17. He still grew weaker and weaker, but behaved with a great deal of -sweetness and patience, waiting for his change. At last, calling upon the name -of the Lord, and saying, "Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus!" he sweetly slept, dying -when he was between five and six years old.</p> - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="3">HAPPY MARY.</A></H2><p>MARY A., when she was between -four and five years old, was greatly affected in hearing the word of God, and -became very solicitous about her soul, weeping bitterly to think what would -become of her in another world, asking strange questions concerning God, and -Christ, and her own soul. So that before she was full five years old, she -minded the one thing needful, and chose the better part.</p> -<p>2. She was wont to be much in secret prayer, and many times came from her -knees with tears.</p> -<p>3. She would choose such times and places for secret prayer as might render -her less observed by others: and endeavoured to conceal what she was doing -when she was engaged therein.</p> -<p>4. Her mother being full of sorrow after the death of her husband, this -child came to her and asked her why she wept so exceedingly? Her mother -answered that she had cause enough to weep, because her father was dead. "No, -dear mother," said the child, "you have no cause to weep so much, for God is a -good God still."</p> -<p>5. She was a dear lover of faithful ministers. One time after she had been -hearing Mr. Whitaker, she said, "I love that man dearly for the sweet words he -speaks concerning Christ."</p> -<p>6. Her book was her delight; and many times she was so strangely affected -in reading the Scriptures, that she burst out into tears, and would hardly be -pacified: so greatly was she taken with Christ's sufferings, the zeal of God's -servants, and the danger of a natural state.</p> -<p>7. She often complained of the corruption of her nature, of the hardness of -her heart, that she could repent no more, and be no more humble and grieved -for her sins against a good God; and when she thus complained, it was with -abundance of tears.</p> -<p>8. She was very conscientious in keeping the Sabbath, spending the whole -time in reading or praying, learning her catechism, or teaching her brothers -and sisters. One time when she was left at home on the Lord's day, she got -some other little children together, with her brothers and sisters, and told -them that it was the Lord's day, and they ought to remember it to keep it -holy. She then told them it was to be spent in religious exercises all the -day, except so much as was taken up in the works of necessity and mercy: then -she prayed with them, and among other things begged that the Lord would give -grace and wisdom to them, (little children,) that they might know how to serve -him.</p> -<p>9. At another time a near relation of hers being in some straits, made some -complaint, to whom she said, "I have heard Mr. Garter say, 'A man may go to -heaven without a penny in his purse, but not without grace in his heart.'"</p> -<p>10. She had an extraordinary love to the people of God: and when she saw -any who she thought feared the Lord, her heart would even leap for joy.</p> -<p>11. When she was between eleven and twelve years old, she sickened of the -plague, in which she behaved with admirable patience and sweetness, and did -what she could with Scripture arguments to support and encourage her relations -to part with her, who was going to glory, and to prepare themselves to meet -her in a blessed eternity.</p> -<p>12. She was not many days sick before she was marked with the complaint -which she first saw herself, and was greatly rejoiced to think that she was -marked out for the Lord, and was now going apace to Christ. She called to her -friends and said, "I am marked, but be not troubled, for I know I am marked -for one of the Lord's own." One asked her how she knew that? She answered, -"The Lord hath told me that I am one of his dear children." And this she spoke -with a holy confidence in the Lord's love, and was not in the least daunted at -the approach of death; but seemed greatly delighted in the apprehension of her -nearness to her Father's house. And it was not long before she was filled with -joy unspeakable in believing.</p> -<p>13. When she lay dying, her mother came to her, and told her she was sorry -she had so frequently reproved and corrected so good a child; "O mother," said -she, "speak not thus: I bless God, now I am dying, for your reproofs and -corrections too: for, it may be, I might have gone to hell, if it had not been -for your reproofs and corrections."</p> -<p>14. Some of the neighbours came to visit her, and asked her if she could -leave them. She answered, "If you serve the Lord, you will come after me to -glory."</p> -<p>15. A little before she died, she had a great conflict with Satan, and -cried out, "I am none of his." Her mother seeing her troubled, asked her what -was the matter? She answered, "Satan did trouble me, but now, I thank God, all -is well. I know I am none of his, but Christ's."</p> -<p>16. After this she had a great sense of God's love, and a glorious sight, -as if she had seen the very heavens open, and the angels coming to receive -her; by which her heart was filled with joy, and her tongue with praise.</p> -<p>17. Being desired by the bystanders to give them a particular account of -what she saw, she answered, "You shall know hereafter:" and so in an ecstasy -of joy and triumph, she went to God when she was about twelve years old.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="4">PRAYING CHARLIE.</A></H2> -<p>CHARLES BRIDGEMAN had no sooner learned to speak, but he betook himself to -prayer.</p> -<p>2. He was very prone to learn the things of God.</p> -<p>3. He would be sometimes teaching those persons that waited upon him their -duty.</p> -<p>4. He learned by heart many good things before he was well fit to go to -school. And when he was sent to school, he carried it so that all that -observed him, either did or might admire him. O, the sweet temper, the good -disposition, the sincere religion which was in the child!</p> -<p>5. When he was at school what was it that he desired to learn but Christ -and him crucified?</p> -<p>6. So religious and savoury were his words, his actions so upright, his -devotions so hearty, his fear of God so great, that many were ready to say as -they did of John,—What manner of child shall this be?</p> -<p>7. He would be much in reading the Holy, Scriptures.</p> -<p>8. He was desirous of more spiritual knowledge, and would be oft asking -very serious and admirable questions.</p> -<p>9. He would not stir out of doors before he had poured out his soul to the -Lord in prayer.</p> -<p>10. When he ate any thing, he would be sure to lift up his heart unto the -Lord for a blessing upon it; and when he had moderately refreshed himself by -eating, he would not forget to acknowledge God's goodness in feeding him.</p> -<p>11. He would not lie down in his bed till he had been upon his knees; and -when sometimes he had forgotten his duty, he would quickly get out of his bed, -and kneeling down upon his bare knees, ask God's forgiveness of that sin.</p> -<p>12. He would rebuke his brethren, if they were at any time too hasty at -their meals, and did eat without asking a blessing; his check was this: "Dare -you do thus? God be merciful to us! this bit of bread might choke us."</p> -<p>13. His sentences were wise and weighty, and might well become some ancient -Christian.</p> -<p>14. His sickness was a lingering disease: against which, to comfort him, -one tells him of possessions that must fall to his portion; "And what are -they?" said he, "I had rather have the kingdom of heaven than a thousand such -inheritances."