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+The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Pilot's Daughter, by Francis Cunningham
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+Title: The Pilot's Daughter
+       an account of Elizabeth Cullingham
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+Author: Francis Cunningham
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+Release Date: January 10, 2012  [eBook #38545]
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PILOT'S DAUGHTER***
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+Transcribed from the 1841 L. & G. Seeley edition by David Price, email
+ccx074@pglaf.org
+
+                                PRINTED BY
+                 L. AND G. SEELEY, THAMES DITTON, SURREY.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                   THE
+                            PILOT’S DAUGHTER;
+
+
+                              AN ACCOUNT OF
+                          ELIZABETH CULLINGHAM,
+                          WHO WAS BORN AND DIED
+                                    IN
+                         THE PARISH OF LOWESTOFT.
+
+                                * * * * *
+
+                                  BY THE
+                      REV.  FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM, M.A.
+                           VICAR OF LOWESTOFT.
+
+                                * * * * *
+
+                                 LONDON:
+                   L. AND G. SEELEY, 169 FLEET STREET.
+                     J. HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY.
+                       J. NESBIT, BERNER’S STREET.
+
+                                * * * * *
+
+                                  1841.
+
+
+
+
+THE PILOT’S DAUGHTER.
+
+
+The subject of this little memoir was so well known to her neighbours,
+and to the many young persons with whom she associated, that I have felt
+sure a short account of her would not be unacceptable to them.  They knew
+her quiet, virtuous, consistent, pious walk, and they will, I am sure,
+bear witness, that I do not over-state the blameless character which she
+maintained.  This, as it was an example to others, so it must be a cause
+of heartfelt rejoicing to her friends now that she has finished her
+course, and entered into her rest.  To others, this little history may
+have its use.  It is not the account of a person of unusual powers of
+mind, or of attainment; nor of one placed in extraordinary circumstances,
+although she was blessed with pious parents, who watchfully instructed
+her in the truths of Religion, as well as taught her by their example.
+She had only the advantages which many young persons in every village and
+town possess, nor did she attain to any situation in life, which
+multitudes may not aspire to.  But she gained a deep and well-grounded
+feeling of Religion.  She learned the evil nature of her heart.  She
+discovered and gained that treasure, which is revealed in the Lord Jesus
+Christ.  She laid hold by faith on his merits.  She was taught of the
+Holy Spirit; and the graces of the Spirit were in an eminent degree
+manifested in her life.  She by the same power acquired the adorning of
+the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the
+ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of the Lord of
+great price.  She followed in the simple training of the ministry of the
+Church: neither seeking to wander from its pastures, nor exercising any
+want of charity towards those who differed from her, one of whom,
+attached to another denomination of Christians, her only surviving
+sister, and nearest friend, was her constant companion; with her she
+lived in perfect unity of Spirit.  Her circumstances then had nothing in
+them out of the ordinary course of human life.  She had temptations
+peculiar to her own character and disposition, and she met with the usual
+trials, which belong to her situation in life.  She had her time of
+health, and of sickness.  She was a daughter and a sister.  She was
+engaged in a variety of pursuits both to gain her livelihood, and to do
+good to others; but in every state,—without exhibiting any quality to
+which her friends and neighbours might not aspire,—she may be truly said
+to have walked after her measure in her Master’s footsteps, and to have
+adorned her Christian profession.
+
+The father of this young woman was James Cullingham.  He had for many
+years been a Pilot.  He was a man of somewhat original character.
+Throughout his life he had followed, without variation, the usual line of
+his calling, and faithfully discharged the duties of his occupation.  The
+business of a Pilot on this part of the coast, is to take ships coming
+from the North to London.  Then to return home again, to wait perhaps a
+few days till the opportunity occurs of another voyage.  This kind of
+life is one of a good deal of temptation; but it did not prove more than
+this to him, for he passed through it without reproach, although somewhat
+unsuccessfully as to his own profit.  In the depth of the winter, when
+the Northern Ports were frozen, his usual duties were suspended.  It was
+in these intervals we had occasion to observe his valuable character.
+His season of rest was employed chiefly at home, reading various books;
+in his latter years, books of devotion; and he was rarely absent from the
+House of God.  In the latter part of his life, he was in the habit, when
+at home, of having stated prayer three times a day; and he read the
+Scriptures in the order of the Calendar of the Prayer Book; at this
+period he also gave up all watching for the coming in sight of ships on
+the Sabbath day; always, however, being ready to go out to them, as his
+profession called him to do, if there was any actual necessity.  On the
+week days at the prayers, as well as on the Sunday, he constantly
+attended the services of the Church.  I shall long remember, during the
+last years of his life, (the only period when I knew him,) his
+respectable appearance, his attentive demeanour and the animation with
+which he made the responses out of a large prayer book, which was his
+constant companion, altogether manifesting the fulness of heart, with
+which he entered into the service of God.  He was a fine model of a man,
+whose religion partook of the character of a former age.  He was deeply
+serious, entirely practical, strict in his attachment to the Church; but
+his religious feeling, although it led him sometimes to a fearless
+reproach of sin in others, did not so much draw him to aim at the
+conversion of his neighbours.  He owed very much of the expansion of his
+religious mind to a social Prayer Meeting, at which he was a constant
+attendant.  One of his family remembers the first deviation from that
+remarkable firmness which belonged to his natural character, on which
+occasion he came home from one of these Meetings, deeply affected, and
+witnessed by his tears, the impression he had received.  He had one
+remarkable deliverance from Shipwreck.  He had been called to take charge
+of a ship in distress which in the course of ten minutes must have
+perished, had it not pleased God to direct an instantaneous change of the
+wind.  In this danger he felt himself calm and prepared for his end.  He
+was, in after years, constantly sensible of this deliverance, and on two
+sheets of paper, nailed up in his bed room, he wrote as a memorial in his
+own large hand: “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I
+fear; the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid?”
+And “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him,
+and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will
+I praise him.”  Psalm xxviii. 8.  He was a man of undaunted courage,
+considering, that in his station of life, it was his duty to run any
+risks by which he might be faithful to his occupation, and acquit himself
+of the responsibility entrusted to him.
+
+Elizabeth’s Mother was a person of no common character.  She had been
+left an orphan at sixteen years of age.  She had spent many years in
+service, and at the conclusion of this time, had married.  Her character
+was one of great decision, and warmth of feeling.  She was a person of
+singular benevolence, and filled a valuable post amongst her afflicted
+neighbours, and in our District Society.  Her great sympathy with others,
+and her uncommon power of body and of mind, had led her to give up days
+and nights to nursing her neighbours.  This labour eventually undermined,
+and permanently injured her vigorous constitution.  Those only, who saw
+her in her afflictions, can be aware of the deep feeling which dwelt in
+her heart.  She was in the habit of reading a variety of common books
+which fell in her way.  I remember some very curious questions, which she
+once put to me on the family of an individual, which had figured in the
+History of England.  Her piety was ardent.  It was her habit to retire
+every afternoon to her chamber for prayer.  She had not, perhaps, as much
+of adherence to the forms of the Church as her husband, although she was
+zealously attached to it, and a constant frequenter of its services.  She
+was very peculiarly observant of statements of doctrine, made in the
+Public Ministry, giving the most marked preference to those which freely
+offered the grace of God to all.  She had been led to very deep
+seriousness of religious feeling by the ardent piety and interesting
+death of her second daughter, who exemplified, during eleven weeks of
+painful sickness, an attainment in religion, which afforded the fullest
+assurance of her joyful entry into the everlasting kingdom of her Lord
+and Saviour.  That daughter had taken a somewhat higher course of mental
+pursuit, than any of her family.  She was accustomed to express her
+devout feeling in verse, and a copy book has been put into my hands,
+containing a variety of little poems, which at least shew her sweetness
+of mind, and her knowledge of religion.  I cannot forbear quoting one of
+them, not particularly for its excellence, but because it serves to
+prove, in reply to the charge often made of ingratitude against the poor,
+how frequently a deep feeling of thankfulness may exist, which
+nevertheless gains no public expression.  These lines are on the death of
+a venerable Clergyman, whom I myself knew to have been frequently
+foremost in acts of benevolence, and often, if necessity required it,
+willing to stand almost alone in deeds of enlarged charity.
+
+                   ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. J. G. SPURGEON,
+                              RECTOR OF OULTON.
+
+    Hark! tis the loud knell which tolling so dreary,
+    Announces to all, a frail mortal’s decease;
+    That relieved from pain, at rest is the weary,
+    A Christian has entered the mansions of peace.
+
+    But it tells us a _friend of the poor_ is departed,
+    A benevolent friend has resign’d his last breath,
+    And the eye where the soft tear of pity has started,
+    Is now closed, and sleeps in the silence of death.
+
+    Yet while in deep sorrow, his loss we’re deploring,
+    His spirit is mounting to Heaven above;
+    To those regions of light he is rapidly soaring,
+    To reap the reward of his labours of love.
+
+    Peace to thine ashes! thy warfare is ended,
+    Thou hast fought the good fight, and hast entered thy rest;
+    Still a tear dims their eye, thou so kindly befriended,
+    And thy memory is sweet to the poor and distress’d.
+
+On her death bed, Susan Cullingham spoke of ‘passing the dark valley,
+but,’ she added, ‘It is _light_,’ and she bade her friends go to the
+grave, not to _weep_, but to look for her in heaven.
+
+I think that I have rarely known in their rank of life, a finer specimen,
+of what I might wish the whole population of my parish to be, than the
+Father and Mother of Elizabeth Cullingham.  They lived most happily
+together, and after death were not long separated.  Their death I shall
+have occasion presently to record.
+
+Elizabeth’s early life was such as might be expected in her station.  She
+had exceedingly good health and spirits at this period.  She was fully on
+par with all other girls in childish pursuits.  Her disposition was,
+however, always careful.  She was considerate in all things, not wasteful
+of any thing, a stayer at home, prudent and disposed to seriousness.  At
+the age of sixteen, she went to fill a subordinate situation in a family
+in London, in which a female relative was the housekeeper.  In this
+situation she was exposed to no more temptation than belongs to a servant
+in general.  She was permitted, indeed, to partake of the usual
+amusements which are allowed to servants in London, but she was protected
+from the evils which might have resulted from those amusements, by the
+watchful attention of the relation under whose care she was placed, and
+by the preventing grace of God.
+
+During the three years of her residence in London nothing occurred to
+mark her course.  She fulfilled her duties, and gained the character of a
+good servant.  She returned to Lowestoft about the month of May, 1831, in
+health and spirits.  Her return was the wish of her careful mother, who
+feared to leave her daughter at a distance, without the protection of the
+kind relative, who had now retired from service.  On her return,
+Elizabeth resided in her own family, and followed the business she had
+been taught; but her residence at home was under somewhat new
+circumstances.  At this period certain means of instruction were offered
+to the young people of the parish, which, under Divine help, were
+peculiarly calculated to meet her opening mind.  These means were 1st, a
+Bible Class, and 2nd, a meeting of women, belonging to the Church, for
+the more especial object of Social Prayer.  Both of these she frequently
+acknowledged to have been of great advantage to her.
+
+In the Bible Class, the Scriptures were read, and generally explained,
+whilst the object constantly kept in view was to fix the word on the
+conscience of the young people.  Each one of these were invited to repeat
+some portion of Scripture or a hymn, selected by themselves.  The meeting
+of women was under the immediate. direction of the minister, but presided
+over by Mrs. Cunningham: in it the word of God was read, and a review
+taken of the sermons of the preceding Sunday.  Two or three of the
+members were then at liberty to engage in prayer.  In the latter years of
+her life, Elizabeth occasionally offered up prayer.  These meetings were
+generally seasons of edification to her, and very much tended to
+establish her religious mind: they had also the effect of uniting her
+with those of our Church who were likeminded.  Their general result I
+have found to be greatly beneficial to the Church itself.  It was
+observed by her relations that from the time of Elizabeth’s first
+attendance on these occasions, she devoted herself more entirely to the
+service of God.  Her conduct was altered: she became more serious, and
+she had more love for the Scriptures, and as the necessary consequence,
+other books were laid aside: her natural fretfulness was also brought
+under, and her character assumed that sweetness and quietness which it
+retained till the end.  For two or three years she went on in this
+course.  She was laborious in gaining her livelihood, and as her health
+was never strong, after her return home she occupied herself at
+needle-work, at which, however, through the indulgence of her parent, she
+was not required to labour more than suited her health.
+
+She was habitually, and by principle, industrious, feeling that it was
+equally a Christian duty to be diligent in business, as to be fervent in
+spirit, serving the Lord.  I do not remember any circumstances relating
+to her history at this period which were of importance.  For two or three
+years she pursued the even tenor of her way.  She was dutiful to her
+parents, kind to all around her, serviceable to the Church, and in every
+way an ornament to her Christian profession.  The work of conversion was
+obviously going on in her soul.  The fulfilment of every duty, private
+and public, gave full proof of it.
+
+It was about the year 1833 that she had the offer made of a situation in
+a gentleman’s family, of which the religious habits were particularly
+suited to her.  Into this family she entered, and was absent for about
+three years in a distant part of the kingdom.  During this time she had a
+severe attack of illness, which resulted in her return home.  But as this
+new state of servitude was somewhat of a trial to her, and it had its
+peculiar burden in her weak state of health, and with her naturally
+anxious habit of mind, so it was calculated to exhibit the strength of
+principle which she had attained.  I am glad to be able to bring forward
+a witness of her conduct as a servant during this period.  When she was
+dead I wrote to her late master, to ask about her, and I subjoin a part
+of his reply in his own words.
+
+                                                    _Brighton_, _July_ 28.
+
+    “MY DEAR FRIEND,
+
+    “Though we cannot but lament the removal of such manifestly bright
+    saints as E. C. from this our lower earth, yet every such removal is
+    like a door opened in heaven; and one seems to hear her peaceful
+    spirit saying to us, “Be followers of me, and of them who have
+    inherited the promises.”  Blessed are such dead who die in the Lord.
+    As long as E. C. was in my service, I always considered her as one of
+    the most perfect characters I had ever seen.  She was with us, I
+    should think, about three years.
+
+    “She always seemed to me a model of Christian deportment as a
+    servant, for I never saw one ruffle or ripple in the even stream of
+    her temper; I never saw her upset or put out by any hasty order or
+    word which I might have spoken.  She was evidently always at rest in
+    Jesus—enjoying very unusually peace and joy in believing—and this was
+    no doubt granted to a more simple and consistent _obedience_ than is
+    generally seen in professors of our days.  The characteristic graces
+    of her state appeared to me humility and quiet contentment in her
+    situation of life.  She had no high sounding profession, but all was
+    a meek, yet very firm, testimony to that blessed Master’s grace who
+    had “wrought all her works in her.”
+
+    “When _servants_ are really thus Christian, they do especially
+    _adorn_ the Gospel of God their Saviour.  “Exhort servants to be
+    obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all
+    things, not answering again, not purloining, but shewing all good
+    fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrines of God our Saviour in all
+    things.”  Titus ii. 9.
+
+    “She did this most eminently.  Of course I can say little more: the
+    incidents in a servant’s life are generally so few.  Hers was a
+    blessed constancy, an even flow of calm and established piety.”
+
+                              * * * * * * * * *
+
+The testimony of this letter to the character of Elizabeth, as a servant,
+is remarkable.  ‘Not one ruffle or ripple in the even stream of her
+temper,’ of this naturally anxious, and even fretful, girl.  ‘Never upset
+or put out by any hasty order or word:’ ‘_consistent obedience_:’
+‘humility and quiet contentment in her situation in life,’ marking all
+her course.  How truly may we feel with her master that all this was a
+strong testimony to the grace of that blessed Saviour, who had “wrought
+all her works in her.”  Yet what encouragement does this case afford to
+many others who are engaged in domestic service.  She fulfilled her duty
+as unto the Lord, and of her Master in heaven she will doubtless receive
+her reward.
+
+Elizabeth now having returned home, took her place in the parish.  She
+sought to be serviceable to others as well as to gain her livelihood: she
+was a constant helper to the ministry, and a great comfort to her
+parents, with whom she dwelt.  Her religious mind appeared to be
+continually progressing.  At the close of the year 1836, she began a
+private journal, which has been lent to me.  It contains chiefly notes of
+sermons which she heard, and of the impression which they produced on her
+mind.  How happy it is when the soul is brought so to hunger and thirst
+after righteousness, that it feeds upon all the food which is presented
+to it; when the means of grace are used not without profit, when sermons
+are listened to, and applied to the heart, when the word of God is read,
+and marked, and inwardly digested, so that the hope of everlasting life
+is embraced, and held fast.  It was so with Elizabeth C.
+
+No word seemed to be received without attention and application.  I wish
+that her example may be followed in this matter, and with the same
+blessing.  I will now make some extracts from her journal; they will
+serve to shew the very inside of her mind.  It begins Dec. 18, 1836.
+‘Mr. C. preached from Isaiah xl. 3, 5.  I felt my mind much impressed
+with the sermon.  O that the Lord may remove every mountain that impedes
+my way to Him.’  Saturday being the last day of the year she writes—‘When
+I look back on the past year, how many short comings and backslidings,
+how much coldness and lukewarmness have I to mourn over: O blessed Lord,
+enable me to dedicate myself afresh to thy service, in entering upon
+another year, and do thou pardon all that is passed.’  January 1.  ‘The
+first text which caught my eye this morning was Isaiah i. 25.  “O blessed
+Lord, purge away all my sins, and make me to walk humbly before thee.”
+Mr. C. preached from Rom. xii. 1, 2.  How was my mind impressed when he
+pointed out the necessity of giving the whole heart to God.  I was led to
+pray earnestly that the Lord would enable me to do so for Jesus sake.
+January 2.  Attended a Prayer Meeting at the Vicarage, to implore the
+outpouring of the Spirit.  O Lord, hear the prayers which have this day
+been offered up.  January 15.  Mr. C. preached from 1 Cor. ii. 9.  The
+sermon was truly interesting and affecting, as he spoke to us of the
+death of two individuals, Mrs. R., and Mrs. C., well known to us, who
+died under very affecting circumstances.  Mr. C. pointed out what it was
+to love the Lord, and what was prepared for them that love him.  We have
+no doubt but our dear friends are now enjoying those things which are
+prepared for the righteous.  O blessed Lord, prepare me for every change
+and condition of life; but above all prepare me for death, that I may be
+ready to meet thee with joy.’
+
+I may be permitted to digress from my subject for a few moments, to
+relate the history of the two individuals alluded to.  The elder of the
+two died full of years, many of which had been spent in the Service of
+God.  She was 91 years of age, and the Parent, in the fourth generation,
+of a large number of our Congregation.  Although surrounded by many
+witnesses at her death, she departed so quietly, that none could know
+when she took her flight.  Of her it might be truly said, she had “fallen
+asleep in Christ.”  The other individual was Mary Rackham.  She was the
+Mother of a large family; she acted a prominent part in her husband’s
+much frequented Butcher’s shop, and this brought her into the observation
+of the whole Parish.  She was well known by her constant attention to
+business, being inferior to none in the active pursuit of her daily
+duties.  She was confessedly the woman in the parish, who appeared to me
+to have the largest share of varied occupation.  She was however in the
+midst of all her duties, distinguished for her obliging manners to all
+about her.  In her family, the utmost good order and consistency were
+observed.