</p> -<p>15. When he was sick he seemed much taken up with heaven, and asked very -serious questions about the nature of the soul.</p> -<p>16. After he was pretty well satisfied about that, he inquired how his soul -might be saved? The answer being made, "By the applying of Christ's merit by -faith:" he was pleased with the answer, and was ready to give any one that -should desire it an account of his hope.</p> -<p>17. Being asked whether he had rather live or die? he answered, "I desire -to die, that I may go to my Saviour."</p> -<p>18. His pains increasing upon him, one asked him whether he would rather -still endure those pains or forsake Christ? "Alas!" said he, "I know not what -to say, being a child: for these pains may stagger a strong man; but I will -strive to endure the best I can." Upon this he called to mind that martyr, -<i>Thomas Bilney</i>, who, being in prison the night before his burning, put -his finger into the candle to know how he could endure the fire; "O," said the -child, "had I lived then, I would have run through the fire to have gone to -Christ."</p> -<p>19. His sickness lasted long: and at least three days before his death he -prophesied his departure, and not only that he must die, but the very day. "On -the Lord's day," said he, "look to me;" neither was this a word of course, -which you may guess by his frequent repetition, every day asking till the day -came indeed, "What, is Sunday come?" At last, the looked-for day came on; and -no sooner had the sun beautified that morning with its light, but he falls -into a trance, his eyes were fixed, his face cheerful, his lips smiling, his -hands and arms clasped in a bow, as if he would have embraced some blessed -angel that was at hand to receive his soul. But he comes to himself, and tells -them how he saw the sweetest body that ever eyes beheld, who bid him to be of -good cheer, for he must presently go with him.</p> -<p>20. One that stood near him, as now suspecting the time of his dissolution -nigh, bid him say, "Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, which is thy -due; for why? thou hast redeemed it, O Lord, my God, most true!"</p> -<p>21. The last words which he spoke were exactly these: "Pray, pray, pray, -nay, yet pray, and the more prayers the better all prospers; God is the best -physician; into thy hands I commend my spirit. O Lord Jesus receive my soul: -now close mine eyes: forgive me, father, mother, brother, sister, all the -world. Now I am well; my pain is almost gone, my joy is at hand. Lord, have -mercy on me. O Lord, receive my soul unto thee." And thus he yielded up his -spirit unto the Lord when he was about twelve years old.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="5">A POOR BUT HAPPY BOY.</A></H2> -<p></p> -<p>A VERY poor child, of the parish of Newington-Butts, came to the door of a -friend of mine, in a very lamentable case: it pleased God to raise in the -heart of my friend a great pity and tenderness toward him: so that he took him -out of the streets, who had nothing at all to commend him to any one's charity -but his misery. My friend, seeking the glory of God, discharged the parish of -the child, and took him as his own; yet there seemed to be little hopes of -doing good upon him, for he was a very monster of wickedness, and a thousand -times more miserable and vile by his sin than by his poverty. He was running -to hell as fast as he could go, and was old in vice when he was but young in -years: we scarcely hear of one so like the devil in his infancy as was this -poor child. What sin was there that his age was capable of, which he did not -commit? What by the corruption of his nature, and the abominable example of -little beggar boys, he was indeed arrived at a great pitch of impiety. He -would call names, take God's name in vain, curse, swear, and do all kinds of -mischief; and as to any thing of God, he was worse than a heathen.</p> -<p>2. No sooner had this good man taken this creature into his house but he -prayed for him, and laboured with all his might to convince him of his -miserable condition by nature, and to teach him something of God, the worth of -his own soul, and that eternity of glory or misery to which he was bound. And, -blessed be God, it was not long before the Lord was pleased to let him -understand that it was himself who put into his heart to take in this child. -The Lord soon blessed his instructions, so that an amazing change was seen. In -the space of a few weeks he was convinced of the evil of his ways; no more -calling of names, swearing or cursing, no more taking of the Lord's name in -vain. His company, his talk, his employment, were changed, and he was like -another creature.</p> -<p>3. And this change was not only an external one, but he would get by -himself, and weep and mourn bitterly for his wicked life.</p> -<p>4. He was still more and more broken under a sense of his undone state by -nature; often in tears, and bemoaning his lost and miserable condition. When -his master spoke of the things of God, he listened earnestly, and took in with -much eagerness and affection, what he was taught. There was seldom any -discourse about religion in his hearing, but he heard as though it were for -his life.</p> -<p>5. Thus he continued seeking after the knowledge of God, till the sickness -came into the house, with which he was smitten. At his first sickening the -poor child was greatly amazed and afraid; and though his pains were great, and -the distemper very tedious; nevertheless, the sense of his sins, and the -thought of the condition that his soul was still in, made his trouble ten -times greater.</p> -<p>6. He was in grievous agonies of spirit; his former sins stared him in the -face, and made him tremble. The poison of God's arrows did even drink up his -spirits; the sense of sin and of wrath were so great that he knew not what to -do. The weight of God's displeasure, and the thought of lying under it to all -eternity, broke him even to pieces, and he bitterly cried out, "What shall I -do! I am a miserable sinner, and I fear that I shall go to hell." His sins had -been so great and so many, that there was no hope for him. He was not by far -so much concerned for his life as for his soul: what would become of that for -ever. Now the plague upon his body seemed nothing to that which was in his -soul.</p> -<p>7. He not only cried out against his swearing, lying, and other outward -notorious sins; but was in great horror for the sin of his nature; the -vileness and original corruption of his heart. For this he was in so great -anguish that the trouble of his spirit made him forget the pain of his -body.</p> -<p>8. He very particularly confessed and bewailed his sins, and some sins so -secret that none in the world could charge him with.</p> -<p>9. He would ask others whether they thought there were any hopes for him, -and would beg of them to deal plainly with him; for he was greatly afraid of -being deceived.</p> -<p>10. Being informed how willing and ready the Lord Jesus Christ was to -accept of poor sinners, and being counselled to venture himself upon Christ -for mercy and salvation, he said he would fain cast himself upon Christ, but -he could not but wonder how Christ should die for such a vile wretch as he -was, and he found it one of the hardest things in the world to believe.</p> -<p>11. But at last it pleased the Lord to give him some hope that there might -be mercy for him, the chief of sinners; and he was enabled to lay hold upon -that, "Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you -rest." Nor was it long before he was full of praise and admiration of God; so -that, to speak in the words of one that was an eye and ear witness, he was so -full of joy and praise that he longed for heaven.