+
+She had lost one child, whom she trusted she had trained for God, and now
+her longing anxiety was, that all the rest of her family should follow in
+the same course.  How entirely her heart was set upon this I could well
+judge, who was often led into conversation with her on that subject.  But
+her labours and conflicts, and her victory in her own soul were still
+more conspicuous.  She was naturally of an eager and sanguine
+temperament, but that this had an entirely new and spiritual direction
+was manifest to all.  Her disposition was not to entertain high notions
+of herself; yet was she confident in her Saviour, and she never testified
+any doubt as to her portion in Him.  Her zeal for the Service of God was
+very great, and her attendance at his house, considering her
+circumstances, was remarkable.  On Thursday Evening, as on Sunday, she
+was always to be found in her place.  She was an attendant at the latest
+Sacrament, and twice at the services on the last Sunday of her life.  But
+her seasons of private devotion were as regularly maintained.  She was
+watchful to secure her morning and evening retirement;—and in order to
+keep up the Spirit of devotion, which she feared might flag through the
+hurry of business; she constantly retired in the middle of the day, when
+her business had a pause, for the purposes of reading and devotional
+exercises.  She was a member, and a constant attendant, when she was
+able, on the Society for Social prayer.  She died after her confinement;
+and we had the opportunity of witnessing only an awful, but a calm and
+cheerful delirium which filled up her latest hours.  But a more beautiful
+and instructive example of holy devotedness to every duty, performed in
+the faith of Christ, we could scarcely have had the opportunity of
+witnessing, than that which she exhibited in her daily walk and
+conversation.  She died at the age of 35 years, leaving five children
+behind her.
+
+The Journal of E. C. goes on.  ‘Thursday Evening, March 5.  Mr. Hogarth
+preached from 2 Cor. v.  He described the body as a tent, which must soon
+be dissolved, and the miseries of the wicked, who have no hope beyond
+this life.  None said Mr. H., but the followers of Christ can take up the
+language of the text.  Enable me, O Lord, thine unworthy servant,
+experimentally to feel that I, even I, have a building of God, an house
+not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  March 8.  Mr. C. spoke of a
+dear Christian friend, S. J. who was called to put off her earthly
+tabernacle last Sabbath.  We feel assured she had a building of God, an
+house prepared for her disembodied Spirit—to her, said Mr. C. may the
+text be applied.  “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into
+the Joy of thy Lord.”  Give me grace, O Lord, to improve the talent
+committed to me, that when thou callest me to give up my account, I may
+be ready as thy servant was.’  Susan Jones, the person here alluded to,
+was an individual of great interest.  She illustrated a valuable little
+tract, entitled the “_Single talent well employed_.”  She was one of
+three sisters, who lived together in Lowestoft.  She had resided with a
+family in Scotland, whose testimony to her worth, as well as that of the
+heads of the family in which she died, I shall venture to insert.  She
+was one of the brightest ornaments of our little Christian Society, and
+much beloved by all who knew her.  I will copy the account of her
+inscribed in the memoranda of a friend.
+
+    ‘This morning’s post brought me the tidings of dear Susan Jones’
+    death, or rather of her being on the point of death, and a request
+    that I would inform her sisters of it.  Another valued member of our
+    Society, a true sister in the Lord—one much beloved by us and by many
+    here is now departed!  The letter was from Mr. S. a Clergyman, with
+    whom she had been staying at Woodbridge about three months, in order
+    to nurse Mrs. S. in her confinement.’
+
+The following is an extract of his letter.
+
+    ‘Poor dear Susan was apparently well this morning, and engaged as
+    usual, till about 11 o’clock; when upon her stooping down, she felt
+    an acute pain; but as she was subject to this, we were not
+    alarmed.—Finding, however, that the pain continued, we sent for our
+    medical attendant.  The suffering for a short time became acute, and
+    the symptoms so alarming, that it was soon evident there was no hope
+    of her life.  It is considered that a vessel near the heart had given
+    way, and that she is sinking from internal bleeding.  She is indeed
+    as one fallen asleep.  Her mind is calm, and her heart is
+    _fixed_;—her gratitude to God, her patience, love, _humility_,
+    combined with simple trust, are all so conspicuous, that I cannot
+    perceive which is the greatest.  She appears not to have a thought in
+    the world, and has not said one word regarding it.  Her thoughts are
+    all towards God, and the voice of praise and prayer to him, for
+    spiritual blessings are her only theme.  “Thy will be done,” seems
+    the first and uppermost feeling of her heart.  You may feel assured
+    when you receive this, that her Spirit is in Heaven, with her beloved
+    Saviour.  All her words are now either to, or of her God and Saviour,
+    and she appears to have closed her senses to this trying scene.  Her
+    bodily sufferings now are small.  I feel as though in parting from
+    her, I was losing one of my best friends, and I only pray that the
+    Almighty, in his mercy, may so help me, that I may see dear Susan in
+    another and better world.  With every good wish and prayer,’
+
+                                                               Believe me,
+                                                         Yours faithfully,
+                                                                 J. P. S.’
+
+February 27th.  ‘Received this morning the account of dear Susan Jones’s
+death.  The following is an extract from Mr. S’s. second letter.’
+
+    ‘Poor dear Susan was called away a few hours sooner than we expected.
+    She breathed her last a quarter before one o’clock this morning, when
+    she exchanged a Sabbath day on earth, for an eternal Sabbath in
+    heaven.  I feel as strong a confidence that she is now in glory, as I
+    can feel of any person I ever knew.  The verse for the day in the
+    Christian Almanack, 26th February, is, “There remaineth, therefore, a
+    rest for the people of God,” as it were greeting me on my coming down
+    stairs this morning, with a most welcome and appropriate assurance,
+    and as it were in confirmation of my feelings.  All I can say of her
+    in her life, and in her death, would come short of the reality, and I
+    can only hope and pray that I may be kept from abusing the privilege
+    I have had in her friendship; and that her image and example may, by
+    God’s blessing, be the means of assisting my weakness, and helping me
+    on to an _entrance_ into glory for ever and ever with her!’
+
+May we seek to follow her humble and Christian course, blameless and
+harmless as she was, loved by all, and loving all.  She was not quick to
+discover, or speak of the faults of others, being too humbly alive to her
+own.  I never remember to have left her after the fullest communications
+with her, distressed or perplexed by histories of others, and their
+faults and failings; over these she drew the curtain, and fixed her eye
+_only upon her own_.  She introduced the subject of other people only to
+speak kindly and affectionately of them: she appeared “without
+partiality,” nor had she that selfishness which soon takes affront: I
+never knew her vexed with any one for supposed unkindness or neglect: she
+seemed always to think she received more than she deserved.  O may we all
+have grace to follow her in this, and in many other of her Christian
+virtues.
+
+When thus suddenly seized, and with nothing but death before her, her
+soul was found perfectly _staid_.  No distressing fears or conflicts
+overwhelmed her; but she met the summons with perfect fortitude and
+resignation.  When Mr. S. said to her, ‘Dear Susan, do you not feel
+afraid?’  ‘O no, sir, I have no fear; I am leaning on the arm of Jesus,
+He is my support—He is holding me behind and before.  God has laid his
+hand upon me: His will be done; He will keep me, He will support me.’
+The sting of death seemed entirely withdrawn, and the glorious hope of
+being for ever with the Lord, swallowed up all pain in quitting this
+valley of tears.  O the blessedness of living thus in preparation for
+death!  May the instructive lesson sink deeply into all our hearts,
+leading us to a watchful circumspect devotion to our God and Saviour;
+that, when he shall please to call us, we may say with her, ‘_ready_,
+_Lord_, _ready_.’
+
+As it was my painful office to inform her dear sisters of the affecting
+event of Susan’s seizure and probable departure at that moment, I went in
+after the service on Sunday morning.  At the moment of my entry, Hannah
+was reading a paper she held in her hand.  I asked them if they had heard
+any thing of Susan.  ‘Not very lately; but we have just been reading a
+paper of her’s we found in her Bible.’  These were the words:—‘O my dear
+sisters, we have now began another year, O may we live it _fit to die_,
+should we be called away before it is past.  This day I have been to hear
+Mr. Salmon, and we had a most excellent sermon from Zechariah i. 5.
+“Your fathers, where are they?” God bless you both.—Susan Jones.’
+
+This seemed a merciful preparation for breaking to them the sorrowful
+tidings, which I did, as carefully as possible, endeavouring to arm them
+with Christian feeling of dependance upon God, and with sense of His
+presence and love in this event.  They were not at first so overwhelmed
+as I expected: they were deeply attached to each other, and nothing could
+exceed the careful and affectionate manner in which Susan had nursed
+Elizabeth in a long and painful illness.  Her watchful affection had
+bound them still more closely together.
+
+Elizabeth Jones has since died, and has left ample testimony to her faith
+in the Lord Jesus Christ, and her meetness to appear in the presence of
+God, through the merit of her Saviour.  We had most interesting and
+satisfactory testimonies of Susan Jones’s character from others.  Lady H.
+thus writes of her in a letter to Elizabeth.
+
+    ‘You cannot doubt how great were my feelings of sorrow, when I heard
+    of the decease of my faithful friend, your dear sister Susan; indeed
+    I hardly think any such event, out of my own family, could have
+    grieved us all so deeply.  Almost the last words I ever heard from
+    her were, ‘if I am gone when you return to England, never sorrow for
+    your poor old servant.’  But I do sorrow for her very deeply, and
+    shall always think that I have lost a faithful friend, one who did me
+    and my children good, and not evil, during all those days of her life
+    which she spent with me, and I am very sure she has continued to do
+    us good by the hearty prayers she addressed for us, to Him whose eyes
+    are in every place.  Her unwearied kindness to my children, I never
+    did, and never could, repay; I allude chiefly to the good principles
+    she taught them, of love to God, love to their parents, to one
+    another, and to all their brethren of mankind.  O happy mother shall
+    I be, if my offspring depart not from the ways which their old nurse
+    taught them.
+
+    ‘When I was at the Lord’s table last Sunday, I thought of Susan, who
+    had so often been there with her master and me.  I was prepared to
+    remember her when we are directed to bless the Lord ‘for all his
+    servants departed this life in His faith and fear,’ whose good
+    example, whatever their station in this world may have been, we pray
+    for grace to follow.’
+
+But I will return to some portions of E. C’s. journal.  ‘March 12.
+Attended the Prayer Meeting as usual in the morning.’  This meeting was
+held on the Sabbath morning at 9 o’clock, and is composed of a few
+persons who meet together to ask a blessing on the coming means of grace.
+
+‘I felt my mind,’ she says, ‘much drawn out in prayer.  The meeting was
+lively, and I trust the Lord was with us, though some of the weakest of
+his creatures.  In the morning, Mr. C. preached from Hebrews ix. 13, 14,
+the first part considering what it was to purge the conscience from dead
+works.  He spoke not only of the dead works of the unconverted, but also
+of the dead works of the Christian.  How often is he found hard-hearted,
+and cold, and lukewarm, and too often bringing forth fruit to the
+dishonour of God.  What then but the blood of Christ can cleanse him from
+his dead works.  Lord, give me grace and faith to apply to that blood
+continually.’  So did she speak of her own _deficiencies_.  Next she
+speaks of her own _labours_ on the same day.  ‘Attended the school in the
+afternoon.  O Lord, bless and own my poor labours.  Enable me to teach
+for Thee, that thy name may be glorified.’  Passing over a portion of her
+journal, she comes to ‘April 16.  Mr. Hoare preached from Hebrews ix.
+14–16.  He beautifully described how Christ was the High Priest of his
+people; how He atoned for their sins by shedding his own blood; and how
+he entered into the Holiest of Holies, where he ever liveth to make
+intercession for them.  He also spoke of the tenderness of Christ;
+whereby he sympathized, and of his power, whereby He was able to save to
+the uttermost all that come to God by Him.  He most earnestly entreated
+the trembling believer to come boldly to One who was both able and
+willing to save him.’  Her own reflections on this sermon may be gathered
+from the expressions she has applied to it.
+
+‘Mr. Swanison from Jer. xxxi. 18–20.  In the conduct of Ephraim teaching
+us the nature of true repentance.  The prayer of Ephraim shews the change
+in his mind.  He entreats God to turn him, feeling that he cannot turn
+himself.  He feels and owns he has been a rebel, but he relies on the
+Lord to turn him and to pardon all his sins.  Here we see the mercy and
+the love of God displayed.  He does not receive the repentant sinner as a
+servant, but he calls him his dear son.  Oh what encouragement to the
+poor returning sinner, to know that God, whom he feels that he has
+offended, earnestly remembers him still.’
+
+I am glad to make extracts from the sermons of many of my dear fellow
+helpers in the gospel, who have been working with me in this field of
+labour, and who have each,—one planting, and another watering, but God
+giving the increase;—been so honoured as to give suitable culture to a
+plant of the Lord, whom they will one day meet in glory, in the heavenly
+paradise.  I also make these extracts, that we may be enabled to trace
+the means by which the mind of our departed friend, was furnished with
+food convenient for its growth in grace and holiness.
+
+‘May 21.  Attended the morning Prayer Meeting.  Felt rather dead in
+prayer.  May the Lord quicken my affections and warm my cold heart.’
+‘Mr. C. from Amos viii. 8, 9.  Sermon on the Jews.  He spoke much on the
+fulfilment of prophecy; the Lord, in various places, threatening to
+disperse and destroy this people, but not make a full end, &c. &c.  O
+Blessed Lord, give me to live, that I neglect not this message, for if
+thou spared not the natural branches, neither wilt thou spare me if I
+neglect thy word.  Lord, give me thy Spirit, and guide me in all my ways,
+for thy dear Son’s sake.’
+
+Passing over other subjects, we may take the effect produced on her mind,
+by one of the social meetings before alluded to.
+
+‘Monday Evening, Sept. 1.  Attended Mrs. C.’s meeting.  Mrs. C. spoke
+much of the Omnipresence of God.  I felt the subject very much, and I was
+enabled to pour out my soul in prayer.  Surely the Lord’s presence was
+with us at that time.  O blessed Lord, keep me humble; empty me entirely
+of self, that my unworthy services may be acceptable in thy sight.’  It
+is plain by this passage, that she had felt the approach of temptation,
+but she met it in the spirit of watchfulness and prayer.
+
+On another occasion, she says, ‘I attended the meeting.  I trust the Lord
+was with our little party, and that he will hear and answer prayer.  I
+feel my own weakness, and utter unworthiness in approaching thee, O Lord,
+but look thou in mercy upon me; pardon my sins, forgive my iniquities,
+and let not the imperfections of my prayers render them odious in thy
+sight.  Thou Lord, knowest my weakness; O strengthen me that I may be
+enabled to confess thee with more boldness; but O keep me humble.’
+
+‘Oct. 15.  This Morning, the Rev. D. Hogarth preached from Malachi ii. 2,
+3.  O Blessed Jesus, do thou purify and cleanse my soul from the dross of
+sin, which I feel still hinders me from enjoying the light of thy
+countenance.  O remove the veil from mine eyes, and sin from my heart,
+that I may see and understand what thy will is; do thou enlighten and
+guide me in thy way.’
+
+An event now occurred in the family of Elizabeth Cullingham, of the
+deepest interest and importance.  This was the death of her Father.  On
+Monday, Jan. 8, 1838, about two o’clock in the afternoon, a foreign ship
+came in sight, and hoisted a flag for a Pilot.  She was about ten miles
+from the shore, but although the weather was threatening, and the evening
+approaching, it seemed practicable to reach the ship; and as it was
+suspected, that others might be in the offing, which would likewise
+require assistance, two Pilots put off, with thirteen men in one yawl,
+and one Pilot with twenty-one in another.  The dangers which might have
+terrified ordinary men, did not prevent these brave seamen from
+encountering the perils which threatened them in the way of duty.
+
+It was a maxim of James Cullingham, that he ought, in his duty as a
+Pilot, to fear no danger, and that whenever others would take him, he
+should go.  The yawls carried their mainsails at first, and expected to
+reach their object.  But the vessel, instead of keeping its first course
+towards the boats, when they were five or six miles from the shore, stood
+out to sea.  The yawls therefore, in their effort to reach the ship, were
+carried far from land,—and daylight drew to a close before the men were
+aware of their situation.
+
+The wind meantime arose, and the snow drifted heavily.  The greatest
+anxiety was soon felt by all on shore.  The scene which presents itself
+on these occasions, may be conceived, but not described.  Fathers,
+Mothers, Wives, Sisters, Brothers, and Children, are seen intently
+watching every change in the sky and waves, eagerly gazing upon the
+distance to catch a glimpse of the absent objects of their love: grasping
+every phantom of hope which may present itself; but at length—convinced
+by some undoubted sign, that they must hope no more.—Many are the vows
+which are then made; many are the prayers which are then offered.  The
+watching and suspense, however, were in this case, soon at an end.  At
+seven o’clock one of the yawls through great danger, reached the shore,
+and this left no doubt as to the loss of the other, in which was James
+Cullingham, and another Pilot.  It is supposed this yawl, the ‘Peace,’ in
+endeavouring to get into the gat-way, had missed the light, it being
+thick with snow, that she got into broken water, and had gone down.  But
+none were left to tell the tale of woe.  The boat itself, sometime
+afterwards, was washed on shore, a complete wreck.  Very few of the
+bodies were recovered: but amongst the number, that of James Cullingham
+was found, very remarkably, eight months afterwards.  Twelve widows and
+thirty two children, were in consequence of this disaster, left
+destitute.  This was, indeed, a night of agony, to numbers on shore.
+Still the possibility of escape presented itself to their minds, but it
+was hoping against hope.  Yet was every one afraid of acknowledging to
+the chief mourners, what in their own minds was their fixed opinion, that
+no chance remained.  None would, at all events, be the first to declare
+the awful truth to those broken hearted sufferers.
+
+But there must have been a scene even more affecting than the one now
+recorded.  In the boat were fifteen men, who were in the very jaws of
+destruction.  One other heave of the impetuous sea, and their state was
+fixed, fixed for ever.  Some of them, perhaps, had been drunkards, or
+Sabbath breakers, or neglecters of Religion; but now they were called at
+once to give account of what they had done, and what they had left
+undone, and nothing could be left, to which they might look forward, but
+the punishment which awaits the sinner.  It is impossible to conceive a
+scene more really appalling, although outwardly its awfulness might be
+concealed by the anxiety and efforts which it caused.  But to think of
+the never-dying soul, hitherto uncared for, unprepared with all its sins
+upon it, hurried in one moment into judgment, and to the wages of its
+transgressions, is awful indeed!  What may have been the case of these
+men, the day of Judgment will disclose.  “Blessed are the dead which die
+in the _Lord_.”  That it was the portion of James Cullingham so to die,
+we can have no doubt.  His faith, his converted heart, evidenced by his
+life, afford a warrant of good hope as to his condition.  He lived to
+Christ, and death was doubtless gain to him.  Whether at sea, or on his
+bed, he might sink in peace, for a joyful inheritance would await him.
+
+But what was the lot of the mourners in his own bereaved family on that
+sad night?  James Cullingham had left his house in the morning, and that
+he was gone, was probably not more noticed than at other times.  It was
+expected that the yawl which took him out, would in due course return.
+
+Soon however, alarm arose on the beach, and rapidly spread itself in the
+town.  In the evening, it was naturally expected that some news would
+come from the Pilots, for the boat which conveyed them to the vessels
+must of necessity return.  But no news arrived.  Elizabeth had been sent
+to bed by her Mother, who with her other daughter sat alone in the house
+in the deepest anxiety.  The wind became very tempestuous.  The snow
+drifted.  A solemn awe was spread over the cottage.  But there was
+nothing to be done, but to wait, and pray, and to support the mind in
+silence; still hoping that every moment would bring them tidings.
+
+The eldest daughter at length went up stairs, leaving her Mother alone.
+The three brothers had been on the beach; and soon apprehending the real
+state of the case; they had scattered themselves on the coast, several
+miles to the southward, hoping that the boat might be driven on shore in
+that direction.  Meanwhile a universal apprehension was spread abroad,
+and every one who knew how deeply the news would affect the family of
+James Cullingham forbore to come to the house, lest they might be the
+involuntary means of conveying the sad intelligence.  The Mother sat
+alone till the morning, at this time a stranger unwittingly revealed the
+extent of the calamity.  She was heard passing the road, when the anxious
+wife went to the door to ask whether she had heard any thing of the yawl.
+She replied, unconscious to whom she was speaking.  “_Nothing_.  _It will
+never come back again_!”  The awful fact now broke in upon the mind of
+Mrs. Cullingham.  At once she understood that all was lost; she received
+the news however, without any outcry or lamentation.  But it sunk deeply
+within.  Her expression to her daughter was, ‘your Father is gone, he is
+safely arrived, I shall join him in Heaven.’  She never once was heard to
+murmur.  But the blow was intensely severe, and the weight of sorrow
+seemed to be borne alike, by the daughters and the Mother.  It may be
+said to have been the death signal at a more remote period of Elizabeth,
+as well as of her Mother.  Neither of them ever recovered their health.
+To the Widow the loss was in all respects very great.  It might truly be
+said of her and her husband, “they were pleasant in their lives, and in
+their death they were not divided.”  In a very few months, she was called
+to follow him.  A large subscription which was raised, chiefly at a
+distance from home, together with the property of her husband, and the
+assistance of her Children, left the Mother of Elizabeth in no want as to
+her worldly circumstances.  But the suddenness, and the manner of her
+husband’s death, and the haunting reflection that his body was yet
+unburied, left a sort of wretchedness in her mind, which nothing but her
+faith and hope could subdue.  Her mode of life was now some what altered.
+She had more time to read the Scriptures, which she did every afternoon,
+as well as morning and evening.  But in the month of March, she was
+attacked with a paralytic stroke.  This was not violent, and it affected
+her body more than her mind.  It was a time of deep heart searching to
+her, and of preparation for her end.  Her mind might be said to dwell in
+heavenly hope.  She was deeply earnest in her devotions.  I have entered
+her room, and finding her intent in prayer, have retired unobserved.  Her
+mind was not easily distracted when employed in communing with God.  But
+her state was not happy; she was oppressed with the sensation of her
+disorder, and she continued to feel intensely the circumstances of her
+husband’s death, and to mourn over his undiscovered and unburied body.
+At length however, it pleased God to relieve her from one of these causes
+of grief, by a remarkable interposition of his favor.  By a very singular
+accident, her husband’s body was washed on shore in the month of October,
+many miles from the place where he was lost.  It had been lying nearly
+nine months in the sea, and, on reaching the shore, had been found, and
+buried.  Information having been given that a body had been so found, it
+was disinterred, and identified by his children.  It was then brought
+home to Lowestoft, where it now lies in our churchyard, among the remains
+of different members of his family.  This was an occasion which
+peculiarly called out the gratitude of his widow.  After this event, she
+recovered the full powers of her mind.  During the remaining few weeks of
+her life, she seemed to have gained clearer assurance of her own safety,
+and a more joyful hope and anticipation of future blessedness.  Her state
+of conflict was now changed to one of full assurance of hope.  One
+remarkable scene of her last days, of which I was a witness, I will
+relate in Elizabeth’s words, copied from her journal.  On the day of her
+mother’s death she writes, ‘The Lord has been pleased to take my dear
+mother out of this state of trial and suffering.  How calm, how patient
+she was through her long and painful illness.  No murmuring, no repining
+ever escaped her lips.  Her end was peace.  Mr. C. called to see her on
+the Sunday evening: she was then able to speak only at intervals.  He
+spoke to her of the joys of heaven.  She appeared to take no notice for
+some moments, when suddenly reaching forth her hand to heaven, she
+exclaimed, _Christ there_!  Then bringing it back, and laying it on her
+heart, she said, _Christ here_!’  How expressive were these simple words
+of her state of mind, and of her hope in her Redeemer.  On this day she
+spoke to me of ‘going home,’ which was the view she entertained of her
+departure.  On the last morning of her life she made sign to her daughter
+to read to her: she read part of John xiv.  The mother then clasped her
+hands in prayer.  This was nearly the last act of her life.  She seemed
+now to be peculiarly alive to the reality of the presence of her Lord and
+Saviour as the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that by Him a heavenly
+mansion had been prepared for her.  Her room had been a kind of shelter
+from the bustle and confusion of the world around, and her daughters, who
+in turn remained at home on the Sabbath day, and read the service of the
+Church to her, testified of the comfort which those seasons of retirement
+ministered to them.  These were, indeed, times of refreshment from the
+Lord.  A friend of her’s thus describes an interview which she had with
+her a short time before her death.  ‘I had delightful communication with
+her just before I left home: I sat by her bed-side, and we talked much on
+the eternal state.  She was entirely sensible, could look at the
+approaching dissolution of her body with perfect peace.  We spoke of the
+heavenly Jerusalem, and of the joyful prospect before her of entering
+into rest: her faith was strong and clear.  She renounced every thing in
+herself, and through the unmerited mercy of her dear Redeemer, she felt
+assured that her sins were pardoned, and that an abundant entrance would
+be ministered to her into the everlasting kingdom of her God and Saviour.
+Her life of faith, and of active duty, and her death, so cheered by
+confidence in the Good Shepherd, afforded the fullest warrant of this
+blessed end of all her labours and her trials.’
+
+I must now carry back this memoir to the beginning of the year.  A
+funeral sermon was preached on the occasion of the death of James
+Cullingham.  He was a communicant, and his character called for this
+public notice.  Advantage was taken of the same occasion to speak of the
+death of another individual, a friend of Elizabeth and her mother, and I
+believe of most of the servants of God, who came within her reach in our
+little flock.  This was Mary Smith.  Her husband’s shop in which she
+served, made her well known in the parish, and enabled her to do much for
+others, and thus brought into view most of the infirmities which belonged
+to her nature.  She was a woman of very marked and zealous character,
+well known to those about her, both in her natural and her renewed state.
+In both she was industrious and kind-hearted, a good wife, mother, and
+neighbour; but in her former state very clearly without that feeling of
+religion which marked her latter years.  Indeed it may be said that she
+had gone so far as to ‘persecute that way which she afterwards followed.’
+She was a very marked instance of an entire change of heart, by the power
+of the Holy Spirit.  The natural ardour of her mind was sanctified in her
+converted state; it worked with the same power, but in another direction,
+and under another influence: she traced the change in her mind to a
+sermon which she heard on Phil. ii. 12.  She then set conscientiously
+about working out her salvation, and she found her heavenly Father, ever
+ready to work in her, both to will and to do of his good pleasure.  Her
+sense of this marked interference of the divine power on her behalf was
+never lost sight of; for the anniversary of the day when she first gave
+heed to the message of salvation, she remembered with much feeling.  Of
+her domestic character, those who have lived with her have spoken to me,
+and have borne high testimony to her as a wife and a mother, and during
+her employment in the business of her shop.  Her will became remarkably
+subjected to the will of God in all things.  It may be truly said, that
+she did her duties as “to the Lord.”  She had a very praiseworthy habit
+of praying with her children, whenever she found them in fault.  Her
+religious character was marked by a strict conformity to the doctrines of
+the Church, of which she was a consistent, faithful, zealous member.  In
+attendance on its services she had been brought to the knowledge of
+salvation, and she continued to walk in the truest submission, and the
+most lively attachment to its ministry.  In another point she has left us
+an example.  She was ever particularly alive to watch for the souls of
+others, to lead them forward, and to draw them to seek God.  There are
+many now living who could bear witness to the earnestness, with which she
+sought to warn the unconverted, to reclaim the wanderer, to recover the
+backslider.
+
+Her kindness to her poor neighbours was remarkable.  Her medical man
+informed me, that he scarcely ever went into her house, without her first
+asking him about some one who wanted relief, which relief she was always
+eager to give according to her means, and many were the portions which
+her provision-shop supplied.  Few ministers have had a more valuable
+‘helper,’ in all respects.  I must add a short account of her, given to
+me in writing by one in her own house, who, at the time when she, Mrs. S.
+was opposed to spiritual religion, had chosen another fold than the
+Church of England in which to seek the way of salvation.  This testimony
+is therefore not given in ignorance of her real character, or in undue
+partiality to her principles.
+
+After speaking of the striking circumstances of her conversion, the paper
+goes on to say, ‘The words of the Apostle were fulfilled in her.  “If any
+man be in Christ he is a new creature.  Old things are passed away,
+behold, all things are become new.”  Yes, I know the truth of this, for I
+have seen it in her who is departed.  Indeed she has proved to all around
+her, that she was a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ; not one
+who said, “Lord, Lord,” but in works denied him.
+
+‘She showed her love to God by keeping His commandments.  I have known
+her, many and many a time, sacrifice her own comforts to relieve her poor
+neighbours.  I have known her take her clothes from her back, and her
+shoes from her feet.  It was her delight to do her heavenly Father’s will
+in all things.  She was determined, as far as she was able, to do good to
+all, especially to those of the household of faith.  She was one who
+visited the sick and afflicted, the fatherless and widow, and strove to
+keep herself unspotted from the world.  Her views of herself were truly
+humble: she took the word of God for her guide.  She did not shun to
+reprove sin, but knowing the terror of the Lord, she sought to persuade
+her fellow-sinners to be reconciled to God.  She sought after backsliders
+with great care and perseverance, and aimed to encourage those that stood
+fast in the Lord.  Her love of the means of grace, both public and
+private, was very great, and witnessed by her regular attendance on them.
+Her patience in her affliction, and resignation to the will of God, was
+indeed striking.  Her sufferings and trials had been many in life, “but
+not too many,” as she said on her dying bed.  The cup had been wisely
+mixed by her heavenly Father.’
+
+January 2.  She began to complain of her head, and the next day she was
+wholly confined to her bed.  Two days after, she became so weak as to be
+unable to help herself.  On Sunday the 7th she took but little notice.
+She was then asked, whether she was happy.  She replied, ‘Oh, yes, very
+happy, very happy: Christ very precious to me.’  At another time she was
+asked, whether she could say, with the Apostle, that she was “ready to be
+offered up?”  ‘Oh yes,’ she said.  On Monday, speaking of death as the
+gate of life, she said, ‘O blessed gate—it is the gate of heaven to me:’
+and at another time, ‘Christ is all in all to me.’  On the following
+morning she had the power of attention, and answered to the prayer of
+others in a fervent Amen.  So she departed in peace and blessedness.
+
+                                * * * * *
+
+I must now return to the history of Elizabeth Cullingham.  Deep and
+constant was her grief at her father’s death.  She sympathized with her
+family; but she had then the pleasing task of waiting on her mother
+through her long affliction, and never was nursing more tenderly
+ministered, or more kindly received than by these two sisters, and their
+sinking parent.  If there was some variety in their form of worship,
+their feelings were the same.  To gratify their mother’s wishes was next
+to the love of God, the main object with her daughters.  With her
+
+    ‘That constant flow of love, that knew no fall,
+    Ne’er roughened by those cataracts and breaks,
+    That humour interposed too often makes.’
+
+Whilst they
+
+    ‘The tender office now engage,
+    To rock the cradle of reposing age,
+    With lenient arts extend a mother’s breath,
+    Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death;
+    Explore the thought, explain the asking eye,
+    And keep awhile _one_ parent from the sky!
+
+But I must suffer Elizabeth again to speak for herself.
+
+What follows was written at the close of the year of sorrow, through
+which she had just past.  ‘Thou, O Lord, hast seen fit to take both my
+parents from me, but thy word of promise is, “When father and mother
+forsake thee, the Lord will take thee up.”  Enable me, O Lord, to follow
+my dear parents, as they followed Christ; that when time with me shall be
+no more, I may have a joyful entrance into thy kingdom, where parting
+shall be no more known, and every tear shall be wiped from my now weeping
+eyes.  I would desire, blessed Lord, to submit to thy will in these most
+affecting bereavements.  O comfort me with the consolations of thy
+Spirit, and bring me and my dear brothers and sisters near to thyself.
+Amidst our many trials may we remember our many mercies.  May we be
+enabled to thank Thee for all.  What a comfort not to sorrow as those
+without hope: but to be assured that through the merits of Christ our
+dear parents are translated from a body of sin and corruption, to a
+glorious immortality.’
+
+So Elizabeth wound up the history of the past eventful year.  Her
+patience, meekness, and resignation, her thankfulness for the mercies she
+received, and her joyous hope are alike an instructive lesson to us all.
+
+I find another interesting record at the beginning of the year 1839.
+
+‘I have now entered upon another year.  Oh how different do all things
+now appear, to what they did at the commencement of the last.  I was then
+blessed with my dear parents, and I looked forward for some years of
+comfort and of guidance from them; but thy ways, O Lord, are not my ways,
+neither are Thy thoughts my thoughts; Thou hast taken them from me that I
+may look to thee alone for help and comfort.  O give me grace to seek all
+I want from Thee.  Wean me, blessed Lord, from the world, and all its
+treatments, and enable me to live entirely to Thee.  Thou knowest, Lord,
+my weakness and proneness to start aside from my best Friend, but pardon
+all Thou hast seen amiss in me, through the past year, and enable me now
+to live more devotedly to Thy service.’
+
+The method which she chose of quietly taking a review of the past, and
+forecasting the circumstances of the new year, appeared to be peculiarly
+profitable, and may afford a direction as to the mode of spending this
+interesting season.
+
+Elizabeth and her sister were now thrown on their own resources.  Their
+father’s house was sold for the benefit of his family.  After their
+removal, they kept a school.  This flourished, and it was a great
+benefit, as far as it went, in the parish, being conducted with so much
+good order and Christian feeling.  But after a time, the noise of the
+children became unbearable to Elizabeth, and obliged her sister to give
+it up, and to turn to other means of support.  Elizabeth’s mind, as
+appears from her Journal, was all this time gradually growing in grace.
+The habits of their little family were very regular.  The two sisters
+read three or four verses, and prayed together every morning, in addition
+to the usual family prayer with their brother, who lived with them.
+Elizabeth’s chief infirmity was a proneness to be hurt by unkindness or
+neglect; this she tried to conquer, and through Divine Grace, succeeded
+to a great degree.  She had always been careful of her money, feeling how
+needful it might be to her in her weakly state of health.  At the time of
+her death she had a small sum in the savings bank; but she was alive to
+the snare of covetousness.  She used to say, what shall we give?  She
+subscribed to the Missionary and the Jewish Society, and originated a
+little Bible Society collection: but she also felt the duty of denying
+herself, that she might save something more for these works of charity.
+She was constantly diligent, and during the last winter of her life she
+read the Scriptures a great deal, and grew proportionally in grace.  She
+was regular in her attendance at the different meetings, being generally
+accompanied by a friend in somewhat similar circumstances of life, who
+was attached to our communion.  But nothing more marked her character
+than a holy, humble, simple, unpretending walk, carrying about with her,
+I may truly say, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.  She repeatedly
+wrote in her Journal during the last year of her life.  Her observations
+were chiefly founded on sermons which she had heard, and which she
+applied to herself.  There was not one observation in them of a carping
+critical character.  But what she received she sought to turn to the best
+profit, and to obtain from it growth in grace.  Speaking of the sermon of
+a young Minister among us, she was struck with his appeal for decision in
+religion, on the ground of the uncertainty of life.  ‘O,’ she adds, ‘how
+he warned and exhorted the young to decide for God, that they might
+obtain pardon and peace here, and happiness in the world to come.’  She
+concludes her account of another sermon.  ‘Help me, O Lord, to watch
+always, that I sin not against Thee, and help me so to pray, that the
+enemy may flee before me:’ and again, ‘Help me, blessed Lord, to be daily
+growing in holiness, humility, and love, that I may feel in every trial,
+and temptation, thou art my Rock and Defence.’  As the summary of one
+week, she says, ‘I have felt my soul decay in the last week.  The enemy
+has been permitted to buffet and assault me very much, tempting me to
+unbelief.  But O thou compassionate Saviour, who prayed for thy disciple
+of old, that his faith might not fail, look upon me, and deliver me from
+my strong foe.  O strengthen my faith, for it is weak.  Show me wherein I
+have sinned; lift up the light of thy countenance upon me.’  Again, after
+a sermon of Mr. Allen’s.  ‘What encouragement to the believer to know
+that Jesus, his Saviour and Redeemer, has before trodden every painful
+path, and endured every conflict, and has promised that as he overcame,
+so shall we, through his merit.’
+
+She heard a Sermon from a minister before alluded to, on growth in
+religion, in which that subject was illustrated by a tree in the growth
+of its roots, in its branches, and in its fruitfulness.  The subject
+appears very much to have struck her.  She concludes it by saying, ‘Help
+me, blessed Lord, to be daily growing in holiness, humility and love; and
+may I feel in every trial and temptation, that thou art my Rock, and my
+Defence.’  ‘Nov. 24.  I have felt much depressed to day by fretfulness
+and coldness: O Lord, quicken me.’  ‘Heard Mr. R. this evening, from Luke
+v. 31, 32.  Felt my mind much impressed by the Sermon.  Blessed Lord,
+impress it on my heart, by thy Spirit.  Strip me of all
+self-righteousness, make me feel more and more, my need of thee.’
+
+The above extracts from her Journal, will shew the quiet working of the
+Spirit of God in her heart, chiefly by means of the word of God.  Other
+means are not so commonly and particularly alluded to by her, but she
+always in life expressed her profit in all; in the Lord’s Supper, in the
+social prayer meetings on Monday Evening, and Sunday Morning, and the
+bible class, all of which she continued constantly to attend.  I add two
+testimonials concerning her.  One of them was communicated to a friend at
+a distance, who had been staying some time in Lowestoft, and who had been
+made acquainted with Elizabeth.  It is written by a person who was in the
+constant habit of seeing her, and who knew her well.  The other is
+written by a very intimate friend.
+
+                                              _Lowestoft_, _July_ 6. 1840.
+
+    MY DEAR FRIEND,
+
+    ‘I must indulge myself by writing a few lines to you, for my heart is
+    full to-night.  We have lost our sweet young friend Elizabeth
+    Cullingham, in whom you were so much interested.  Do not you remember
+    her spiritual and interesting prayer, the first morning I went with
+    you to the Sunday prayer meeting?  I recollect introducing her to
+    you.  She was indeed a true christian.  I never recollect to have
+    heard any one find the slightest fault with her, nor had I myself
+    ever occasion to do so in all the intercourse I have had with her,
+    during the last nine years.  Her’s was indeed a chaste conversation,
+    coupled with fear.  It was not the outward adorning of wearing of
+    gold, or of putting on of apparel, but the ornament of a meek and
+    quiet Spirit, which shone most conspicuously in her.  Chastity,
+    meekness, and modesty were her striking characteristics.  I am glad I
+    introduced you so particularly to her, and I think you will not
+    forget the sweet impression of those _visits_.  Her lovely subdued
+    countenance, her neat appearance, the perfect consistency of her
+    dress, for she was always beautifully neat.  I think—I may say I
+    never knew her expend money on ribbon or other unnecessary article in
+    dress.  I mention this as it is a rare quality, even amongst the
+    sober and serious young people.  The love of dressing beyond their
+    means and situation in life is so common a habit, and so great a
+    temptation to young people in general, that her correct conduct in
+    this respect, was one lovely fruit of having her affections set on
+    things above.  O that our dear young people might see and feel the
+    beauty of this line of conduct.  By her circumspect and careful
+    conduct, she silenced every tongue that could rise up against her.