</p> -<p>12. He now grew exceedingly in knowledge, experience, patience, humility, -and self-abhorrence. He prayed before, but now the Lord poured out upon him -the spirit of prayer in an extraordinary manner; so that now he prayed more -frequently, more earnestly, more spiritually than ever. O how eagerly would he -beg to be washed in the blood of Jesus! And that the King of kings, and Lord -of lords, who was over heaven and earth, would pardon and forgive him all his -sins, and receive his soul into his kingdom. And what he spoke was with so -much life and fervour of spirit, that it filled the hearers with astonishment -and joy.</p> -<p>13. He had no small sense of the use and excellence of Christ, and such -longings and breathings of his soul after him, that when mention has been made -of Christ, he hath been ready to leap out of his bed for joy.</p> -<p>14. The Wednesday before he died, he lay in a trance for about half an -hour, in which time he thought he saw a vision of angels. When he was out of -his trance, he asked his nurse why she did not let him go? "Go! whither?" said -she; "Why, along with those lovely gentlemen," said he; "but they told me they -would come and fetch me away upon Friday." And he repeated these words many -times, "Upon Friday next those lovely gentlemen will come for me."</p> -<p>15. He was very thankful to his master, and very sensible of his great -kindness in taking him out of the streets when begging, and he admired the -goodness of God, which put it into the mind of a stranger: said he, "I hope to -see you in heaven, for I am sure you will go thither. O blessed, blessed be -God, that made you to take pity upon me; for I might have died, and have gone -to the devil, and been damned for ever, if it had not been for you."</p> -<p>16. The Thursday before he died, he asked a friend of mine what he thought -of his condition, and whither his soul was going? for he said he could not -still but fear, lest he should deceive himself with false hopes. At which my -friend spoke to him thus:—"If thou art but willing to accept of Christ, -thou mayest have Christ, and all that thou dost want with him. Thou sayest -thou fearest that Christ will not accept of thee! I fear that thou art not -heartily willing to accept of him." The child answered, "Indeed I am." "Why, -then, if thou art unfeignedly willing to have Christ, I tell thee he is a -thousand times more willing to have thee, and wash thee, and save thee. And -now at this time, Christ offers himself to thee again; therefore, receive him -humbly by faith into thy heart, and bid him welcome, for he deserveth it." -Upon which words the Lord discovered his love to the child; and he gave a kind -of leap in his bed, and snapped his finger and thumb together with abundance -of joy. And from that time forward, in full joy and assurance of God's love, -he continued earnestly praising God, desiring to die, and to be with Christ. -And on Friday morning he sweetly went to rest, using that expression, "Into -thy hands, O Lord, I commit my spirit!" being not much above nine years -old.</p> - - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="6">A BABE IN CHRIST.</A></H2><p>JOHN SUDLOW was born of -religious parents, in the county of Middlesex, whose care was to instill -spiritual principles into him as soon as he was capable of understanding them, -whose endeavours the Lord was pleased to crown with the desired success.</p> -<p>2. When he was scarce able to speak plain he seemed to have a very great -awe and reverence of God upon his spirit, and a strange sense of the things of -another world.</p> -<p>3. The first thing that much affected him, and made him endeavour to escape -from the wrath to come, and to inquire what he should do to be saved, was the -death of a little brother. When he saw him without breath, and not able to -speak or stir; and when carried out of doors, and put into the ground, he was -greatly concerned, and asked whether he should die too? Being answered yes it -made so deep an impression on him, that from that time forward, he was -exceedingly serious; and this was when he was about four years old.</p> -<p>4. He was now desirous to know what he might do that he might live in -another world, and what to avoid, that he might not die for ever. And, being -instructed by his parents, he soon laboured to avoid whatsoever might -displease God. Now the apprehensions of God, death and eternity, laid such a -restraint upon him, that he would not, for a world, have told a lie. He was -much taken with reading the book of martyrs, and would willingly leave his -dinner and go to his book.</p> -<p>5. He went to his father and mother with great tenderness and compassion, -and entreated them to take more care of his brothers and sisters; and to take -heed lest they should go to hell, and be ruined for ever.</p> -<p>6. The providences of God were not passed by without his minute -observation. In the time of the plague he was exceedingly concerned about his -everlasting state, and was very much by himself upon his knees. The following -prayer was found written in short hand after his death.</p> -<p>7. O Lord God and merciful Father, take pity upon me, a miserable sinner: -and strengthen me, O Lord, in thy faith, and make me one of thy saints in -heaven. O Lord, keep me from this poisonous infection; however, not my will, -but thy will be done. O Lord, if thou hast appointed me to die by it, fit me -for death, and give me a good heart to bear up under my afflictions. O Lord -God, and merciful Father, take pity on me, thy child. Teach me, O Lord, thy -word; make me strong in faith. O Lord, I have sinned against thee; Lord, -pardon my sins. I had been in hell long ago if it had not been for thy mercy. -But, O Lord, if thou hast appointed me to die, fit me for death, that I may -die with comfort. And, O Lord, I pray thee to help me to bear up under my -afflictions for Christ's sake. Amen.</p> -<p>8. He was not a little concerned for the whole nation, and begged that God -would pardon the sins of this land, and bring it nearer to himself.</p> -<p>9. About the beginning of November, this child was smote with the -distemper, but he behaved with admirable patience under the hand of God.</p> -<p>10. These were some of his last expressions. "The Lord shall be my -physician, for he will cure both soul and body. Heaven is the best hospital. -It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth good in his eyes." Again, "It is the -Lord that taketh away my health; but I will say as Job did, 'Blessed be the -name of the Lord.' If I should live longer, I should but sin against God." -Looking upon his father, he said, "If the Lord will but lend me the least -finger of his hand to lead me through the dark entry of death, I will rejoice -in him."</p> -<p>11. When a minister came to him, among other things, he spake something of -life. He answered, "This is a wicked world: it is better to live in -heaven."</p> -<p>12. An hour and a half before his death, the same minister came again to -visit him, and asked him, "John, art thou not afraid to die?" He answered, -"No, if the Lord will comfort me in that hour." "But," said the minister, "how -canst thou expect comfort, seeing we deserve none?" He answered, "No, if I had -my deserts, I had been in hell long ago." "But," replied the minister, "which -way dost thou expect comfort and salvation, seeing that thou art a sinner?" He -answered, "In Christ alone." In whom, about an hour and a half after, he fell -asleep.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="7">THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.