+    The wandering and unsettled desire after pleasure, was quite subdued
+    in her.  She was content to lead a quiet, sober, religious life.  She
+    found it better to avoid the general society of young persons, and
+    was sweetly content in the situation in which God had placed her;
+    setting an example to other young women of the beauty of a retired
+    and modest demeanour, avoiding from taste, as well as principle, all
+    society that was not religious.  She felt that light and trifling
+    intercourse with those whose hearts followed after vanity and
+    pleasure, was unprofitable and hurtful.  O how blessed it is to see
+    young persons turn away from following vanity!  To see as a fruit of
+    religion, a separation from the world, from the manners, the
+    appearance, and the spirit of it.  I saw all this in Elizabeth.  She
+    had for many years been a member of our women’s meeting, and though
+    one of the youngest, her ardent love of the ministry under which she
+    lived, her Christian experience, and occasionally her prayers, were a
+    help and comfort to our society, and she was most persevering, though
+    often very ill.
+
+    ‘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:
+
+    ‘During the ten years of my intercourse with her, I have found her
+    conversation as becometh the gospel of Christ.  She has treated me at
+    all times with a sisterly affection and respect; I have proved her a
+    tried friend, one that would not forsake in time of trouble.  Though
+    separated for three years, I always found her the same dear friend as
+    ever.  I have often been cheered with her kind exhortation to me, to
+    seek with earnestness the Lord, and attend at all times the means of
+    grace, telling me they were indeed channels, through which the Lord
+    bestowed his blessings to his faithful followers.  Though we were
+    separated in body, we were not separated in our union with Christ.
+    When I have needed reproof, she has given it to me, but in the
+    meekest manner possible.  She was also very tender over the faults of
+    others.  I never heard her speak unkindly of any one—“considering
+    herself, lest she also should be tempted.”  She was most earnest for
+    a revival in religion, both in our own Church, and for the spread of
+    the gospel in distant lands.  This was evident, both in her prayers
+    and her zeal in subscribing to different societies.  How sorry are we
+    to lose her name from the number of those young people who are
+    interested in the Jews, for we always found her most willing to aid
+    in this delightful cause, and what she gave, seemed to be in the
+    spirit of prayer.  How often I have heard her pour forth her heart in
+    prayer, that the Jews might be brought into the fold of Christ; and
+    truly we may say, concerning our Bible Association, which was formed
+    amongst a few of us, that indeed our head is gone.  She was so deeply
+    interested in it, and did so long for the Anniversary Meeting, that
+    our subscription might be carried in, not to gain the praise of men,
+    but with a desire to do something for the glory of God.  But she is
+    gone, and her works do follow her.  May I always remember her
+    christian walk and conversation, for in her I saw the fruits of the
+    Spirit shine forth, for she was not desirous of vain glory, but in
+    all points, she esteemed others better than herself.  Humbly do I
+    hope, that the grace which made her to differ, may constrain me to
+    walk in her steps.’
+
+The commencement of the year 1840, the last year of Elizabeth’s life, is
+noticed by her in her Journal, with her usual seriousness.
+
+    ‘Through the mercy of God, I have been permitted to enter upon
+    another year; and O how much have I to thank him for the mercies of
+    the year that is passed.  I have had many little illnesses, but the
+    Lord has in mercy spared me, while many that I know, have been
+    summoned to give up their account.  O Lord what am I, that thou hast
+    spared me a worthless worm of the earth?  O fill my heart with love
+    and gratitude for all thy mercies to me, and if my life be spared,
+    may it be entirely devoted to thy service.  Great God, enable me to
+    live to thee.  O let me enjoy all that I have, as coming from thee,
+    and whatever thou art pleased to take from me, take not away thy Holy
+    Spirit.  O blessed Spirit, who art One with the Father, and the Son,
+    enter into my poor sinful heart, and root out all my sinful and
+    corrupt affections and reveal Jesus to me as all in all.’
+
+As her time drew to a close, her conflicts do not seem to have been
+lessened.
+
+On March 24.  She says, ‘Being off my guard this morning, the enemy
+gained an advantage over me in my temper.  Immediately I felt my sin, and
+was led to cry out, “Against thee, thee only have I sinned.”  I was
+almost driven to despair, but these precious promises were applied, “If
+any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
+righteousness,” and “the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin.”  O my
+God whom I have offended, let this be a warning to me to watch and pray,
+that I enter not into temptation.’
+
+On her birth-day she says, ‘I have passed another year of my life; but O
+my God, how little to thy glory.  I have been very much tried in my soul
+of late.  The enemy has been permitted to tempt me very much with
+unbelief.  Sometimes I question whether I am a Christian at all, yet my
+desire is to love and serve my God.  The conflict is sharp, yet do I
+believe Jesus will deliver me.  I do feel willing to part with any thing,
+if Jesus smile upon me.’
+
+‘On Sunday, heard a sermon from Mr. R. on these words, “There shall not a
+hair of your head perish.”  The sermon was delightfully encouraging.  I
+have felt the comfort of it during the last week, having had some little
+perplexing things to meet.  O how sweet to feel in the time of trial and
+temptation, that nothing is unnoticed by our Heavenly Father.
+
+‘Sunday, April 12.  I feel my health very poorly.  I know not what the
+Lord is about to do with me.  Whether life or death, Lord make me thine.
+I desire to glorify thy name upon earth, and find my way to heaven.’
+
+Her usual industry and care in recording the sermons she heard, appears
+this year as it did the last.  But I pass over all these records, and now
+I come to the last entry of her Journal.  It is dated April 17.  Good
+Friday.
+
+    ‘I was informed divine service began half an hour later than it did.
+    I was therefore very late at Chapel, which vexed me very much.  I
+    could not enjoy the service.  My head is in a very bad state.  The
+    enemy takes advantage of my bodily infirmities and sorely distresses
+    me.  I was led this afternoon, earnestly to entreat the Lord to
+    direct my mind to some portion of his word for comfort.  I prayed
+    with the Bible before me, and opened on 2 Cor. xii. 9.  Satan then
+    seemed to say, this is not for you; but my God tells me, “His grace
+    is sufficient for me.”  Lord, enable me to trust in thee.’
+
+It was a strong act of faith, performed with suitable solemnity, which
+made this young woman believe that she should find in the Bible an answer
+to her prayer.  But she did so in a remarkable manner, and having
+received the direction to depend on the grace of God as sufficient for
+her, how strikingly her faith led her to hold it fast, so that angel,
+principality, or power could not separate her from it.  But how
+instructive is her example in dealing with temptation.  She felt its
+danger; she sought, as the weapon of defence, “the sword of the Spirit,
+which is the word of God.”  The Lord was pleased to direct her to a
+suitable text.  She received it in faith and obtained the victory.  Most
+gladly, therefore, might she with the Apostle, “glory in her infirmities,
+that the power of Christ might rest upon her,” and say with him, “When I
+am weak then am I strong.”’
+
+The last months of Elizabeth’s life afforded her the means of quietly
+pursuing her course in preparation for her end.  She was unable to do
+more than work at her needle.  This however afforded her the opportunity
+of calm and continual meditation.  Her circumstances were entirely
+favourable for her state of mind.  Her kind brother who resided with her
+and her sister made every effort to afford her relief.  In the last ten
+days of her life her symptoms became more decided: she laid aside her
+work, and ceased to think of the things of the world.  She herself was
+not at that time able to read, but she could still listen to others.  On
+the Sunday evening the subject of heaven and reunion with those already
+there, chiefly occupied her attention.  Her state was calm and suffering,
+but neither she, nor any one, thought her end was so near; but I will
+give the account of this from her sister and constant companion.
+
+    ‘The health of my dear sister had been some time declining; her last
+    illness was short and severe: she suffered much pain, but bore it
+    with Christian patience and resignation.  Her weakness was extreme;
+    she could speak but little, but when able to converse, she would
+    freely tell me the state of her mind.  She was indeed building on the
+    Rock of Ages, on the sure foundation; but she had humbling views of
+    herself, although sweet and exalted views of the Saviour.  We did not
+    think death so near; but the last morning of her life a sudden change
+    took place, which was better perceived by those around her, than felt
+    by herself.  As usual, in the morning we read and prayed together.
+    She joined with peculiar earnestness: but when I had risen from my
+    knees I could not refrain from weeping.  I saw her hands darkened in
+    colour, which marked the alteration in her bodily state.  She asked
+    me why I cried.  I said, I am sorry to see you so ill.  She answered,
+    ‘I thought I was better this morning.’  With great anxiety I waited
+    the arrival of her medical attendant, and soon found my fears
+    respecting the near approach of death were not groundless.  Upon my
+    again entering the room, she anxiously enquired the opinion of the
+    doctor.  I told her as gently as the excited state of my feelings
+    would permit.  I asked if she could rest her soul on Christ.  She
+    said, “Yes, I feel peace; but O for a fuller assurance.”  I told her
+    we had sent for Mr. C. and her brothers, at which she expressed great
+    satisfaction, and said, “I feel drowsy, but do not let me sleep; I
+    have no time for sleeping; I want to speak while I can.”’
+
+When I arrived in her chamber, she said at once, ‘I think that I am
+dying.’  I did not contradict her.  She then expressed herself as not
+feeling all that joy in her departure which she had hoped might have been
+her portion.  But the fact was, that a profound humility gave a tone to
+all her feelings of herself.  She put me in mind of the expression of Mr.
+Simeon on his dying bed.  ‘I think that if you should see me die, you
+will not see me die triumphantly.  No! triumph will not suit me till I
+get to heaven.  If I am admitted, as I hope to be there, then, if there
+be one that will sing louder than the rest, I think I shall be that one;
+but while here, I am a sinner, a redeemed sinner, and as such I would lie
+here to the last, at the foot of the cross, looking unto Jesus, and go as
+such into the presence of God.’  Elizabeth’s Journal shews this to have
+been her feeling.  She then, however, declared her sense of the
+possession of a true peace, founded on the atonement of her Saviour.  She
+expressed a very earnest desire for the spiritual welfare of all about
+her, especially of the young with whom she met in the Bible Class.  She
+was dying.  She asked to receive the Sacrament.  I engaged to come in the
+afternoon, and administer it.  In all this there was nothing of hurry, or
+fearfulness, or mistrust, but the image of a soul fearing no evil, and
+walking though the Valley of the Shadow of Death, with the comfort of her
+Saviour’s rod and staff.  It left no doubt in my mind as to her state of
+blessedness.  But I will now return to her sister’s narrative.  ‘On Mr.
+C.’s arrival, he conversed and prayed with her; she then requested to
+receive the Sacrament: he took his leave, promising soon to return.  She
+now took an affectionate leave of her brothers and other relatives,
+speaking to each with great kindness, respecting the salvation of their
+never dying souls.  After settling some little affairs (this was the
+distribution of her little property, and the gift of some money to the
+societies to which she had subscribed) she looked at me, and said, I
+think that is all.  ‘How long will Mr. C. be, I wish him to come now.’  I
+said, ‘Dear, I will send for and hasten him.’  She said, ‘Do so, I wish
+once more to commemorate the dying love of the Saviour on earth, then I
+will lay me down and die in Jesus.’’
+
+    Jesus can make a dying bed,
+    Feel soft as downy pillows are.
+
+The scene of this celebration of the Lord’s Supper I shall not readily
+forget.  Herself, her sisters, the valued friends of her life, were
+before me.  Her own countenance was so beautifully calm and heavenly.
+She sat up, but she was sinking very fast, and I feared that she might
+die during the service; but all the while she made the greatest effort to
+give all her strength to this holy ordinance.  She followed me in the
+responses, and at the conclusion I read over to her the blessing of the
+‘Visitation of the Sick,’ ‘Unto God’s gracious mercy and protection we
+commit thee.  The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make his face
+to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee.  The Lord lift up the
+light of his countenance on thee, and give thee peace both now and
+evermore.’  I do not expect again to see a face upon which the radiant
+light of God’s countenance may shine more brightly and happily than upon
+this dying saint.  The scene was most touching in every way.  After I had
+done, a dear friend, one whom I have mentioned before, commended her soul
+to God, in a solemn strain of spiritual blessing.  After a pause, at her
+own request, I read her a hymn.  I then took my leave, desiring to give
+up her dying moments to her own disposal, and feeling that there were
+others in the house to whom she might wish to speak some last words of
+admonition or of comfort.
+
+‘After partaking of the Sacrament,’ her sister continues, ‘she appeared
+sweetly composed, while Mr. C. commended her parting soul to God.  She
+then looked round, as if looking for some one, and as I approached the
+bed, she fixed her dying eyes upon me, and said, “Happy translation.”  I
+said, “Dear, do you feel very happy now?”  She answered, “O yes, happy.”
+{62}  Soon after this, her medical man, Mr. B., came in, and she
+conversed with him on her approaching end.  She said she was sure he had
+done all he could in a medical point of view.  She thanked him for his
+attention during her illness, and then added, “Now, sir, pray with me.”
+After prayer, she repeated the following lines:—
+
+    ‘What is there here to court my stay,
+    Or hold me back from home;
+    While angels beckon me away,
+    And Jesus bids me come.’
+
+Some time after, she said, ‘now I must pray for patience to wait the
+Lord’s time.  Come Lord Jesus!’  Soon after she said, ‘I would not come
+back again, now I have got a glimpse of the heavenly kingdom.’  She made
+use of similar expressions, till she gradually sunk in death, and her
+Spirit took its flight to the paradise of God.
+
+The funeral of Elizabeth Cullingham took place in the usual course.  It
+was attended, as well by her own family, as by many of her christian
+friends.  There was nothing in it to call for attention.  It was
+consistent with her own simple unostentatious life.  A large party of the
+attendants met at a neighbouring cottage, where the voice of thanksgiving
+was raised for the mercies which had been granted to our departed friend,
+and prayer was offered up for all who had been connected with her.  On
+the ensuing Sunday Evening, a funeral Sermon was preached on her account.
+The text was taken from Rev. iii. 12.  “Him that overcometh will I make a
+pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will
+write upon him the name of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh
+down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”
+
+The subjects dwelt upon in the Sermon were—The course of a christian’s
+life; and the eternal reward which follows his death.  The victory over
+the world, the flesh, and the devil was through divine grace, obtained by
+our departed friend, and now she has her reward.  She is become a pillar
+in the temple of her God, to shew forth his praises through eternity
+amidst the redeemed in heaven; where “they hunger no more, neither thirst
+any more: neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat.  For the lamb
+which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them
+unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
+their eyes.”
+
+Her tomb stone in the church yard, bears a memorial to the truth of which
+all who attended upon her in her last hours can bear witness.  They are
+lines somewhat transposed from a beautiful little poem of Mr. Dale’s.
+
+    ‘Triumphant in thy closing eye,
+    The hope of glory shone;
+    Joy breath’d in thy expiring sigh,
+    To think the fight was won.
+
+    ‘And thus shall faith’s consoling power,
+    The tears of love restrain,
+    O! who that saw thy parting hour,
+    Could wish thee back again?’
+
+                            SHE WAS AGED 28 YEARS.
+
+In drawing this memorial to a conclusion, I wish to add a few words in
+the way of encouragement to any young persons, who may read the account
+which has been given.
+
+In the first place I wish to repeat, what I have before stated, that the
+subject of this history had nothing in her natural character or her
+situation in life, which distinguished her case from that of thousands.
+She was not particularly clever, or naturally very amiable, or very much
+instructed, or a person of great leisure, or brought up under very
+extraordinary circumstances.  She had a moderate portion of talents
+committed to her—but she used what she had well.  I know how prone we all
+are, to think that others around us have advantages which we have not,
+and to take this for an excuse for not giving ourselves to God as others
+do.
+
+I wish to make the same remark about all the persons whose history has
+been introduced into this memoir.  They were occupied in business, or
+engaged in the common duties of life; they had no greater advantages than
+belong to many of their neighbours, they were persons of like passions
+with others.  There is nothing therefore in their case to make an excuse
+for those who have not followed in their steps.  It must however be
+admitted that some individuals are often situated in a more favourable
+position than others for the cultivation of religious duties, and I am
+willing to allow that Elizabeth Cullingham had every advantage of this
+kind.  At the same time I say without hesitation, that I believe the
+great mass of our young people possess the means, by which she gained her
+highest advantages.  The preached word seems to have been her chief
+outward help, and the ordinary instruction in the scriptures, and the
+little meetings for prayer, were the means of grace which she followed.
+Within her own mind, however, she at the same time laboured diligently,
+she watched and prayed, she came out from worldly temptation, and she
+sought to set her affections on things above.  But these efforts are
+within the reach of all who will enter upon them.  Such is the liberty
+given to young persons in this present day, that it seems to me, that in
+almost any case, the excuse of not having the fullest opportunity of
+obtaining religious instruction is groundless.  There may indeed be cases
+where young persons are deprived of a liberty which they should always
+have of attending at the House of God at stated times.  But these
+instances are very few.  No! the fault is not with the husbandman.  ‘What
+could I have done more,’ the divine master says, ‘that I have not done.’
+It is with ourselves.  Our heavenly Father would gather us to himself,
+but we will not.
+
+But, I will shortly point out the chief rules of christian doctrine, by
+which I think that Elizabeth advanced to that state, in which she became
+so meet for her heavenly rest.
+
+A chief failing which is constantly dwelt upon in her writings is that
+_of her own sinfulness_.  I will not refer to any more passages of her
+Journal, but we may gather this from those already cited.  This sense of
+sinfulness, distinct from a mere regret at the inconvenience and disgrace
+of sin, must form the foundation of a sound religious state; ‘against
+thee, thee only have I sinned,’ was David’s feeling.  Thus it was with
+Elizabeth Cullingham also.  Notwithstanding her meek and holy walk, and
+the conscientious feeling which she had of the uprightness of her
+motives, she felt the deceitfulness of her heart, and the sinfulness of
+her state in the sight of God; and that she had within her a root of
+bitterness, which continually brought condemnation, and which required
+the constant renewal of the Holy Ghost to overcome.
+
+But in this, ‘her fervent spirit laboured.  Here she fought, and here
+obtained fresh triumphs o’er herself.’  Still the sinfulness of her
+nature was a subject continually present in her mind.  She mourned over
+it; she strove against it; and it was a constant burden, which only the
+cross of Christ could enable her to bear.
+
+But a second feeling which dwelt in her mind, and which produced the most
+important practical consequences was, that _God is reconciled to sinners
+through the Atonement of Jesus Christ_, _and received in the heart by
+Faith_.  The doctrine conveyed by this view of religion was the
+foundation stone on which her peace, and liberty in prayer, and holiness
+rested.  “Ye,” says the Apostle, “who were far off, are made nigh by the
+blood of Christ, for he is our peace,” and “being justified by faith, we
+have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Although constantly
+cast down by the sense of her sinfulness, Elizabeth was enabled, as
+constantly to look by faith to the Atonement; and if her sense of sin, by
+reason of the assaults of Satan, became greater as she advanced in years,
+yet with it, her hope of pardon increased, so that in the end, she felt
+an assurance that an ‘entrance would be ministered unto her abundantly,
+into the everlasting kingdom of her Lord and Saviour.’  On the doctrine
+of the Atonement moreover was founded her _comfort in prayer_, for it was
+only as she felt that God was willing to accept her as a returning child,
+that she was enabled to ask with confidence.  But in this belief, she was
+enabled to go to God, with the simplicity of a child.  She felt that he,
+who as a Father had redeemed her, was now willing freely to give her all
+things.  Moreover, this doctrine was the foundation of her _holiness_, as
+she believed that she was _not_ pardoned by any work of her own, so she
+was not tempted to measure her goodness towards God by a rule, or
+standard which she judged might constitute his requirements; but her aim
+was rather to serve Him in the measure in which she loved Him, with all
+her heart, and mind, and soul, and strength.  If she had felt that she
+had been justified by works, she would have sought only to have done
+those works which might have secured her pardon; but now, being justified
+by faith, its constant attendant, _constraining love_, was begotten in
+the mind, and she felt that there was nothing she did not long to devote
+to the service of her God and Saviour.