</A></H2><p>TABITHA ALDER was -the daughter of a minister in Kent, who lived near Gravesend. She was -instructed in the Holy Scriptures by her father and mother; but there appeared -nothing extraordinary in her till she was between seven and eight years -old:</p> -<p>2. About which time, when she was sick, one asked her what she thought -would become of her if she should die? She answered that she was greatly -afraid she should go to hell.</p> -<p>3. Being asked why she was afraid she should go to hell? She answered, -because she did not love God.</p> -<p>4. Again, being asked how she knew that she did not love God? she replied, -"What have I done for God ever since I was born? And beside this, I have been -taught that he that loves God keeps his commandments; but I have kept none of -them."</p> -<p>5. Being farther demanded if she would not fain love God? she answered, -"Yes, with all my heart, if I could, but I find it a hard thing to love one I -do not see."</p> -<p>6. She was advised to beg of God a heart to love him: she answered, "I am -afraid it is too late."</p> -<p>7. Upon this, seeing her in such a desponding condition, a friend of hers -spent the next day in fasting and prayer for her.</p> -<p>8. After this, that friend asked her how she did now? She answered with a -great deal of joy, "Now I bless the Lord; I love the Lord Jesus dearly; I feel -I do love him. O, I love him dearly."</p> -<p>9. "Why," said her friend, "did you not say yesterday you did not love the -Lord, and that you could not?" "Sure," said she, "it was Satan hindered me. -But now I love him. O blessed be God for the Lord Jesus Christ."</p> -<p>10. After this she had a discovery of her approaching dissolution, which -was no small comfort to her: "Anon," said she, (with a holy triumph,) "I shall -be with Jesus. I am married to him: he is my husband: I am his bride: I have -given myself to him, and he hath given himself to me, and I shall live with -him for ever."</p> -<p>11. This language struck the hearers with astonishment. She still continued -in a kind of ecstasy of joy, admiring the excellence of Christ, rejoicing in -her interest in him, and longing to be with him.</p> -<p>12. After a while, some of her friends, who stood near her, observed a more -than ordinary earnestness and fixedness in her countenance; they said one to -another, "Look how earnestly she looks, surely she sees something."</p> -<p>13. One asked her what it was that she fixed her eyes upon so eagerly? "I -warrant," says one, "she saw death coming."</p> -<p>14. "No," said she, "it is the glory that I saw, it is that on which my -eyes were fixed."</p> -<p>15. One demanded of her, what the glory was like? She replied, "I cannot -tell what, but I am going to it: will you go with me? I am going to glory. O -that you were all going with me to that glory!" With these words her soul took -wings, and went to the possession of that glory. She died when she was between -eight and nine years of age.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="8">LITTLE JACOB'S FAITH.</A></H2><p>JACOB BICKS was born -in Leyden, in the year 1657. He was visited with sickness upon the 6th of -August, 1664. In his distemper he was very sleepy till near his death, but -when he did awake he was wont still to fall a praying.</p> -<p>2. Once when his parents had prayed with him, they asked him if they should -once more send for the physician? "No," said he, "I will have the doctor no -more; the Lord will help me; I know he will take me to himself."</p> -<p>3. When his parents had prayed with him, he said, "Come, now, dear father -and mother, and kiss me: I know that I shall die. Farewell, dear father and -mother; farewell, dear sister; farewell, all. Now shall I go unto God and -Jesus Christ, and the holy angels. Father, know you not what is said by -Jeremiah? 'Blessed is he who trusteth in the Lord.' Now I trust in him, and he -will bless me; and in 1 John ii, it is said, 'Little children, love not the -world, for the world passeth away.'"</p> -<p>4. "Away then all that is in the world, away with all my pleasant things in -the world; away with my dagger, for where I go there is nothing to do with -daggers and swords; men shall not fight there, but praise God. Away with all -my books: there shall I learn true wisdom without books."</p> -<p>5. His father said, "My dear child, the Lord will be near thee, and uphold -thee."</p> -<p>6. "Yea, father," said he, "the Apostle Peter saith, 'God resisteth the -proud, but he giveth grace to the humble.' I humble myself under the mighty -hand of God, and he shall help me and lift me up."</p> -<p>7. "O, my dear child," said his father, "hast thou so strong faith?"</p> -<p>8. "Yes," said he, "God hath given me so strong a faith in himself through -Jesus Christ, that the devil shall flee from me: for it is said, He who -believeth in the Son hath everlasting life, and he hath overcome the wicked -one. Now I believe in Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and he will not leave nor -forsake me, but shall give unto me eternal life, and then I shall sing, Holy, -holy, holy, is the Lord of Sabaoth."</p> -<p>Then, with that word, "Lord, be merciful unto me a poor sinner," he quietly -breathed out his soul, being about seven years old.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="9">JACOB'S SISTER SUSANNAH.</A></H2><p>SUSANNAH BICKS, -the sister of Jacob Bicks, was born in Leyden, in Holland, January 24, 1650, -of religious parents, whose great care was to instruct their child, and to -present her to the ministers of the place to be publicly instructed.</p> -<p>2. It pleased God to bless this to her soul, so that she had soon a true -relish for what she was taught, and made an admirable use of it in time of -need.</p> -<p>3. She was a child of great dutifulness to her parents, and of a very -sweet, humble nature; and not only the truth, but the power and eminence of -religion did shine in her.</p> -<p>4. In August, 1664, when the pestilence raged in Holland, as she felt -herself very ill, she broke forth in these words, "If thy law were not my -delight, I should perish in my affliction."</p> -<p>5. Her father coming to her, said, "Be of good comfort, my child, for the -Lord will be near to thee and us: he will not forsake us, though he chastens." -"Yea, father," said she, "our heavenly Father doth chasten us for our profit, -that we may be partakers of his holiness; no chastisement seemeth for the -present to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceable -fruits of righteousness to them which are exercised thereby."</p> -<p>6. After this, with her eyes lifted towards heaven, she said, "Be merciful -to me a sinner, according to thy word."</p> -<p>7. She greatly abhorred sin, and, with much grief and self-detestation, -reflected upon it; but that which lay the closest to her heart was the -depravity of her nature. She often cried out in the words of the psalmist, -"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." She -could never lay herself low enough under a sense of that sin which she brought -with her into the world.</p> -<p>8. That scripture dwelt much on her tongue, "The sacrifices of God are a -broken heart; a broken and contrite spirit, O God, thou wilt not despise." "O -for that brokenness of heart," said she, "which flows from faith, and for that -faith which is built upon Christ, who is the alone and proper sacrifice for -sin."</p> -<p>9. Then she discoursed of the nature of faith, and desired that the 11th of -the Hebrews should be read unto her: at the reading of which she cried out, "O -what a steadfast faith was Abraham's, which made him willing to offer up his -own and only son! Faith is indeed the substance of things hoped for, the -evidence of things not seen."</p> -<p>10. Her father and mother, seeing her, burst into tears; upon which she -pleaded with them to be patient under the hand of God. "O," said she, "why do -you weep over me, seeing you have no reason to question: but, if the Lord -takes me, it shall be well with me to all eternity? You ought to be well -satisfied, seeing it is said, 'God is in heaven, and doth whatever pleaseth -him.' And do you not pray every day that the will of God may be done upon -earth as it is in heaven? Now, father, this is God's will, that I should lie -upon this sick bed, and die of this disease; shall we not be content when our -prayers are answered? I will, as long as I live, pray that God's will be done, -not mine."</p> -<p>11. "Doth not," said she, "the pestilence come from God? Why else doth the -Scripture say, Shall there be evil in the city which I have not sent? Does it -come from the air? And is not the Lord the Creator and Ruler of the air? Or if -they say it comes from the earth, hath not he the same power and influence -upon that too? What talk they of a ship that came from Africa? Have you not -heard long ago, 'I will bring a sword upon you, and avenge the quarrel of my -covenant, and when you are assembled in the cities, then I will bring the -pestilence into the midst of you?'"</p> -<p>12. After this, having taken a little rest, she said, "Whether in death or -life, a believer is Christ's, who hath redeemed us by his own precious blood -from the power of the devil; then, whether I live or die, I am the Lord's. O -why do you afflict yourselves thus? But what shall I say? With weeping I came -into the world, and with weeping I must go out again. O my dear parents, -better is the day of my death than the day of my birth."</p> -<p>13. She then desired her father to pray with her, and to request of the -Lord that she might have a quiet passage into another world.</p> -<p>14. Her father, observing her to grow very weak, said, "I perceive, child, -thou art very weak." "It is true, sir," said she, "I feel my weakness -increasing, and I see your sorrow increasing too, which is a part of my -affliction. Be content, I pray you, it is the Lord who does it; and let you -and I say with David, 'Let us fall into the Lord's hand, for his mercies are -great.'"</p> -<p>15. She laid a great charge upon her parents not to grieve for her after -her death, urging that of David: while the child was sick he fasted and wept: -but when it died he washed his face, and sat up, and ate, and said, "Can I -bring him back from death? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to -me."</p> -<p>16. Being very feeble, she said, "O that I might quietly sleep in the bosom -of Jesus! and that till then he would strengthen me! O that he would take me -in his arms, as he did those little ones, where he said, 'Suffer little -children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven: and he took -them in his arms, and he laid his hands on them, and blessed them,' I lie here -as a child: O Lord, I am thy child, receive me into thy gracious arms. O Lord, -grace! grace! and not justice! For if thou shouldst enter into judgment with -me, I cannot stand: yea, none living would be just in thy sight."</p> -<p>17. Then she said, "O what is the life of man! The days of man upon earth -are as grass, and as the flower of the field, so he flourishes: the wind -passeth over it, and it is gone, and his place knows him no more."</p> -<p>18. She added, "My life shall not continue long. I feel much weakness: O -Lord, look upon me graciously, have pity upon my weak distressed heart. I am -oppressed, undertake for me, that I may stand fast and overcome."</p> -<p>19. She was very frequent in spiritual ejaculations, and it was no small -comfort to her that the Lord Christ prayed for her, and promised to send his -Spirit to comfort her. "It is said," continued she, "'I will pray the Father, -and he shall give you another Comforter.' O let him not leave me! O Lord, stay -with me till my battle and work is finished!"</p> -<p>20. Soon after, she said, "None but Christ; without thee I can do nothing! -Christ is the true vine! O let me be a branch of that vine! What poor worms -are we! O dear father, how lame and halting do we go on in the ways of God and -salvation! We know but in part, but when that which is perfect is come, then -that which is imperfect shall be done away. O that I had attained to that now! -But what are we ourselves? Not only weakness and nothingness, but wickedness: -for the thoughts and imaginations of a man's heart are only evil, and that -continually. We are by nature children of wrath, and are conceived in sin, and -born in unrighteousness! O this wretched and vile thing, sin! But thanks be to -God, who hath redeemed me from it. O Lord, take me to thyself. Behold, dear -mother, he has prepared a place for me."</p> -<p>21. "Yea, my dear child," said her mother, "He shall strengthen you with -his Holy Spirit until he hath fitted and prepared you fully for that place -which he hath provided for you."</p> -<p>22. "Yea, mother," replied she, "it is said in the 84th Psalm, 'How lovely -are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul doth thirst and long for the -courts of the Lord: one day in thy courts is better than a thousand: yea, I -had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of -the wicked.' Read that psalm, dear mother, wherewith we may comfort each -other. As for me, I am more and more spent, and draw near my last hour."</p> -<p>23. Then she quoted Job's words, "I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that -he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though, after my skin, -worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God."</p> -<p>24. Then she said, "'Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming in which -all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and come forth; those that -have done good unto the resurrection of life.' See, father, I shall rise in -that day, and then I shall behold my Redeemer: then will he say, 'Come, ye -blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning -of the world.' Behold, now I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the -life that I now live in the flesh, is by faith of the Son of God, who loved -me, and gave himself for me. I am saved, and that not of myself, it is the -gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast."</p> -<p>25. "My dear parents, now we must part, my speech fails me: pray to the -Lord for a quiet close to my combat." Her parents replied, "Ah, dear child! -how sad is that to us, that we must part?" She answered, "I go to heaven, and -there we shall find one another again: I go to Jesus Christ."</p> -<p>26. Then she comforted herself to think of her precious brother and sister. -"I go to my brother Jacob, who did so much cry and call upon God to the last -moment of his breath: and to my little sister, who was but three years old -when she died: who, when we asked her whether she would die? answered, 'Yes, -if it be the Lord's will.' I will go to my little brother, if it be the Lord's -will, or I will stay with my mother, if it be his will. But I know that I -shall die and go to heaven."</p> -<p>27. After this, her spirit was refreshed with a sense of the pardon of her -sins, which made her to cry out, "Behold, God hath washed away my sins, O how -I do long to die! The Lord is my shepherd: although I pass through the valley -of the shadow of death, I will not fear, for thou art with me: shall I not -suffer, seeing my glorious Redeemer was pleased to suffer so much for me? O -how was he mocked and crowned with thorns, that he might purchase a crown of -righteousness for us! Must I not exalt and bless him while I have a being, who -hath bought me even with his blood! Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away -the sins of the world! That Lamb is Jesus Christ, who hath satisfied for my -sins.</p> -<p>28. "My end is now very near; now I shall put on the white raiment, and be -clothed before the Lamb, that spotless Lamb, and with his spotless -righteousness. Now are the angels making ready to carry my soul before the -throne of God. 'These are they who have come out of great tribulation, who -have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'" She -spoke this with a dying voice, but full of spirit and of the power of -faith.</p> -<p>29. Her lively assurance she farther uttered in the words of the apostle, -"We know that if this earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a -building of God, which is eternal in the heavens; for in this we sigh for our -house which is in heaven; that we may be clothed therewith."</p> -<p>30. "There, father, you see that my body is this tabernacle, which now -shall be broken down; my soul shall now part from it, and shall be taken up -into paradise, into that heavenly Jerusalem. There shall I dwell and go no -more out, but sit and sing, Holy, holy, is the Lord God of hosts, the Lord of -Sabaoth!" Her last words were these: "O Lord God, into thy hands I commit my -spirit: O Lord, be gracious, be merciful to me a poor sinner."</p> -<p>She died the first of September, 1664, between seven and eight in the -evening; in the fourteenth year of her age.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="10">THE MERCHANT'S SON.</A></H2><p>JOHN HARVEY was born -in London, in the year 1654: his father was a Dutch merchant: he was piously -educated under his mother, and soon began to hear Divine things with -delight.</p> -<p>2. The first thing observable in him was, that when he was two years and -eight months old, he could speak as well as other children do usually at five -years old.</p> -<p>3. His parents, judging that he was then too young to send to school, let -him have his liberty to play about their yard, but instead of playing, he -found out a school of his own accord near home, and went to the -schoolmistress, and entreated her to teach him to read; and so he went some -time to school without the knowledge of his parents, and made a very strange -progress in his learning, and was able to read distinctly before most children -knew their letters.</p> -<p>4. He was wont to ask many serious and weighty questions about matters -which concerned his soul and eternity.</p> -<p>5. His mother being greatly troubled upon the death of one of his uncles, -this child came to his mother and said, "Mother, though my uncle be dead, do -not the Scriptures say he must rise again? Yes, and I must die, and so must -every body, and it will not be long before Christ will come to judge the -world, and then we shall see one another again: I pray mother, do not weep so -much." He was not then quite five years old: by which her sorrow for her -brother was turned into admiration, and she was made to sit silent and quiet -under that trying providence.</p> -<p>6. After this his parents removed to Aberdeen, and settled their child -under a schoolmaster there, whose custom was upon the Lord's day in the -morning, to examine his scholars concerning the sermons they had heard the -former Lord's day, and to add some other questions, which might try the -understanding and knowledge of his scholars. The question that was once -proposed to his form was, whether Christ had a mother? None of the scholars -could answer it, till it came to John Harvey, who, being asked whether Christ -had a mother? answered, "No; as he was God he could not have a mother; but as -he was man he had." This was before he was six years old.</p> -<p>7. One day, seeing one of his near relations come into his father's house -distempered with drink, he went to him, and wept over him, and besought him -that he would not so offend God, and hazard his soul.</p> -<p>8. He was a conscientious observer of the Lord's day, spending all the time -either in secret prayer, reading the Scriptures and good books, learning his -catechism, or hearing the word of God. And he was not only careful in the -performance of these duties himself, but was ready to put all that he knew -upon a strict observation of the Lord's day.</p> -<p>9. He was very humble and modest, and hated any thing more than -necessaries, either in clothes or diet.</p> -<p>10. When he perceived either his brother or sister pleased with their new -clothes, he would reprove their folly; and when his reproof signified little, -he would bewail their vanity.</p> -<p>11. Once he had a new suit brought from the tailor's, which, when he looked -on, he found some ribands on the knees, at which he was grieved: asking his -mother "whether these things would keep him warm?" "No, child," said his -mother. "Why then," said he, "do you suffer them to be put there? You are -mistaken if you think such things please me: and, I doubt some that are better -than us may want the money that this cost you, to buy them bread."</p> -<p>12. At leisure times he was talking to his school fellows about the things -of God, and the necessity of a holy life. That text he much spoke on to them, -"The axe is laid to the root of the tree, and every tree that bringeth not -forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire."</p> -<p>13. After this his parents removed not far from London, where he continued -till the year 1665. He was then sent to the Latin school, where he soon made a -very considerable progress, and was greatly beloved of his master. The school -was his beloved place, and learning his recreation.</p> -<p>14. He had a word to say to every one that he conversed with, to put them -in mind of the worth of Christ and their souls; and their nearness to -eternity: insomuch that good people took no small pleasure in his company.</p> -<p>15. He bewailed the miserable condition of the generality of mankind, (when -he was about ten years old,) that they were utterly estranged from God. -"Though they called him Father, he said, yet they were his children by -creation, and not by any likeness they had to God, or any interest in -him."</p> -<p>16. Thus he continued walking in the ways of God: in reading, praying, -hearing the word of God, and spiritual intercourse; discovering thereby his -serious thoughts of eternity, which seemed to swallow up all other thoughts; -and he lived in a constant preparation for it, and looked more like one that -was ripe for glory than an inhabitant of this lower world.</p> -<p>17. When he was about eleven years and nine months old his mother's house -was visited with the plague; his eldest sister was the first that was visited -with this distemper; and when they were praying for her, he would sob and weep -bitterly.</p> -<p>18. As soon as he perceived his sister was dead, he said, "The will of the -Lord be done2C blessed be the Lord! Dear mother, you must do as David did: -after the child was dead he went and refreshed himself, and quietly submitted -to the will of God."</p> -<p>19. The rest of the family held well for some days, which time he spent in -preparing for death. Meantime he wrote several meditations upon different -subjects, particularly upon the excellence of Christ. He was never well but -when he was more immediately engaged in the service of God.</p> -<p>20. At the end of fourteen days he was taken sick, at which he seemed very -cheerful; though his pains were great.</p> -<p>21. His mother, looking upon his brother, shook her head: at which he asked -if his brother was marked with the complaint? She answered, "Yea, child." He -asked again whether he was marked? She answered nothing. "Well," says he, "I -know I shall be marked: I pray let me have Mr. Baxter's book, that I may read -a little more of eternity before I go into it." His mother told him he was not -able to read. He said, "Then pray by me and for me."