+
+One other doctrine was a source of the greatest comfort and benefit to
+her, it was a _belief in the converting_, _consoling power of the Holy
+Ghost_.  Her dependence for growth in Christian graces, was alone on the
+power of the Holy Spirit; the love of the Spirit seemed to dwell in her
+heart, and she was most anxious not to lose this holy influence by sin,
+or by doubts, or unwillingness to receive his Holy influences.
+
+Her whole creed and course of conduct, may be said to have been very
+simple.  It was that directed by the Church, to which she was greatly
+attached, and which she followed with a holy, humble, obedient mind.  Her
+aim was constantly to lead a serious, practical, quiet life, she meddled
+very little with the world, she aimed to live above it.  Her chief desire
+was to be a follower of Christ, according to the station in which she had
+been placed.
+
+But I now wish to add a word on the choice which she so deliberately made
+of a life dedicated to religion, and the advantages which resulted to her
+from it.
+
+How many refuse to take the course of religious duty, thinking its
+pursuits irksome, its reward in no wise tending to present, whatever they
+may do to future, comfort.  But I may venture to assert, from the
+constant demeanour of our departed friend, that although her course was
+one of conflict and of trial, it was still one of substantial peace and
+comfort; and if she had not the joys which the world esteems, she had
+others which never left her, till she exchanged them for higher and purer
+delights.  She early learned that young people, who fancy that
+substantial enjoyment is only to be found in the ordinary pleasures of
+life, make a great mistake.  There may be much of indulgence or of
+excitement in worldly gratifications, and those who seek them may reap a
+present pleasure from them, but substantial happiness is alone to be
+found in religion.  For this is a happiness which does not depend on
+external circumstances, it is the same in all states of life, and usually
+it rises higher when the hour of trial and of sickness comes on, which
+deadens the present enjoyments of life, and overwhelms the senses.  It
+makes the cup run over even in the deepest desolations which the
+Christian is called to pass through.
+
+But O how incomparably more blessed is her state now, and will be in all
+eternity, than if she had followed another course in life!  She now
+regrets nothing she suffered, by which the work of God in her own soul
+was carried on; she rejoices to have borne the cross, inasmuch as it hath
+worked for her a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.  All the
+seed of good which for years she was permitted to sow, she now reaps, and
+the fruit of it shall all be gathered into the garner of God.
+
+If then _she_ found the way of religion to be a way of pleasantness, and
+a path of peace, and if now she is reaping a good reward for the
+confession of Christ, we have the same way opened by which to return to
+the Father, and the Holy Spirit is at hand to teach us, to enlighten, to
+strengthen, to comfort, to direct us in prayer.  Let no one refuse the
+offer which the Gospel makes of its blessings.  Let all, without delay,
+hasten to give themselves up to the service of Christ, not doubting but
+‘if they are stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the
+Lord, their labour will not be in vain in the Lord.’
+
+                                * * * * *
+
+                                 THE END.
+
+                                * * * * *
+
+                                PRINTED BY
+                 L. AND G. SEELEY, THAMES DITTON, SURREY.
+
+
+
+
+Footnotes
+
+
+{62}  I have subsequently to this event, found the same signal of faith
+in a dying person recorded in one of Mr. Richmond’s tracts.—_Vide
+Churchman’s Monthly Review_.  April 1841.
+
+
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+Title: The Pilot's Daughter
+       an account of Elizabeth Cullingham
+
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+Author: Francis Cunningham
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PILOT'S DAUGHTER***
+</pre>
+<p>Transcribed from the 1841 L. &amp; G. Seeley edition by David
+Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org</p>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">PRINTED
+BY</span><br />
+<span class="GutSmall">L. AND G. SEELEY, THAMES DITTON,
+SURREY.</span></p>
+<h1><a name="pageii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. ii</span><span
+class="GutSmall">THE</span><br />
+PILOT&rsquo;S DAUGHTER;</h1>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">AN ACCOUNT
+OF</span><br />
+ELIZABETH CULLINGHAM,<br />
+<span class="GutSmall">WHO WAS BORN AND DIED</span><br />
+<span class="GutSmall">IN</span><br />
+<span class="GutSmall">THE PARISH OF LOWESTOFT.</span></p>
+<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY
+THE</span><br />
+REV.&nbsp; FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM, M.A.<br />
+<span class="GutSmall">VICAR OF LOWESTOFT.</span></p>
+<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
+<p style="text-align: center">LONDON:<br />
+L. AND G. SEELEY, 169 FLEET STREET.<br />
+<span class="GutSmall">J. HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY.</span><br
+/>
+<span class="GutSmall">J. NESBIT, BERNER&rsquo;S
+STREET.</span></p>
+<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
+<p style="text-align: center">1841.</p>
+<h2><a name="page1"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 1</span>THE
+PILOT&rsquo;S DAUGHTER.</h2>
+<p>The subject of this little memoir was so well known to her
+neighbours, and to the many young persons with whom she
+associated, that I have felt sure a short account of her would
+not be unacceptable to them.&nbsp; They knew her quiet, virtuous,
+consistent, pious walk, and they will, I am sure, bear witness,
+that I do not over-state the blameless character which she
+maintained.&nbsp; This, as it was an example to others, so it
+must be a cause of heartfelt rejoicing to her friends now that
+she has finished her course, and entered into her rest.&nbsp; To
+others, this little history may have its use.&nbsp; It is not the
+account of a person of unusual powers of mind, or of attainment;
+nor of one placed in extraordinary circumstances, although she
+was blessed with pious parents, who watchfully instructed her in
+the truths of Religion, <a name="page2"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 2</span>as well as taught her by their
+example.&nbsp; She had only the advantages which many young
+persons in every village and town possess, nor did she attain to
+any situation in life, which multitudes may not aspire to.&nbsp;
+But she gained a deep and well-grounded feeling of
+Religion.&nbsp; She learned the evil nature of her heart.&nbsp;
+She discovered and gained that treasure, which is revealed in the
+Lord Jesus Christ.&nbsp; She laid hold by faith on his
+merits.&nbsp; She was taught of the Holy Spirit; and the graces
+of the Spirit were in an eminent degree manifested in her
+life.&nbsp; She by the same power acquired the adorning of the
+hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even
+the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of
+the Lord of great price.&nbsp; She followed in the simple
+training of the ministry of the Church: neither seeking to wander
+from its pastures, nor exercising any want of charity towards
+those who differed from her, one of whom, attached to another
+denomination of Christians, her only surviving sister, and
+nearest friend, was her constant companion; with her she lived in
+perfect unity of Spirit.&nbsp; Her circumstances then had nothing
+in them out of the ordinary course of human life.&nbsp; She had
+temptations peculiar to her own character and disposition, and
+she met with the usual trials, which belong to her situation in
+life.&nbsp; She had her time of health, and of sickness.&nbsp;
+She was a <a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+3</span>daughter and a sister.&nbsp; She was engaged in a variety
+of pursuits both to gain her livelihood, and to do good to
+others; but in every state,&mdash;without exhibiting any quality
+to which her friends and neighbours might not aspire,&mdash;she
+may be truly said to have walked after her measure in her
+Master&rsquo;s footsteps, and to have adorned her Christian
+profession.</p>
+<p>The father of this young woman was James Cullingham.&nbsp; He
+had for many years been a Pilot.&nbsp; He was a man of somewhat
+original character.&nbsp; Throughout his life he had followed,
+without variation, the usual line of his calling, and faithfully
+discharged the duties of his occupation.&nbsp; The business of a
+Pilot on this part of the coast, is to take ships coming from the
+North to London.&nbsp; Then to return home again, to wait perhaps
+a few days till the opportunity occurs of another voyage.&nbsp;
+This kind of life is one of a good deal of temptation; but it did
+not prove more than this to him, for he passed through it without
+reproach, although somewhat unsuccessfully as to his own
+profit.&nbsp; In the depth of the winter, when the Northern Ports
+were frozen, his usual duties were suspended.&nbsp; It was in
+these intervals we had occasion to observe his valuable
+character.&nbsp; His season of rest was employed chiefly at home,
+reading various books; in his latter years, books of devotion;
+and he was rarely absent from the House of God.&nbsp; In the
+latter part of his life, <a name="page4"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 4</span>he was in the habit, when at home, of
+having stated prayer three times a day; and he read the
+Scriptures in the order of the Calendar of the Prayer Book; at
+this period he also gave up all watching for the coming in sight
+of ships on the Sabbath day; always, however, being ready to go
+out to them, as his profession called him to do, if there was any
+actual necessity.&nbsp; On the week days at the prayers, as well
+as on the Sunday, he constantly attended the services of the
+Church.&nbsp; I shall long remember, during the last years of his
+life, (the only period when I knew him,) his respectable
+appearance, his attentive demeanour and the animation with which
+he made the responses out of a large prayer book, which was his
+constant companion, altogether manifesting the fulness of heart,
+with which he entered into the service of God.&nbsp; He was a
+fine model of a man, whose religion partook of the character of a
+former age.&nbsp; He was deeply serious, entirely practical,
+strict in his attachment to the Church; but his religious
+feeling, although it led him sometimes to a fearless reproach of
+sin in others, did not so much draw him to aim at the conversion
+of his neighbours.&nbsp; He owed very much of the expansion of
+his religious mind to a social Prayer Meeting, at which he was a
+constant attendant.&nbsp; One of his family remembers the first
+deviation from that remarkable firmness which belonged to his
+natural character, on <a name="page5"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 5</span>which occasion he came home from one
+of these Meetings, deeply affected, and witnessed by his tears,
+the impression he had received.&nbsp; He had one remarkable
+deliverance from Shipwreck.&nbsp; He had been called to take
+charge of a ship in distress which in the course of ten minutes
+must have perished, had it not pleased God to direct an
+instantaneous change of the wind.&nbsp; In this danger he felt
+himself calm and prepared for his end.&nbsp; He was, in after
+years, constantly sensible of this deliverance, and on two sheets
+of paper, nailed up in his bed room, he wrote as a memorial in
+his own large hand: &ldquo;The Lord is my light and my salvation,
+whom shall I fear; the Lord is the strength of my life of whom
+shall I be afraid?&rdquo;&nbsp; And &ldquo;The Lord is my
+strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am
+helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I
+praise him.&rdquo;&nbsp; Psalm xxviii. 8.&nbsp; He was a man of
+undaunted courage, considering, that in his station of life, it
+was his duty to run any risks by which he might be faithful to
+his occupation, and acquit himself of the responsibility
+entrusted to him.</p>
+<p>Elizabeth&rsquo;s Mother was a person of no common
+character.&nbsp; She had been left an orphan at sixteen years of
+age.&nbsp; She had spent many years in service, and at the
+conclusion of this time, had married.&nbsp; Her character was one
+of great decision, and warmth of <a name="page6"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 6</span>feeling.&nbsp; She was a person of
+singular benevolence, and filled a valuable post amongst her
+afflicted neighbours, and in our District Society.&nbsp; Her
+great sympathy with others, and her uncommon power of body and of
+mind, had led her to give up days and nights to nursing her
+neighbours.&nbsp; This labour eventually undermined, and
+permanently injured her vigorous constitution.&nbsp; Those only,
+who saw her in her afflictions, can be aware of the deep feeling
+which dwelt in her heart.&nbsp; She was in the habit of reading a
+variety of common books which fell in her way.&nbsp; I remember
+some very curious questions, which she once put to me on the
+family of an individual, which had figured in the History of
+England.&nbsp; Her piety was ardent.&nbsp; It was her habit to
+retire every afternoon to her chamber for prayer.&nbsp; She had
+not, perhaps, as much of adherence to the forms of the Church as
+her husband, although she was zealously attached to it, and a
+constant frequenter of its services.&nbsp; She was very
+peculiarly observant of statements of doctrine, made in the
+Public Ministry, giving the most marked preference to those which
+freely offered the grace of God to all.&nbsp; She had been led to
+very deep seriousness of religious feeling by the ardent piety
+and interesting death of her second daughter, who exemplified,
+during eleven weeks of painful sickness, an attainment in
+religion, which afforded the fullest assurance of her joyful
+entry into the everlasting <a name="page7"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 7</span>kingdom of her Lord and Saviour.&nbsp;
+That daughter had taken a somewhat higher course of mental
+pursuit, than any of her family.&nbsp; She was accustomed to
+express her devout feeling in verse, and a copy book has been put
+into my hands, containing a variety of little poems, which at
+least shew her sweetness of mind, and her knowledge of
+religion.&nbsp; I cannot forbear quoting one of them, not
+particularly for its excellence, but because it serves to prove,
+in reply to the charge often made of ingratitude against the
+poor, how frequently a deep feeling of thankfulness may exist,
+which nevertheless gains no public expression.&nbsp; These lines
+are on the death of a venerable Clergyman, whom I myself knew to
+have been frequently foremost in acts of benevolence, and often,
+if necessity required it, willing to stand almost alone in deeds
+of enlarged charity.</p>
+<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">On
+the death of the Rev. J. G. Spurgeon</span>,<br />
+<span class="smcap">Rector of Oulton</span>.</p>
+<p>Hark! tis the loud knell which tolling so dreary,<br />
+Announces to all, a frail mortal&rsquo;s decease;<br />
+That relieved from pain, at rest is the weary,<br />
+A Christian has entered the mansions of peace.</p>
+<p>But it tells us a <i>friend of the poor</i> is departed,<br />
+A benevolent friend has resign&rsquo;d his last breath,<br />
+And the eye where the soft tear of pity has started,<br />
+Is now closed, and sleeps in the silence of death.</p>
+<p><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>Yet while
+in deep sorrow, his loss we&rsquo;re deploring,<br />
+His spirit is mounting to Heaven above;<br />
+To those regions of light he is rapidly soaring,<br />
+To reap the reward of his labours of love.</p>
+<p>Peace to thine ashes! thy warfare is ended,<br />
+Thou hast fought the good fight, and hast entered thy rest;<br />
+Still a tear dims their eye, thou so kindly befriended,<br />
+And thy memory is sweet to the poor and distress&rsquo;d.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>On her death bed, Susan Cullingham spoke of &lsquo;passing the
+dark valley, but,&rsquo; she added, &lsquo;It is
+<i>light</i>,&rsquo; and she bade her friends go to the grave,
+not to <i>weep</i>, but to look for her in heaven.</p>
+<p>I think that I have rarely known in their rank of life, a
+finer specimen, of what I might wish the whole population of my
+parish to be, than the Father and Mother of Elizabeth
+Cullingham.&nbsp; They lived most happily together, and after
+death were not long separated.&nbsp; Their death I shall have
+occasion presently to record.</p>
+<p>Elizabeth&rsquo;s early life was such as might be expected in
+her station.&nbsp; She had exceedingly good health and spirits at
+this period.&nbsp; She was fully on par with all other girls in
+childish pursuits.&nbsp; Her disposition was, however, always
+careful.&nbsp; She was considerate in all things, not wasteful of
+any thing, a stayer at home, prudent and disposed to
+seriousness.&nbsp; At the age of sixteen, she went to fill a
+subordinate <a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+9</span>situation in a family in London, in which a female
+relative was the housekeeper.&nbsp; In this situation she was
+exposed to no more temptation than belongs to a servant in
+general.&nbsp; She was permitted, indeed, to partake of the usual
+amusements which are allowed to servants in London, but she was
+protected from the evils which might have resulted from those
+amusements, by the watchful attention of the relation under whose
+care she was placed, and by the preventing grace of God.</p>
+<p>During the three years of her residence in London nothing
+occurred to mark her course.&nbsp; She fulfilled her duties, and
+gained the character of a good servant.&nbsp; She returned to
+Lowestoft about the month of May, 1831, in health and
+spirits.&nbsp; Her return was the wish of her careful mother, who
+feared to leave her daughter at a distance, without the
+protection of the kind relative, who had now retired from
+service.&nbsp; On her return, Elizabeth resided in her own
+family, and followed the business she had been taught; but her
+residence at home was under somewhat new circumstances.&nbsp; At
+this period certain means of instruction were offered to the
+young people of the parish, which, under Divine help, were
+peculiarly calculated to meet her opening mind.&nbsp; These means
+were 1st, a Bible Class, and 2nd, a meeting of women, belonging
+to the Church, for the more especial object of Social
+Prayer.&nbsp; Both of these <a name="page10"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 10</span>she frequently acknowledged to have
+been of great advantage to her.</p>
+<p>In the Bible Class, the Scriptures were read, and generally
+explained, whilst the object constantly kept in view was to fix
+the word on the conscience of the young people.&nbsp; Each one of
+these were invited to repeat some portion of Scripture or a hymn,
+selected by themselves.&nbsp; The meeting of women was under the
+immediate. direction of the minister, but presided over by Mrs.
+Cunningham: in it the word of God was read, and a review taken of
+the sermons of the preceding Sunday.&nbsp; Two or three of the
+members were then at liberty to engage in prayer.&nbsp; In the
+latter years of her life, Elizabeth occasionally offered up
+prayer.&nbsp; These meetings were generally seasons of
+edification to her, and very much tended to establish her
+religious mind: they had also the effect of uniting her with
+those of our Church who were likeminded.&nbsp; Their general
+result I have found to be greatly beneficial to the Church
+itself.&nbsp; It was observed by her relations that from the time
+of Elizabeth&rsquo;s first attendance on these occasions, she
+devoted herself more entirely to the service of God.&nbsp; Her
+conduct was altered: she became more serious, and she had more
+love for the Scriptures, and as the necessary consequence, other
+books were laid aside: her natural fretfulness was also brought
+under, and her character assumed that sweetness and <a
+name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 11</span>quietness
+which it retained till the end.&nbsp; For two or three years she
+went on in this course.&nbsp; She was laborious in gaining her
+livelihood, and as her health was never strong, after her return
+home she occupied herself at needle-work, at which, however,
+through the indulgence of her parent, she was not required to
+labour more than suited her health.</p>
+<p>She was habitually, and by principle, industrious, feeling
+that it was equally a Christian duty to be diligent in business,
+as to be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.&nbsp; I do not
+remember any circumstances relating to her history at this period
+which were of importance.&nbsp; For two or three years she
+pursued the even tenor of her way.&nbsp; She was dutiful to her
+parents, kind to all around her, serviceable to the Church, and
+in every way an ornament to her Christian profession.&nbsp; The
+work of conversion was obviously going on in her soul.&nbsp; The
+fulfilment of every duty, private and public, gave full proof of
+it.</p>
+<p>It was about the year 1833 that she had the offer made of a
+situation in a gentleman&rsquo;s family, of which the religious
+habits were particularly suited to her.&nbsp; Into this family
+she entered, and was absent for about three years in a distant
+part of the kingdom.&nbsp; During this time she had a severe
+attack of illness, which resulted in her return home.&nbsp; But
+as this new state of servitude was somewhat of a trial to her,
+and it had its peculiar burden in her weak state <a
+name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 12</span>of health,
+and with her naturally anxious habit of mind, so it was
+calculated to exhibit the strength of principle which she had
+attained.&nbsp; I am glad to be able to bring forward a witness
+of her conduct as a servant during this period.&nbsp; When she
+was dead I wrote to her late master, to ask about her, and I
+subjoin a part of his reply in his own words.</p>
+<blockquote><p style="text-align: right"><i>Brighton</i>,
+<i>July</i> 28.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;<span class="smcap">My dear Friend</span>,</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Though we cannot but lament the removal of such
+manifestly bright saints as E. C. from this our lower earth, yet
+every such removal is like a door opened in heaven; and one seems
+to hear her peaceful spirit saying to us, &ldquo;Be followers of
+me, and of them who have inherited the promises.&rdquo;&nbsp;
+Blessed are such dead who die in the Lord.&nbsp; As long as E. C.