</p> -<p>22. His mother asked him whether he was willing to die and leave her? He -answered, "Yes. I am willing to leave you and go to my heavenly Father." She -answered, "Child, if thou hadst but an assurance of God's love, I should not -be so much troubled." He answered, "I am assured that my sins are forgiven, -and that I shall go to heaven: for," said he, "here stood an angel by me, that -told me I should quickly be in glory."</p> -<p>23. At this his mother burst forth into tears. "O mother," said he, "did -you but know what joy I feel you would not weep but rejoice. I tell you I am -so full of comfort that I cannot tell you how I am: O mother, I shall -presently have my head in my Father's bosom, and shall be there where the four -and twenty elders cast down their crowns, and sing hallelujah, glory, and -praise to him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever!"</p> -<p>24. Upon this his speech began to fail him, but his soul was still taken up -with glory; and nothing now grieved him but the sorrow that he saw his mother -to be in for his death; a little to divert her he asked, "What she had for -supper?" But presently, in a kind of rapture he cried, "O what a sweet supper -have I making ready for me in glory!"</p> -<p>25. But seeing all this did but increase his mother's grief, he asked her, -"What she meant thus to offend God? Know you not that it is the hand of the -Almighty? 'Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God:' lay yourself in the -dust and kiss the rod, in token of your submission to the will of God." Upon -which, raising himself a little, he gave a lowly bow, and spake no more! but -went to rest in the bosom of Jesus.</p> - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="11">PIOUS LITTLE PETER.</A></H2><p>PETER MELVILLE, from -the commencement of his illness, received much satisfaction from reading the -Bible and other serious books; and after the first month or six weeks, was not -known to read any other. The short history of Jesus Christ, by Mason, afforded -him great satisfaction. In prayer he joined most heartily, and his eyes, while -his friends were engaged in this exercise, were always raised toward heaven. -During his painful illness, which lasted four months, he was remarkably -patient, and much distressed at the idea of giving trouble. From these -circumstances it was concluded that his mind was seriously disposed. Fourteen -days, however, before his death, being much worse and unable to leave his bed, -his anxious parents, desirous to know his real state, asked him if his mind -was easy? At first he appeared inclined to evade the question; but the -question being repeated he burst into tears and cried out, "I have been a very -great sinner, I do not feel a love for my Saviour, nor see him with an eye of -faith." Different texts of Scripture were mentioned which directed him to cast -all his care on the Lord. These appeared to comfort him in a degree, and he -then said, "What a charming place heaven is." It being observed that great -advantages frequently resulted from a long illness, he expressed his sense of -it by exclaiming, "What a dreadful place must I have gone to had I been cut -off at once."</p> -<p>The next morning he was asked if he wished to converse with a minister? on -his answering in the affirmative, the Rev. Mr. W. was requested to visit him; -and was the instrument, in the hands of God, of composing his mind. The next -day he requested that Watts' Psalms and Hymns, which he was very fond of -reading, might be brought to him; and when his father came to his bedside he -pointed to the 23d psalm, and asked if it was not a very sweet one?</p> -<p>On Saturday following he expressed a wish to have a Bible and prayer book -purchased for him, in which, together with his hymn book, he wrote his -name.</p> -<p>On Thursday, the 7th of April, being much worse, he was again asked if his -mind was comfortable, to which he replied, "No; I am the greatest of sinners, -and Satan tempts me to sin." Everything was said that could be thought of to -compose him, and soon after he became more tranquil, and appeared delighted -with the idea of heaven, requesting to have a description of that blessed -place read to him. This had been done some time before, and had made a lasting -impression on his mind. But when he made the request he added in a low voice, -"I am afraid I shall never get there, because I do not love my Saviour as I -ought." Being asked again how he found his mind, he answered, "A little -better; but I wish to love my Lord and Saviour; and I hope to be able to do it -more and more."</p> -<p>On being reminded that it was Good Friday, he talked much of our Lord's -great sufferings for his people; and while speaking of the blessed Lamb that -had been crucified on that day, he desired the 25th hymn of the third book of -Watts to be read to him.</p> -<p class="indent">"All mortal vanities, begone."</p> -<p>On the evening of this day he appeared to feel much of what had been said -to him by the Rev. Mr. H., who had visited him frequently.</p> -<p>Saturday night was spent in great pain—he had but few intervals of -ease. When he was told "such things were from the Lord," he replied, "The Lord -is good, yes, the Lord is good to them who put their trust in him." When he -expressed his gratitude to his weeping parents for their attention to him, and -his mother had told him that it was the Lord who enabled them to do any thing -for him, and mentioned his glorious Saviour as the blessed object of all his -gratitude, he turned his thoughts to heaven and said, "Then I hope to love him -now; and what rapture will it afford me to meet all my dear friends with him -in glory." He spoke for some time on the subject with great energy; and on -being told that he would fatigue himself, he replied, "It is not fatiguing, it -is rapturous;" and particularly expressed a hope that not one of his family -would be <i>wanting;</i> adding, "What a disappointment shall I feel if you -are not there." He seemed much refreshed by this conversation, and went to -sleep with a sweet smile on his countenance.</p> -<p>In the afternoon he was still more composed, and told his mother he would -talk a little; when he again dwelt most sweetly on the goodness of the Lord to -his soul, and the happiness of meeting his parents and friends in glory. In -the night, being asked if he did not love the sinner's friend, he replied, "I -wish to do it, and in heaven I shall do it more," adding, "No one ever loved -him one part in a thousand so much as they ought to do." He frequently prayed -for patience, being subject to great pain. Seeing his mother weep, he asked -her why she cried. She replied, "That she could not help it." "I hope," said -he, "the Lord will give you strength."