+was in my service, I always considered her as one of the most
+perfect characters I had ever seen.&nbsp; She was with us, I
+should think, about three years.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;She always seemed to me a model of Christian deportment
+as a servant, for I never saw one ruffle or ripple in the even
+stream of her temper; I never saw her upset or put out by any
+hasty order or word which I might have spoken.&nbsp; She was
+evidently always at rest in Jesus&mdash;enjoying very unusually
+peace and joy in believing&mdash;and this was <a
+name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>no doubt
+granted to a more simple and consistent <i>obedience</i> than is
+generally seen in professors of our days.&nbsp; The
+characteristic graces of her state appeared to me humility and
+quiet contentment in her situation of life.&nbsp; She had no high
+sounding profession, but all was a meek, yet very firm, testimony
+to that blessed Master&rsquo;s grace who had &ldquo;wrought all
+her works in her.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;When <i>servants</i> are really thus Christian, they do
+especially <i>adorn</i> the Gospel of God their Saviour.&nbsp;
+&ldquo;Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and
+to please them well in all things, not answering again, not
+purloining, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn
+the doctrines of God our Saviour in all things.&rdquo;&nbsp;
+Titus ii. 9.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;She did this most eminently.&nbsp; Of course I can say
+little more: the incidents in a servant&rsquo;s life are
+generally so few.&nbsp; Hers was a blessed constancy, an even
+flow of calm and established piety.&rdquo;</p>
+<p style="text-align: center">* * * * * * * * *</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>The testimony of this letter to the character of Elizabeth, as
+a servant, is remarkable.&nbsp; &lsquo;Not one ruffle or ripple
+in the even stream of her temper,&rsquo; of this naturally
+anxious, and even fretful, girl.&nbsp; &lsquo;Never upset or put
+out by any hasty order or word:&rsquo; &lsquo;<i>consistent
+obedience</i>:&rsquo; &lsquo;humility and quiet contentment in
+her situation in life,&rsquo; marking all her course.&nbsp; How
+truly may we feel with her master that all this <a
+name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 14</span>was a strong
+testimony to the grace of that blessed Saviour, who had
+&ldquo;wrought all her works in her.&rdquo;&nbsp; Yet what
+encouragement does this case afford to many others who are
+engaged in domestic service.&nbsp; She fulfilled her duty as unto
+the Lord, and of her Master in heaven she will doubtless receive
+her reward.</p>
+<p>Elizabeth now having returned home, took her place in the
+parish.&nbsp; She sought to be serviceable to others as well as
+to gain her livelihood: she was a constant helper to the
+ministry, and a great comfort to her parents, with whom she
+dwelt.&nbsp; Her religious mind appeared to be continually
+progressing.&nbsp; At the close of the year 1836, she began a
+private journal, which has been lent to me.&nbsp; It contains
+chiefly notes of sermons which she heard, and of the impression
+which they produced on her mind.&nbsp; How happy it is when the
+soul is brought so to hunger and thirst after righteousness, that
+it feeds upon all the food which is presented to it; when the
+means of grace are used not without profit, when sermons are
+listened to, and applied to the heart, when the word of God is
+read, and marked, and inwardly digested, so that the hope of
+everlasting life is embraced, and held fast.&nbsp; It was so with
+Elizabeth C.</p>
+<p>No word seemed to be received without attention and
+application.&nbsp; I wish that her example may be <a
+name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span>followed in
+this matter, and with the same blessing.&nbsp; I will now make
+some extracts from her journal; they will serve to shew the very
+inside of her mind.&nbsp; It begins Dec. 18, 1836.&nbsp;
+&lsquo;Mr. C. preached from Isaiah xl. 3, 5.&nbsp; I felt my mind
+much impressed with the sermon.&nbsp; O that the Lord may remove
+every mountain that impedes my way to Him.&rsquo;&nbsp; Saturday
+being the last day of the year she writes&mdash;&lsquo;When I
+look back on the past year, how many short comings and
+backslidings, how much coldness and lukewarmness have I to mourn
+over: O blessed Lord, enable me to dedicate myself afresh to thy
+service, in entering upon another year, and do thou pardon all
+that is passed.&rsquo;&nbsp; January 1.&nbsp; &lsquo;The first
+text which caught my eye this morning was Isaiah i. 25.&nbsp;
+&ldquo;O blessed Lord, purge away all my sins, and make me to
+walk humbly before thee.&rdquo;&nbsp; Mr. C. preached from Rom.
+xii. 1, 2.&nbsp; How was my mind impressed when he pointed out
+the necessity of giving the whole heart to God.&nbsp; I was led
+to pray earnestly that the Lord would enable me to do so for
+Jesus sake.&nbsp; January 2.&nbsp; Attended a Prayer Meeting at
+the Vicarage, to implore the outpouring of the Spirit.&nbsp; O
+Lord, hear the prayers which have this day been offered up.&nbsp;
+January 15.&nbsp; Mr. C. preached from 1 Cor. ii. 9.&nbsp; The
+sermon was truly interesting and affecting, as he spoke to us of
+the death of two individuals, <a name="page16"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 16</span>Mrs. R., and Mrs. C., well known to
+us, who died under very affecting circumstances.&nbsp; Mr. C.
+pointed out what it was to love the Lord, and what was prepared
+for them that love him.&nbsp; We have no doubt but our dear
+friends are now enjoying those things which are prepared for the
+righteous.&nbsp; O blessed Lord, prepare me for every change and
+condition of life; but above all prepare me for death, that I may
+be ready to meet thee with joy.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>I may be permitted to digress from my subject for a few
+moments, to relate the history of the two individuals alluded
+to.&nbsp; The elder of the two died full of years, many of which
+had been spent in the Service of God.&nbsp; She was 91 years of
+age, and the Parent, in the fourth generation, of a large number
+of our Congregation.&nbsp; Although surrounded by many witnesses
+at her death, she departed so quietly, that none could know when
+she took her flight.&nbsp; Of her it might be truly said, she had
+&ldquo;fallen asleep in Christ.&rdquo;&nbsp; The other individual
+was Mary Rackham.&nbsp; She was the Mother of a large family; she
+acted a prominent part in her husband&rsquo;s much frequented
+Butcher&rsquo;s shop, and this brought her into the observation
+of the whole Parish.&nbsp; She was well known by her constant
+attention to business, being inferior to none in the active
+pursuit of her daily duties.&nbsp; She was confessedly the woman
+in the parish, who appeared to me to have the largest share of
+varied <a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+17</span>occupation.&nbsp; She was however in the midst of all
+her duties, distinguished for her obliging manners to all about
+her.&nbsp; In her family, the utmost good order and consistency
+were observed.</p>
+<p>She had lost one child, whom she trusted she had trained for
+God, and now her longing anxiety was, that all the rest of her
+family should follow in the same course.&nbsp; How entirely her
+heart was set upon this I could well judge, who was often led
+into conversation with her on that subject.&nbsp; But her labours
+and conflicts, and her victory in her own soul were still more
+conspicuous.&nbsp; She was naturally of an eager and sanguine
+temperament, but that this had an entirely new and spiritual
+direction was manifest to all.&nbsp; Her disposition was not to
+entertain high notions of herself; yet was she confident in her
+Saviour, and she never testified any doubt as to her portion in
+Him.&nbsp; Her zeal for the Service of God was very great, and
+her attendance at his house, considering her circumstances, was
+remarkable.&nbsp; On Thursday Evening, as on Sunday, she was
+always to be found in her place.&nbsp; She was an attendant at
+the latest Sacrament, and twice at the services on the last
+Sunday of her life.&nbsp; But her seasons of private devotion
+were as regularly maintained.&nbsp; She was watchful to secure
+her morning and evening retirement;&mdash;and in order to keep up
+the Spirit of devotion, which she feared might flag through the
+hurry of business; she constantly <a name="page18"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 18</span>retired in the middle of the day,
+when her business had a pause, for the purposes of reading and
+devotional exercises.&nbsp; She was a member, and a constant
+attendant, when she was able, on the Society for Social
+prayer.&nbsp; She died after her confinement; and we had the
+opportunity of witnessing only an awful, but a calm and cheerful
+delirium which filled up her latest hours.&nbsp; But a more
+beautiful and instructive example of holy devotedness to every
+duty, performed in the faith of Christ, we could scarcely have
+had the opportunity of witnessing, than that which she exhibited
+in her daily walk and conversation.&nbsp; She died at the age of
+35 years, leaving five children behind her.</p>
+<p>The Journal of E. C. goes on.&nbsp; &lsquo;Thursday Evening,
+March 5.&nbsp; Mr. Hogarth preached from 2 Cor. v.&nbsp; He
+described the body as a tent, which must soon be dissolved, and
+the miseries of the wicked, who have no hope beyond this
+life.&nbsp; None said Mr. H., but the followers of Christ can
+take up the language of the text.&nbsp; Enable me, O Lord, thine
+unworthy servant, experimentally to feel that I, even I, have a
+building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the
+heavens.&nbsp; March 8.&nbsp; Mr. C. spoke of a dear Christian
+friend, S. J. who was called to put off her earthly tabernacle
+last Sabbath.&nbsp; We feel assured she had a building of God, an
+house prepared <a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+19</span>for her disembodied Spirit&mdash;to her, said Mr. C. may
+the text be applied.&nbsp; &ldquo;Well done, good and faithful
+servant, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.&rdquo;&nbsp; Give
+me grace, O Lord, to improve the talent committed to me, that
+when thou callest me to give up my account, I may be ready as thy
+servant was.&rsquo;&nbsp; Susan Jones, the person here alluded
+to, was an individual of great interest.&nbsp; She illustrated a
+valuable little tract, entitled the &ldquo;<i>Single talent well
+employed</i>.&rdquo;&nbsp; She was one of three sisters, who
+lived together in Lowestoft.&nbsp; She had resided with a family
+in Scotland, whose testimony to her worth, as well as that of the
+heads of the family in which she died, I shall venture to
+insert.&nbsp; She was one of the brightest ornaments of our
+little Christian Society, and much beloved by all who knew
+her.&nbsp; I will copy the account of her inscribed in the
+memoranda of a friend.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;This morning&rsquo;s post brought me the
+tidings of dear Susan Jones&rsquo; death, or rather of her being
+on the point of death, and a request that I would inform her
+sisters of it.&nbsp; Another valued member of our Society, a true
+sister in the Lord&mdash;one much beloved by us and by many here
+is now departed!&nbsp; The letter was from Mr. S. a Clergyman,
+with whom she had been staying at Woodbridge about three months,
+in order to nurse Mrs. S. in her confinement.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>The
+following is an extract of his letter.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;Poor dear Susan was apparently well this
+morning, and engaged as usual, till about 11 o&rsquo;clock; when
+upon her stooping down, she felt an acute pain; but as she was
+subject to this, we were not alarmed.&mdash;Finding, however,
+that the pain continued, we sent for our medical attendant.&nbsp;
+The suffering for a short time became acute, and the symptoms so
+alarming, that it was soon evident there was no hope of her
+life.&nbsp; It is considered that a vessel near the heart had
+given way, and that she is sinking from internal bleeding.&nbsp;
+She is indeed as one fallen asleep.&nbsp; Her mind is calm, and
+her heart is <i>fixed</i>;&mdash;her gratitude to God, her
+patience, love, <i>humility</i>, combined with simple trust, are
+all so conspicuous, that I cannot perceive which is the
+greatest.&nbsp; She appears not to have a thought in the world,
+and has not said one word regarding it.&nbsp; Her thoughts are
+all towards God, and the voice of praise and prayer to him, for
+spiritual blessings are her only theme.&nbsp; &ldquo;Thy will be
+done,&rdquo; seems the first and uppermost feeling of her
+heart.&nbsp; You may feel assured when you receive this, that her
+Spirit is in Heaven, with her beloved Saviour.&nbsp; All her
+words are now either to, or of her God and Saviour, and she
+appears to have closed her senses to this trying scene.&nbsp; Her
+bodily sufferings now are small.&nbsp; I feel as though in
+parting from her, I was losing <a name="page21"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 21</span>one of my best friends, and I only
+pray that the Almighty, in his mercy, may so help me, that I may
+see dear Susan in another and better world.&nbsp; With every good
+wish and prayer,&rsquo;</p>
+<p style="text-align: right">Believe me,<br />
+Yours faithfully,<br />
+J. P. S.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>February 27th.&nbsp; &lsquo;Received this morning the account
+of dear Susan Jones&rsquo;s death.&nbsp; The following is an
+extract from Mr. S&rsquo;s. second letter.&rsquo;</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;Poor dear Susan was called away a few hours
+sooner than we expected.&nbsp; She breathed her last a quarter
+before one o&rsquo;clock this morning, when she exchanged a
+Sabbath day on earth, for an eternal Sabbath in heaven.&nbsp; I
+feel as strong a confidence that she is now in glory, as I can
+feel of any person I ever knew.&nbsp; The verse for the day in
+the Christian Almanack, 26th February, is, &ldquo;There
+remaineth, therefore, a rest for the people of God,&rdquo; as it
+were greeting me on my coming down stairs this morning, with a
+most welcome and appropriate assurance, and as it were in
+confirmation of my feelings.&nbsp; All I can say of her in her
+life, and in her death, would come short of the reality, and I
+can only hope and pray that I may be kept from abusing the
+privilege I have had in her friendship; and that her image and
+example may, by God&rsquo;s <a name="page22"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 22</span>blessing, be the means of assisting
+my weakness, and helping me on to an <i>entrance</i> into glory
+for ever and ever with her!&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>May we seek to follow her humble and Christian course,
+blameless and harmless as she was, loved by all, and loving
+all.&nbsp; She was not quick to discover, or speak of the faults
+of others, being too humbly alive to her own.&nbsp; I never
+remember to have left her after the fullest communications with
+her, distressed or perplexed by histories of others, and their
+faults and failings; over these she drew the curtain, and fixed
+her eye <i>only upon her own</i>.&nbsp; She introduced the
+subject of other people only to speak kindly and affectionately
+of them: she appeared &ldquo;without partiality,&rdquo; nor had
+she that selfishness which soon takes affront: I never knew her
+vexed with any one for supposed unkindness or neglect: she seemed
+always to think she received more than she deserved.&nbsp; O may
+we all have grace to follow her in this, and in many other of her
+Christian virtues.</p>
+<p>When thus suddenly seized, and with nothing but death before
+her, her soul was found perfectly <i>staid</i>.&nbsp; No
+distressing fears or conflicts overwhelmed her; but she met the
+summons with perfect fortitude and resignation.&nbsp; When Mr. S.
+said to her, &lsquo;Dear Susan, do you not feel
+afraid?&rsquo;&nbsp; &lsquo;O no, sir, I have no fear; I am
+leaning on the arm of Jesus, He is my support&mdash;He is holding
+me behind and before.&nbsp; <a name="page23"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 23</span>God has laid his hand upon me: His
+will be done; He will keep me, He will support me.&rsquo;&nbsp;
+The sting of death seemed entirely withdrawn, and the glorious
+hope of being for ever with the Lord, swallowed up all pain in
+quitting this valley of tears.&nbsp; O the blessedness of living
+thus in preparation for death!&nbsp; May the instructive lesson
+sink deeply into all our hearts, leading us to a watchful
+circumspect devotion to our God and Saviour; that, when he shall
+please to call us, we may say with her, &lsquo;<i>ready</i>,
+<i>Lord</i>, <i>ready</i>.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>As it was my painful office to inform her dear sisters of the
+affecting event of Susan&rsquo;s seizure and probable departure
+at that moment, I went in after the service on Sunday
+morning.&nbsp; At the moment of my entry, Hannah was reading a
+paper she held in her hand.&nbsp; I asked them if they had heard
+any thing of Susan.&nbsp; &lsquo;Not very lately; but we have
+just been reading a paper of her&rsquo;s we found in her
+Bible.&rsquo;&nbsp; These were the words:&mdash;&lsquo;O my dear
+sisters, we have now began another year, O may we live it <i>fit
+to die</i>, should we be called away before it is past.&nbsp;
+This day I have been to hear Mr. Salmon, and we had a most
+excellent sermon from Zechariah i. 5.&nbsp; &ldquo;Your fathers,
+where are they?&rdquo; God bless you both.&mdash;Susan
+Jones.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>This seemed a merciful preparation for breaking to them the
+sorrowful tidings, which I did, as carefully <a
+name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span>as possible,
+endeavouring to arm them with Christian feeling of dependance
+upon God, and with sense of His presence and love in this
+event.&nbsp; They were not at first so overwhelmed as I expected:
+they were deeply attached to each other, and nothing could exceed
+the careful and affectionate manner in which Susan had nursed
+Elizabeth in a long and painful illness.&nbsp; Her watchful
+affection had bound them still more closely together.</p>
+<p>Elizabeth Jones has since died, and has left ample testimony
+to her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and her meetness to appear
+in the presence of God, through the merit of her Saviour.&nbsp;
+We had most interesting and satisfactory testimonies of Susan
+Jones&rsquo;s character from others.&nbsp; Lady H. thus writes of
+her in a letter to Elizabeth.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;You cannot doubt how great were my feelings
+of sorrow, when I heard of the decease of my faithful friend,
+your dear sister Susan; indeed I hardly think any such event, out
+of my own family, could have grieved us all so deeply.&nbsp;
+Almost the last words I ever heard from her were, &lsquo;if I am
+gone when you return to England, never sorrow for your poor old
+servant.&rsquo;&nbsp; But I do sorrow for her very deeply, and
+shall always think that I have lost a faithful friend, one who
+did me and my children good, and not evil, during all those days
+of her life which she spent with me, and I am very sure she has
+continued <a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+25</span>to do us good by the hearty prayers she addressed for
+us, to Him whose eyes are in every place.&nbsp; Her unwearied
+kindness to my children, I never did, and never could, repay; I
+allude chiefly to the good principles she taught them, of love to
+God, love to their parents, to one another, and to all their
+brethren of mankind.&nbsp; O happy mother shall I be, if my
+offspring depart not from the ways which their old nurse taught
+them.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;When I was at the Lord&rsquo;s table last Sunday, I
+thought of Susan, who had so often been there with her master and
+me.&nbsp; I was prepared to remember her when we are directed to
+bless the Lord &lsquo;for all his servants departed this life in
+His faith and fear,&rsquo; whose good example, whatever their
+station in this world may have been, we pray for grace to
+follow.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>But I will return to some portions of E. C&rsquo;s.