</p> -<p>On the Monday, being again frequently asked if Jesus was precious, he at -times nodded his head, and at others said, "I hope he is, and that he will be -more so by and by." But soon after that he said, "I am a great sinner, and am -afraid I shall be disappointed in all my hopes of heaven." But being exhorted -to cast all his unbelieving thoughts away, and put his entire trust in his -blessed Redeemer, whose arms were underneath him, he replied, "Then I am -safe." Again he thanked his parents for their care of him, and when it was -repeated that it was all the Lord's doing, "Then," said he, "you are the -instruments, and what a blessed thing it is to have parents who guide and -instruct us in the way;" and added, "O what will become of those children who -idle about on the Sabbath day, who swear and steal. O shocking! shocking! O -what a blessing to have good parents." On requesting to see his brothers, they -came to him; and taking them by the hand, he asked them how they did. To his -little brother Henry he said, "Be a good boy, do not run about with idle -children, and tell Philip what I say, learn your catechism, also read your -Bible." Perceiving that his eldest brother cried, he said, "Why is John -weeping? Weep not for me, weep for yourselves." "What a blessed change," said -a friend, "will it be, from such a sick bed as this to the joys of heaven!" to -which he added, "To be in the arms of my Redeemer, to see him face to face, -and behold his glories in heaven: O how admirable! O what are the glories of -an earthly kingdom when compared to this: but as the drop of a bucket to the -ocean; yea, no mortal can describe the joys of heaven." When he again sweetly -dwelt on the happiness of meeting all his friends there, "Where," said he, "we -shall meet to part no more for ever; and there shall be no more death;" which -he twice repeated. In the night he was much buffeted by Satan. About four -o'clock in the morning, he appeared to be dying, and in a low voice, said, -"May you all keep the commandments, and love God evermore. Weep not for me, I -am not worth weeping for." Being in an agony of pain he was directed to the -source of all good. Soon after he appeared easier, and said, "Truly the heart -is willing, but the flesh is weak, and if the heart is willing, never mind the -voice." Being reminded of the joy he would feel at hearing his Lord say, "Well -done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord;" he -exclaimed, "Amen, so be it," and spoke no more. "Great are the troubles of the -righteous, but the Lord delivereth out of them all," was the last text -repeated to him, to which he nodded his head, and then calmly fell asleep in -Jesus, aged twelve years and three months.</p> -<p class="indent"> - Farewell, dear babe, with all thy sacred store,<br> - In triumph landed on the heavenly shore;<br> - Sure nature form'd thee in her softest mould,<br> - And grace, from nature's dross, refund the gold.</p> - - -<br><br><H2><A NAME="12">THE DUTIFUL DAUGHTER.</A></H2><p>ELIZABETH W. ORCHARD -was born March 6, 1795, at Melksham, in Wiltshire; and from an early age was -very dutiful to her parents, and much attached to her school and books. In -1802 her father removed from Newport, in the Isle of Wight, to Bath; where he -and his family attended the Rev. Mr. J.'s chapel. Soon after their arrival at -Bath, Elizabeth and William her brother were admitted into the Sunday school -belonging to Argyle chapel; from the time of Elizabeth's admittance, she -seemed to read her books with understanding and profit; and during the week, -it was always her study to get her task by heart against the returning -Sabbath. Her partiality for her teachers was great: especially for Miss S., -whom, when she was taken ill, she longed to see. The tickets that were given -to her in the school, as tokens for good, she valued much; and expressed a -wish to return them, that she might obtain a hymn book, the reward she was -entitled to. A shilling that was given to her by the committee at Christmas, -for learning her book, with one that she had borrowed of her brother, she laid -out in the purchase of a Testament; which she preserved with great care till -her departure.</p> -<p>During her illness, Elizabeth often reproved her brother and sister, -saying, "If you are not better you will certainly go to a place of misery." On -every occasion she discovered a great love to prayer; and when by weakness she -was prevented from going to chapel, she learned her tasks; and what she did -learn and hear, was, by a Divine blessing, deeply impressed on her mind.</p> -<p>For the last five weeks before her death, she was not in the least -terrified at her approaching dissolution; but conversed with pleasure on her -departure. Her father asked her one day, when in great pain, whether she loved -the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? to which she answered, "Yes, I do, and I -shall soon be with him in glory." Mr. B., one of the teachers of the school, -called to see her; and after conversing with her some time, asked her, "If she -should like to go to heaven?" to which she answered, "Yes."</p> -<p>On April the 24th, when in great pain, on viewing her hands, she said, "O -father! the blood ran from the hands of Jesus Christ when he was nailed to the -cross, and that was done by wicked men, but I shall go and see him in heaven." -At another time, when her parents, talking of the sufferings of Christ, said -that he died to save good children, and would take them to sit with him on his -throne for ever, and would give them crowns of glory. To which she answered, -"It seems, father, as if I could see him." On the same day she said, "I do -hope when my body dies, that God will receive my soul to heaven." After this -she related to her parents the account of the rich man in the Gospel; -observing that he was tormented in hell, and could not so much as obtain a -drop of water to cool his burning tongue, while poor Lazarus was carried to -Abraham's bosom, where he was crowned with happiness.</p> -<p>She was visited by her much beloved teacher Miss S., whom she had long -wished to see; and to whom, with the rest of the teachers of the school, her -parents say they shall be always thankful for the good instruction they gave -their dear departed child; and hope that the committee and teachers of the -school at Argyle chapel, and of every other similar school, will be encouraged -by this instance of the good effects of religious advice in a child only nine -years old, to go forward in their endeavours to bring young sinners to Christ. -She was much struck with a passage of Scripture in Revelation, that Mr. J. -preached from: "They shall be clothed in white." "O," said Elizabeth, "I -expect to be clothed in white too." And as her mother was sitting by her -bedside reading, she said, "If God will let me, I will keep places for you who -may be left behind." Her brother she advised not to play so much, but to be a -good boy, mind his book and school, and pray to God to make him truly -religious; or he would go to a place of misery after death. Being told that -she was very ill, she replied, "I must bear it with patience:" though, in -fact, she longed to be gone. When she was very weak, and death stared in her -face, her parents carried her from one room to another; but in no place could -she find ease. She, however, contemplated with satisfaction the day when she -should eat of the tree of life that grows in the midst of the paradise of God; -"There," said Elizabeth, "I shall never thirst, nor never sin, but behold the -Lamb, who will lead me to fountains of living water." After lying one day in a -doze, she opened her eyes and said, "Mother, I have seen an angel." Her mother -asked her where? She pointed to the place where she dreamed that she saw him. -And, being asked if she should like to go with him, she answered, "Yes."</p> -<p><span class="indent"> "There I shall see his face,</span><br> -<span class="indent2"> And never, never sin;</span><br> -<span class="indent"> There from the rivers of his grace</span><br> -<span class="indent2"> Drink endless pleasures in."</span></p> - - -<p>Her parents now hung mournfully around her bed, and concluded that the Lord -was going to release her. They saw clearly that she could not survive long. -Being raised up on the following Sabbath in bed, by pillows, and seeing the -children in the street at play, she observed to them about her how improper it -was that they should profane the Sabbath, and that they ought to be at chapel, -and that God would be very angry with them. 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