+journal.&nbsp; &lsquo;March 12.&nbsp; Attended the Prayer Meeting
+as usual in the morning.&rsquo;&nbsp; This meeting was held on
+the Sabbath morning at 9 o&rsquo;clock, and is composed of a few
+persons who meet together to ask a blessing on the coming means
+of grace.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;I felt my mind,&rsquo; she says, &lsquo;much drawn out
+in prayer.&nbsp; The meeting was lively, and I trust the Lord was
+with us, though some of the weakest of his creatures.&nbsp; In
+the morning, Mr. C. preached from Hebrews ix. 13, 14, the first
+part considering what it was to purge the conscience from dead <a
+name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 26</span>works.&nbsp;
+He spoke not only of the dead works of the unconverted, but also
+of the dead works of the Christian.&nbsp; How often is he found
+hard-hearted, and cold, and lukewarm, and too often bringing
+forth fruit to the dishonour of God.&nbsp; What then but the
+blood of Christ can cleanse him from his dead works.&nbsp; Lord,
+give me grace and faith to apply to that blood
+continually.&rsquo;&nbsp; So did she speak of her own
+<i>deficiencies</i>.&nbsp; Next she speaks of her own
+<i>labours</i> on the same day.&nbsp; &lsquo;Attended the school
+in the afternoon.&nbsp; O Lord, bless and own my poor
+labours.&nbsp; Enable me to teach for Thee, that thy name may be
+glorified.&rsquo;&nbsp; Passing over a portion of her journal,
+she comes to &lsquo;April 16.&nbsp; Mr. Hoare preached from
+Hebrews ix. 14&ndash;16.&nbsp; He beautifully described how
+Christ was the High Priest of his people; how He atoned for their
+sins by shedding his own blood; and how he entered into the
+Holiest of Holies, where he ever liveth to make intercession for
+them.&nbsp; He also spoke of the tenderness of Christ; whereby he
+sympathized, and of his power, whereby He was able to save to the
+uttermost all that come to God by Him.&nbsp; He most earnestly
+entreated the trembling believer to come boldly to One who was
+both able and willing to save him.&rsquo;&nbsp; Her own
+reflections on this sermon may be gathered from the expressions
+she has applied to it.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;Mr. Swanison from Jer. xxxi. 18&ndash;20.&nbsp; In the
+<a name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 27</span>conduct of
+Ephraim teaching us the nature of true repentance.&nbsp; The
+prayer of Ephraim shews the change in his mind.&nbsp; He entreats
+God to turn him, feeling that he cannot turn himself.&nbsp; He
+feels and owns he has been a rebel, but he relies on the Lord to
+turn him and to pardon all his sins.&nbsp; Here we see the mercy
+and the love of God displayed.&nbsp; He does not receive the
+repentant sinner as a servant, but he calls him his dear
+son.&nbsp; Oh what encouragement to the poor returning sinner, to
+know that God, whom he feels that he has offended, earnestly
+remembers him still.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>I am glad to make extracts from the sermons of many of my dear
+fellow helpers in the gospel, who have been working with me in
+this field of labour, and who have each,&mdash;one planting, and
+another watering, but God giving the increase;&mdash;been so
+honoured as to give suitable culture to a plant of the Lord, whom
+they will one day meet in glory, in the heavenly paradise.&nbsp;
+I also make these extracts, that we may be enabled to trace the
+means by which the mind of our departed friend, was furnished
+with food convenient for its growth in grace and holiness.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;May 21.&nbsp; Attended the morning Prayer
+Meeting.&nbsp; Felt rather dead in prayer.&nbsp; May the Lord
+quicken my affections and warm my cold heart.&rsquo;&nbsp;
+&lsquo;Mr. C. from Amos viii. 8, 9.&nbsp; Sermon on the
+Jews.&nbsp; <a name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+28</span>He spoke much on the fulfilment of prophecy; the Lord,
+in various places, threatening to disperse and destroy this
+people, but not make a full end, &amp;c. &amp;c.&nbsp; O Blessed
+Lord, give me to live, that I neglect not this message, for if
+thou spared not the natural branches, neither wilt thou spare me
+if I neglect thy word.&nbsp; Lord, give me thy Spirit, and guide
+me in all my ways, for thy dear Son&rsquo;s sake.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>Passing over other subjects, we may take the effect produced
+on her mind, by one of the social meetings before alluded to.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;Monday Evening, Sept. 1.&nbsp; Attended Mrs. C.&rsquo;s
+meeting.&nbsp; Mrs. C. spoke much of the Omnipresence of
+God.&nbsp; I felt the subject very much, and I was enabled to
+pour out my soul in prayer.&nbsp; Surely the Lord&rsquo;s
+presence was with us at that time.&nbsp; O blessed Lord, keep me
+humble; empty me entirely of self, that my unworthy services may
+be acceptable in thy sight.&rsquo;&nbsp; It is plain by this
+passage, that she had felt the approach of temptation, but she
+met it in the spirit of watchfulness and prayer.</p>
+<p>On another occasion, she says, &lsquo;I attended the
+meeting.&nbsp; I trust the Lord was with our little party, and
+that he will hear and answer prayer.&nbsp; I feel my own
+weakness, and utter unworthiness in approaching thee, O Lord, but
+look thou in mercy upon me; pardon my sins, forgive my
+iniquities, <a name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+29</span>and let not the imperfections of my prayers render them
+odious in thy sight.&nbsp; Thou Lord, knowest my weakness; O
+strengthen me that I may be enabled to confess thee with more
+boldness; but O keep me humble.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>&lsquo;Oct. 15.&nbsp; This Morning, the Rev. D. Hogarth
+preached from Malachi ii. 2, 3.&nbsp; O Blessed Jesus, do thou
+purify and cleanse my soul from the dross of sin, which I feel
+still hinders me from enjoying the light of thy
+countenance.&nbsp; O remove the veil from mine eyes, and sin from
+my heart, that I may see and understand what thy will is; do thou
+enlighten and guide me in thy way.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>An event now occurred in the family of Elizabeth Cullingham,
+of the deepest interest and importance.&nbsp; This was the death
+of her Father.&nbsp; On Monday, Jan. 8, 1838, about two
+o&rsquo;clock in the afternoon, a foreign ship came in sight, and
+hoisted a flag for a Pilot.&nbsp; She was about ten miles from
+the shore, but although the weather was threatening, and the
+evening approaching, it seemed practicable to reach the ship; and
+as it was suspected, that others might be in the offing, which
+would likewise require assistance, two Pilots put off, with
+thirteen men in one yawl, and one Pilot with twenty-one in
+another.&nbsp; The dangers which might have terrified ordinary
+men, did not prevent these brave seamen from encountering <a
+name="page30"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 30</span>the perils
+which threatened them in the way of duty.</p>
+<p>It was a maxim of James Cullingham, that he ought, in his duty
+as a Pilot, to fear no danger, and that whenever others would
+take him, he should go.&nbsp; The yawls carried their mainsails
+at first, and expected to reach their object.&nbsp; But the
+vessel, instead of keeping its first course towards the boats,
+when they were five or six miles from the shore, stood out to
+sea.&nbsp; The yawls therefore, in their effort to reach the
+ship, were carried far from land,&mdash;and daylight drew to a
+close before the men were aware of their situation.</p>
+<p>The wind meantime arose, and the snow drifted heavily.&nbsp;
+The greatest anxiety was soon felt by all on shore.&nbsp; The
+scene which presents itself on these occasions, may be conceived,
+but not described.&nbsp; Fathers, Mothers, Wives, Sisters,
+Brothers, and Children, are seen intently watching every change
+in the sky and waves, eagerly gazing upon the distance to catch a
+glimpse of the absent objects of their love: grasping every
+phantom of hope which may present itself; but at
+length&mdash;convinced by some undoubted sign, that they must
+hope no more.&mdash;Many are the vows which are then made; many
+are the prayers which are then offered.&nbsp; The watching and
+suspense, however, were in this case, soon at an end.&nbsp; At
+seven o&rsquo;clock one of the yawls through <a
+name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 31</span>great danger,
+reached the shore, and this left no doubt as to the loss of the
+other, in which was James Cullingham, and another Pilot.&nbsp; It
+is supposed this yawl, the &lsquo;Peace,&rsquo; in endeavouring
+to get into the gat-way, had missed the light, it being thick
+with snow, that she got into broken water, and had gone
+down.&nbsp; But none were left to tell the tale of woe.&nbsp; The
+boat itself, sometime afterwards, was washed on shore, a complete
+wreck.&nbsp; Very few of the bodies were recovered: but amongst
+the number, that of James Cullingham was found, very remarkably,
+eight months afterwards.&nbsp; Twelve widows and thirty two
+children, were in consequence of this disaster, left
+destitute.&nbsp; This was, indeed, a night of agony, to numbers
+on shore.&nbsp; Still the possibility of escape presented itself
+to their minds, but it was hoping against hope.&nbsp; Yet was
+every one afraid of acknowledging to the chief mourners, what in
+their own minds was their fixed opinion, that no chance
+remained.&nbsp; None would, at all events, be the first to
+declare the awful truth to those broken hearted sufferers.</p>
+<p>But there must have been a scene even more affecting than the
+one now recorded.&nbsp; In the boat were fifteen men, who were in
+the very jaws of destruction.&nbsp; One other heave of the
+impetuous sea, and their state was fixed, fixed for ever.&nbsp;
+Some of them, perhaps, had been drunkards, or Sabbath breakers,
+or <a name="page32"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+32</span>neglecters of Religion; but now they were called at once
+to give account of what they had done, and what they had left
+undone, and nothing could be left, to which they might look
+forward, but the punishment which awaits the sinner.&nbsp; It is
+impossible to conceive a scene more really appalling, although
+outwardly its awfulness might be concealed by the anxiety and
+efforts which it caused.&nbsp; But to think of the never-dying
+soul, hitherto uncared for, unprepared with all its sins upon it,
+hurried in one moment into judgment, and to the wages of its
+transgressions, is awful indeed!&nbsp; What may have been the
+case of these men, the day of Judgment will disclose.&nbsp;
+&ldquo;Blessed are the dead which die in the
+<i>Lord</i>.&rdquo;&nbsp; That it was the portion of James
+Cullingham so to die, we can have no doubt.&nbsp; His faith, his
+converted heart, evidenced by his life, afford a warrant of good
+hope as to his condition.&nbsp; He lived to Christ, and death was
+doubtless gain to him.&nbsp; Whether at sea, or on his bed, he
+might sink in peace, for a joyful inheritance would await
+him.</p>
+<p>But what was the lot of the mourners in his own bereaved
+family on that sad night?&nbsp; James Cullingham had left his
+house in the morning, and that he was gone, was probably not more
+noticed than at other times.&nbsp; It was expected that the yawl
+which took him out, would in due course return.</p>
+<p>Soon however, alarm arose on the beach, and rapidly <a
+name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 33</span>spread itself
+in the town.&nbsp; In the evening, it was naturally expected that
+some news would come from the Pilots, for the boat which conveyed
+them to the vessels must of necessity return.&nbsp; But no news
+arrived.&nbsp; Elizabeth had been sent to bed by her Mother, who
+with her other daughter sat alone in the house in the deepest
+anxiety.&nbsp; The wind became very tempestuous.&nbsp; The snow
+drifted.&nbsp; A solemn awe was spread over the cottage.&nbsp;
+But there was nothing to be done, but to wait, and pray, and to
+support the mind in silence; still hoping that every moment would
+bring them tidings.</p>
+<p>The eldest daughter at length went up stairs, leaving her
+Mother alone.&nbsp; The three brothers had been on the beach; and
+soon apprehending the real state of the case; they had scattered
+themselves on the coast, several miles to the southward, hoping
+that the boat might be driven on shore in that direction.&nbsp;
+Meanwhile a universal apprehension was spread abroad, and every
+one who knew how deeply the news would affect the family of James
+Cullingham forbore to come to the house, lest they might be the
+involuntary means of conveying the sad intelligence.&nbsp; The
+Mother sat alone till the morning, at this time a stranger
+unwittingly revealed the extent of the calamity.&nbsp; She was
+heard passing the road, when the anxious wife went to the door to
+ask whether she had heard any thing of the yawl.&nbsp; She <a
+name="page34"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 34</span>replied,
+unconscious to whom she was speaking.&nbsp;
+&ldquo;<i>Nothing</i>.&nbsp; <i>It will never come back
+again</i>!&rdquo;&nbsp; The awful fact now broke in upon the mind
+of Mrs. Cullingham.&nbsp; At once she understood that all was
+lost; she received the news however, without any outcry or
+lamentation.&nbsp; But it sunk deeply within.&nbsp; Her
+expression to her daughter was, &lsquo;your Father is gone, he is
+safely arrived, I shall join him in Heaven.&rsquo;&nbsp; She
+never once was heard to murmur.&nbsp; But the blow was intensely
+severe, and the weight of sorrow seemed to be borne alike, by the
+daughters and the Mother.&nbsp; It may be said to have been the
+death signal at a more remote period of Elizabeth, as well as of
+her Mother.&nbsp; Neither of them ever recovered their
+health.&nbsp; To the Widow the loss was in all respects very
+great.&nbsp; It might truly be said of her and her husband,
+&ldquo;they were pleasant in their lives, and in their death they
+were not divided.&rdquo;&nbsp; In a very few months, she was
+called to follow him.&nbsp; A large subscription which was
+raised, chiefly at a distance from home, together with the
+property of her husband, and the assistance of her Children, left
+the Mother of Elizabeth in no want as to her worldly
+circumstances.&nbsp; But the suddenness, and the manner of her
+husband&rsquo;s death, and the haunting reflection that his body
+was yet unburied, left a sort of wretchedness in her mind, which
+nothing but her faith and hope could subdue.&nbsp; Her mode of
+life was now some <a name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+35</span>what altered.&nbsp; She had more time to read the
+Scriptures, which she did every afternoon, as well as morning and
+evening.&nbsp; But in the month of March, she was attacked with a
+paralytic stroke.&nbsp; This was not violent, and it affected her
+body more than her mind.&nbsp; It was a time of deep heart
+searching to her, and of preparation for her end.&nbsp; Her mind
+might be said to dwell in heavenly hope.&nbsp; She was deeply
+earnest in her devotions.&nbsp; I have entered her room, and
+finding her intent in prayer, have retired unobserved.&nbsp; Her
+mind was not easily distracted when employed in communing with
+God.&nbsp; But her state was not happy; she was oppressed with
+the sensation of her disorder, and she continued to feel
+intensely the circumstances of her husband&rsquo;s death, and to
+mourn over his undiscovered and unburied body.&nbsp; At length
+however, it pleased God to relieve her from one of these causes
+of grief, by a remarkable interposition of his favor.&nbsp; By a
+very singular accident, her husband&rsquo;s body was washed on
+shore in the month of October, many miles from the place where he
+was lost.&nbsp; It had been lying nearly nine months in the sea,
+and, on reaching the shore, had been found, and buried.&nbsp;
+Information having been given that a body had been so found, it
+was disinterred, and identified by his children.&nbsp; It was
+then brought home to Lowestoft, where it now lies in our
+churchyard, among the remains of different members <a
+name="page36"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 36</span>of his
+family.&nbsp; This was an occasion which peculiarly called out
+the gratitude of his widow.&nbsp; After this event, she recovered
+the full powers of her mind.&nbsp; During the remaining few weeks
+of her life, she seemed to have gained clearer assurance of her
+own safety, and a more joyful hope and anticipation of future
+blessedness.&nbsp; Her state of conflict was now changed to one
+of full assurance of hope.&nbsp; One remarkable scene of her last
+days, of which I was a witness, I will relate in
+Elizabeth&rsquo;s words, copied from her journal.&nbsp; On the
+day of her mother&rsquo;s death she writes, &lsquo;The Lord has
+been pleased to take my dear mother out of this state of trial
+and suffering.&nbsp; How calm, how patient she was through her
+long and painful illness.&nbsp; No murmuring, no repining ever
+escaped her lips.&nbsp; Her end was peace.&nbsp; Mr. C. called to
+see her on the Sunday evening: she was then able to speak only at
+intervals.&nbsp; He spoke to her of the joys of heaven.&nbsp; She
+appeared to take no notice for some moments, when suddenly
+reaching forth her hand to heaven, she exclaimed, <i>Christ
+there</i>!&nbsp; Then bringing it back, and laying it on her
+heart, she said, <i>Christ here</i>!&rsquo;&nbsp; How expressive
+were these simple words of her state of mind, and of her hope in
+her Redeemer.&nbsp; On this day she spoke to me of &lsquo;going
+home,&rsquo; which was the view she entertained of her
+departure.&nbsp; On the last morning of her life she made sign <a
+name="page37"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 37</span>to her
+daughter to read to her: she read part of John xiv.&nbsp; The
+mother then clasped her hands in prayer.&nbsp; This was nearly
+the last act of her life.&nbsp; She seemed now to be peculiarly
+alive to the reality of the presence of her Lord and Saviour as
+the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that by Him a heavenly
+mansion had been prepared for her.&nbsp; Her room had been a kind
+of shelter from the bustle and confusion of the world around, and
+her daughters, who in turn remained at home on the Sabbath day,
+and read the service of the Church to her, testified of the
+comfort which those seasons of retirement ministered to
+them.&nbsp; These were, indeed, times of refreshment from the
+Lord.&nbsp; A friend of her&rsquo;s thus describes an interview
+which she had with her a short time before her death.&nbsp;
+&lsquo;I had delightful communication with her just before I left
+home: I sat by her bed-side, and we talked much on the eternal
+state.&nbsp; She was entirely sensible, could look at the
+approaching dissolution of her body with perfect peace.&nbsp; We
+spoke of the heavenly Jerusalem, and of the joyful prospect
+before her of entering into rest: her faith was strong and
+clear.&nbsp; She renounced every thing in herself, and through
+the unmerited mercy of her dear Redeemer, she felt assured that
+her sins were pardoned, and that an abundant entrance would be
+ministered to her into the everlasting kingdom of her God and
+Saviour.&nbsp; <a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+38</span>Her life of faith, and of active duty, and her death, so
+cheered by confidence in the Good Shepherd, afforded the fullest
+warrant of this blessed end of all her labours and her
+trials.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>I must now carry back this memoir to the beginning of the
+year.&nbsp; A funeral sermon was preached on the occasion of the
+death of James Cullingham.&nbsp; He was a communicant, and his
+character called for this public notice.&nbsp; Advantage was
+taken of the same occasion to speak of the death of another
+individual, a friend of Elizabeth and her mother, and I believe
+of most of the servants of God, who came within her reach in our
+little flock.&nbsp; This was Mary Smith.&nbsp; Her
+husband&rsquo;s shop in which she served, made her well known in
+the parish, and enabled her to do much for others, and thus
+brought into view most of the infirmities which belonged to her
+nature.&nbsp; She was a woman of very marked and zealous
+character, well known to those about her, both in her natural and
+her renewed state.&nbsp; In both she was industrious and
+kind-hearted, a good wife, mother, and neighbour; but in her
+former state very clearly without that feeling of religion which
+marked her latter years.&nbsp; Indeed it may be said that she had
+gone so far as to &lsquo;persecute that way which she afterwards
+followed.&rsquo;&nbsp; She was a very marked instance of an
+entire change of heart, by the power of the Holy Spirit.&nbsp;
+The natural ardour of her <a name="page39"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 39</span>mind was sanctified in her converted
+state; it worked with the same power, but in another direction,
+and under another influence: she traced the change in her mind to
+a sermon which she heard on Phil. ii. 12.&nbsp; She then set
+conscientiously about working out her salvation, and she found
+her heavenly Father, ever ready to work in her, both to will and
+to do of his good pleasure.&nbsp; Her sense of this marked
+interference of the divine power on her behalf was never lost
+sight of; for the anniversary of the day when she first gave heed
+to the message of salvation, she remembered with much
+feeling.&nbsp; Of her domestic character, those who have lived
+with her have spoken to me, and have borne high testimony to her
+as a wife and a mother, and during her employment in the business
+of her shop.&nbsp; Her will became remarkably subjected to the
+will of God in all things.&nbsp; It may be truly said, that she
+did her duties as &ldquo;to the Lord.&rdquo;&nbsp; She had a very
+praiseworthy habit of praying with her children, whenever she
+found them in fault.&nbsp; Her religious character was marked by
+a strict conformity to the doctrines of the Church, of which she
+was a consistent, faithful, zealous member.&nbsp; In attendance
+on its services she had been brought to the knowledge of
+salvation, and she continued to walk in the truest submission,
+and the most lively attachment to its ministry.&nbsp; In another
+<a name="page40"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 40</span>point she
+has left us an example.&nbsp; She was ever particularly alive to
+watch for the souls of others, to lead them forward, and to draw
+them to seek God.&nbsp; There are many now living who could bear
+witness to the earnestness, with which she sought to warn the
+unconverted, to reclaim the wanderer, to recover the
+backslider.</p>
+<p>Her kindness to her poor neighbours was remarkable.&nbsp; Her
+medical man informed me, that he scarcely ever went into her
+house, without her first asking him about some one who wanted
+relief, which relief she was always eager to give according to
+her means, and many were the portions which her provision-shop
+supplied.&nbsp; Few ministers have had a more valuable
+&lsquo;helper,&rsquo; in all respects.&nbsp; I must add a short
+account of her, given to me in writing by one in her own house,
+who, at the time when she, Mrs. S. was opposed to spiritual
+religion, had chosen another fold than the Church of England in
+which to seek the way of salvation.&nbsp; This testimony is
+therefore not given in ignorance of her real character, or in
+undue partiality to her principles.</p>
+<p>After speaking of the striking circumstances of her
+conversion, the paper goes on to say, &lsquo;The words of the
+Apostle were fulfilled in her.&nbsp; &ldquo;If any man be in
+Christ he is a new creature.&nbsp; Old things are passed away,
+behold, all things are become new.&rdquo;&nbsp; Yes, I know the
+truth of this, for I have seen it <a name="page41"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 41</span>in her who is departed.&nbsp; Indeed
+she has proved to all around her, that she was a faithful
+follower of the Lord Jesus Christ; not one who said, &ldquo;Lord,
+Lord,&rdquo; but in works denied him.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;She showed her love to God by keeping His
+commandments.&nbsp; I have known her, many and many a time,
+sacrifice her own comforts to relieve her poor neighbours.&nbsp;
+I have known her take her clothes from her back, and her shoes
+from her feet.&nbsp; It was her delight to do her heavenly
+Father&rsquo;s will in all things.&nbsp; She was determined, as
+far as she was able, to do good to all, especially to those of
+the household of faith.&nbsp; She was one who visited the sick
+and afflicted, the fatherless and widow, and strove to keep
+herself unspotted from the world.&nbsp; Her views of herself were
+truly humble: she took the word of God for her guide.&nbsp; She
+did not shun to reprove sin, but knowing the terror of the Lord,
+she sought to persuade her fellow-sinners to be reconciled to
+God.&nbsp; She sought after backsliders with great care and
+perseverance, and aimed to encourage those that stood fast in the
+Lord.&nbsp; Her love of the means of grace, both public and
+private, was very great, and witnessed by her regular attendance
+on them.&nbsp; Her patience in her affliction, and resignation to
+the will of God, was indeed striking.&nbsp; Her sufferings and
+trials had been many in life, &ldquo;but not too many,&rdquo; as
+she said on her dying bed.&nbsp; The <a name="page42"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 42</span>cup had been wisely mixed by her
+heavenly Father.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>January 2.&nbsp; She began to complain of her head, and the
+next day she was wholly confined to her bed.&nbsp; Two days
+after, she became so weak as to be unable to help herself.&nbsp;
+On Sunday the 7th she took but little notice.&nbsp; She was then
+asked, whether she was happy.&nbsp; She replied, &lsquo;Oh, yes,
+very happy, very happy: Christ very precious to me.&rsquo;&nbsp;
+At another time she was asked, whether she could say, with the
+Apostle, that she was &ldquo;ready to be offered up?&rdquo;&nbsp;
+&lsquo;Oh yes,&rsquo; she said.&nbsp; On Monday, speaking of
+death as the gate of life, she said, &lsquo;O blessed
+gate&mdash;it is the gate of heaven to me:&rsquo; and at another
+time, &lsquo;Christ is all in all to me.&rsquo;&nbsp; On the
+following morning she had the power of attention, and answered to
+the prayer of others in a fervent Amen.&nbsp; So she departed in
+peace and blessedness.</p>
+<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
+<p>I must now return to the history of Elizabeth
+Cullingham.&nbsp; Deep and constant was her grief at her
+father&rsquo;s death.&nbsp; She sympathized with her family; but
+she had then the pleasing task of waiting on her mother through
+her long affliction, and never was nursing more tenderly
+ministered, or more kindly received than by these two sisters,
+and their sinking parent.&nbsp; If there was some variety in <a
+name="page43"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 43</span>their form of
+worship, their feelings were the same.&nbsp; To gratify their
+mother&rsquo;s wishes was next to the love of God, the main
+object with her daughters.&nbsp; With her</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;That constant flow of love, that knew no
+fall,<br />
+Ne&rsquo;er roughened by those cataracts and breaks,<br />
+That humour interposed too often makes.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Whilst they</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;The tender office now engage,<br />
+To rock the cradle of reposing age,<br />
+With lenient arts extend a mother&rsquo;s breath,<br />
+Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death;<br />
+Explore the thought, explain the asking eye,<br />
+And keep awhile <i>one</i> parent from the sky!</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>But I must suffer Elizabeth again to speak for herself.</p>
+<p>What follows was written at the close of the year of sorrow,
+through which she had just past.&nbsp; &lsquo;Thou, O Lord, hast
+seen fit to take both my parents from me, but thy word of promise
+is, &ldquo;When father and mother forsake thee, the Lord will
+take thee up.&rdquo;&nbsp; Enable me, O Lord, to follow my dear
+parents, as they followed Christ; that when time with me shall be
+no more, I may have a joyful entrance into thy kingdom, where
+parting shall be no more known, and every tear shall be wiped
+from <a name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span>my
+now weeping eyes.&nbsp; I would desire, blessed Lord, to submit
+to thy will in these most affecting bereavements.&nbsp; O comfort
+me with the consolations of thy Spirit, and bring me and my dear
+brothers and sisters near to thyself.&nbsp; Amidst our many
+trials may we remember our many mercies.&nbsp; May we be enabled
+to thank Thee for all.&nbsp; What a comfort not to sorrow as
+those without hope: but to be assured that through the merits of
+Christ our dear parents are translated from a body of sin and
+corruption, to a glorious immortality.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>So Elizabeth wound up the history of the past eventful
+year.&nbsp; Her patience, meekness, and resignation, her
+thankfulness for the mercies she received, and her joyous hope
+are alike an instructive lesson to us all.</p>
+<p>I find another interesting record at the beginning of the year
+1839.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;I have now entered upon another year.&nbsp; Oh how
+different do all things now appear, to what they did at the
+commencement of the last.&nbsp; I was then blessed with my dear
+parents, and I looked forward for some years of comfort and of
+guidance from them; but thy ways, O Lord, are not my ways,
+neither are Thy thoughts my thoughts; Thou hast taken them from
+me that I may look to thee alone for help and comfort.&nbsp; O
+give me grace to seek all I want from Thee.&nbsp; Wean me,
+blessed Lord, from <a name="page45"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+45</span>the world, and all its treatments, and enable me to live
+entirely to Thee.&nbsp; Thou knowest, Lord, my weakness and
+proneness to start aside from my best Friend, but pardon all Thou
+hast seen amiss in me, through the past year, and enable me now
+to live more devotedly to Thy service.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>The method which she chose of quietly taking a review of the
+past, and forecasting the circumstances of the new year, appeared
+to be peculiarly profitable, and may afford a direction as to the
+mode of spending this interesting season.</p>
+<p>Elizabeth and her sister were now thrown on their own
+resources.&nbsp; Their father&rsquo;s house was sold for the
+benefit of his family.&nbsp; After their removal, they kept a
+school.&nbsp; This flourished, and it was a great benefit, as far
+as it went, in the parish, being conducted with so much good
+order and Christian feeling.&nbsp; But after a time, the noise of
+the children became unbearable to Elizabeth, and obliged her
+sister to give it up, and to turn to other means of
+support.&nbsp; Elizabeth&rsquo;s mind, as appears from her
+Journal, was all this time gradually growing in grace.&nbsp; The
+habits of their little family were very regular.&nbsp; The two
+sisters read three or four verses, and prayed together every
+morning, in addition to the usual family prayer with their
+brother, who lived with them.&nbsp; Elizabeth&rsquo;s chief
+infirmity was a proneness to be hurt by unkindness <a
+name="page46"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 46</span>or neglect;
+this she tried to conquer, and through Divine Grace, succeeded to
+a great degree.&nbsp; She had always been careful of her money,
+feeling how needful it might be to her in her weakly state of
+health.&nbsp; At the time of her death she had a small sum in the
+savings bank; but she was alive to the snare of
+covetousness.&nbsp; She used to say, what shall we give?&nbsp;
+She subscribed to the Missionary and the Jewish Society, and
+originated a little Bible Society collection: but she also felt
+the duty of denying herself, that she might save something more
+for these works of charity.&nbsp; She was constantly diligent,
+and during the last winter of her life she read the Scriptures a
+great deal, and grew proportionally in grace.&nbsp; She was
+regular in her attendance at the different meetings, being
+generally accompanied by a friend in somewhat similar
+circumstances of life, who was attached to our communion.&nbsp;
+But nothing more marked her character than a holy, humble,
+simple, unpretending walk, carrying about with her, I may truly
+say, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.&nbsp; She
+repeatedly wrote in her Journal during the last year of her
+life.&nbsp; Her observations were chiefly founded on sermons
+which she had heard, and which she applied to herself.&nbsp;
+There was not one observation in them of a carping critical
+character.&nbsp; But what she received she sought to turn to the
+best profit, and to obtain from it growth in grace.&nbsp;
+Speaking <a name="page47"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+47</span>of the sermon of a young Minister among us, she was
+struck with his appeal for decision in religion, on the ground of
+the uncertainty of life.&nbsp; &lsquo;O,&rsquo; she adds,
+&lsquo;how he warned and exhorted the young to decide for God,
+that they might obtain pardon and peace here, and happiness in
+the world to come.&rsquo;&nbsp; She concludes her account of
+another sermon.&nbsp; &lsquo;Help me, O Lord, to watch always,
+that I sin not against Thee, and help me so to pray, that the
+enemy may flee before me:&rsquo; and again, &lsquo;Help me,
+blessed Lord, to be daily growing in holiness, humility, and
+love, that I may feel in every trial, and temptation, thou art my
+Rock and Defence.&rsquo;&nbsp; As the summary of one week, she
+says, &lsquo;I have felt my soul decay in the last week.&nbsp;
+The enemy has been permitted to buffet and assault me very much,
+tempting me to unbelief.&nbsp; But O thou compassionate Saviour,
+who prayed for thy disciple of old, that his faith might not
+fail, look upon me, and deliver me from my strong foe.&nbsp; O
+strengthen my faith, for it is weak.&nbsp; Show me wherein I have
+sinned; lift up the light of thy countenance upon
+me.&rsquo;&nbsp; Again, after a sermon of Mr.
+Allen&rsquo;s.&nbsp; &lsquo;What encouragement to the believer to
+know that Jesus, his Saviour and Redeemer, has before trodden
+every painful path, and endured every conflict, and has promised
+that as he overcame, so shall we, through his merit.&rsquo;</p>
+<p><a name="page48"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 48</span>She
+heard a Sermon from a minister before alluded to, on growth in
+religion, in which that subject was illustrated by a tree in the
+growth of its roots, in its branches, and in its
+fruitfulness.&nbsp; The subject appears very much to have struck
+her.&nbsp; She concludes it by saying, &lsquo;Help me, blessed
+Lord, to be daily growing in holiness, humility and love; and may
+I feel in every trial and temptation, that thou art my Rock, and
+my Defence.&rsquo;&nbsp; &lsquo;Nov. 24.&nbsp; I have felt much
+depressed to day by fretfulness and coldness: O Lord, quicken
+me.&rsquo;&nbsp; &lsquo;Heard Mr. R. this evening, from Luke v.
+31, 32.&nbsp; Felt my mind much impressed by the Sermon.&nbsp;
+Blessed Lord, impress it on my heart, by thy Spirit.&nbsp; Strip
+me of all self-righteousness, make me feel more and more, my need
+of thee.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>The above extracts from her Journal, will shew the quiet
+working of the Spirit of God in her heart, chiefly by means of
+the word of God.&nbsp; Other means are not so commonly and
+particularly alluded to by her, but she always in life expressed
+her profit in all; in the Lord&rsquo;s Supper, in the social
+prayer meetings on Monday Evening, and Sunday Morning, and the
+bible class, all of which she continued constantly to
+attend.&nbsp; I add two testimonials concerning her.&nbsp; One of
+them was communicated to a friend at a distance, who had been
+staying some time in Lowestoft, and who had been made acquainted
+with Elizabeth.&nbsp; <a name="page49"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 49</span>It is written by a person who was in
+the constant habit of seeing her, and who knew her well.&nbsp;
+The other is written by a very intimate friend.</p>
+<blockquote><p style="text-align: right"><i>Lowestoft</i>,
+<i>July</i> 6. 1840.</p>
+<p><span class="smcap">My dear Friend</span>,</p>
+<p>&lsquo;I must indulge myself by writing a few lines to you,
+for my heart is full to-night.&nbsp; We have lost our sweet young
+friend Elizabeth Cullingham, in whom you were so much
+interested.&nbsp; Do not you remember her spiritual and
+interesting prayer, the first morning I went with you to the
+Sunday prayer meeting?&nbsp; I recollect introducing her to
+you.&nbsp; She was indeed a true christian.&nbsp; I never
+recollect to have heard any one find the slightest fault with
+her, nor had I myself ever occasion to do so in all the
+intercourse I have had with her, during the last nine
+years.&nbsp; Her&rsquo;s was indeed a chaste conversation,
+coupled with fear.&nbsp; It was not the outward adorning of
+wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel, but the ornament of
+a meek and quiet Spirit, which shone most conspicuously in
+her.&nbsp; Chastity, meekness, and modesty were her striking
+characteristics.&nbsp; I am glad I introduced you so particularly
+to her, and I think you will not forget the sweet impression of
+those <i>visits</i>.&nbsp; Her lovely subdued countenance, her
+neat appearance, the perfect consistency of her dress, <a
+name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 50</span>for she was
+always beautifully neat.&nbsp; I think&mdash;I may say I never
+knew her expend money on ribbon or other unnecessary article in
+dress.&nbsp; I mention this as it is a rare quality, even amongst
+the sober and serious young people.&nbsp; The love of dressing
+beyond their means and situation in life is so common a habit,
+and so great a temptation to young people in general, that her
+correct conduct in this respect, was one lovely fruit of having
+her affections set on things above.&nbsp; O that our dear young
+people might see and feel the beauty of this line of
+conduct.&nbsp; By her circumspect and careful conduct, she
+silenced every tongue that could rise up against her.&nbsp; The
+wandering and unsettled desire after pleasure, was quite subdued
+in her.&nbsp; She was content to lead a quiet, sober, religious
+life.&nbsp; She found it better to avoid the general society of
+young persons, and was sweetly content in the situation in which
+God had placed her; setting an example to other young women of
+the beauty of a retired and modest demeanour, avoiding from
+taste, as well as principle, all society that was not
+religious.&nbsp; She felt that light and trifling intercourse
+with those whose hearts followed after vanity and pleasure, was
+unprofitable and hurtful.&nbsp; O how blessed it is to see young
+persons turn away from following vanity!&nbsp; To see as a fruit
+of religion, a separation from the world, from the manners, the
+appearance, <a name="page51"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+51</span>and the spirit of it.&nbsp; I saw all this in
+Elizabeth.&nbsp; She had for many years been a member of our
+women&rsquo;s meeting, and though one of the youngest, her ardent
+love of the ministry under which she lived, her Christian
+experience, and occasionally her prayers, were a help and comfort
+to our society, and she was most persevering, though often very
+ill.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;I must also notice her example in the house of
+God.&nbsp; 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&rsquo;s
+word.&nbsp; No religious mind can shew lightness in the house of
+God.&nbsp; How often have I enjoyed sweet sympathy with her, when
+sitting near her in her usual seat at St. Peter&rsquo;s
+Chapel.&nbsp; Have we not endeavoured to &ldquo;pray with the
+Spirit, and to sing with the understanding also?&rdquo;&nbsp; I
+could weep from my heart to find her seat empty.&nbsp; She met
+patiently her many trials, and meekly bowed her head to the will
+of God.&nbsp; 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.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;I had the privilege of visiting her the day before <a
+name="page52"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 52</span>her death,
+and found her sweetly serene and happy, full of confidence in her
+Saviour; delighting in prayer, and evidently finding it
+&ldquo;sweet to lie passive in her Saviour&rsquo;s hands,&rdquo;
+and to know no will but his.&nbsp; 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&mdash;her response to the
+words of the service&mdash;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
+<i>precious</i>?&rsquo;</p>
+<p>&lsquo;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.&nbsp; She appeared perfectly sensible, and
+able to taste this spiritual and interesting communication with
+us.&nbsp; I then arose and took my leave of her.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>The testimony of her friend is as follows:</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;During the ten years of my intercourse with
+her, I have found her conversation as becometh the gospel of
+Christ.&nbsp; She has treated me at all times with a sisterly
+affection and respect; I have proved her a tried friend, one that
+would not forsake in <a name="page53"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 53</span>time of trouble.&nbsp; Though
+separated for three years, I always found her the same dear
+friend as ever.&nbsp; I have often been cheered with her kind
+exhortation to me, to seek with earnestness the Lord, and attend
+at all times the means of grace, telling me they were indeed
+channels, through which the Lord bestowed his blessings to his
+faithful followers.&nbsp; Though we were separated in body, we
+were not separated in our union with Christ.&nbsp; When I have
+needed reproof, she has given it to me, but in the meekest manner
+possible.&nbsp; She was also very tender over the faults of
+others.&nbsp; I never heard her speak unkindly of any
+one&mdash;&ldquo;considering herself, lest she also should be
+tempted.&rdquo;&nbsp; She was most earnest for a revival in
+religion, both in our own Church, and for the spread of the
+gospel in distant lands.&nbsp; This was evident, both in her
+prayers and her zeal in subscribing to different societies.&nbsp;
+How sorry are we to lose her name from the number of those young
+people who are interested in the Jews, for we always found her
+most willing to aid in this delightful cause, and what she gave,
+seemed to be in the spirit of prayer.&nbsp; How often I have
+heard her pour forth her heart in prayer, that the Jews might be
+brought into the fold of Christ; and truly we may say, concerning
+our Bible Association, which was formed amongst a few of us, that
+indeed our head is gone.&nbsp; She was so <a
+name="page54"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 54</span>deeply
+interested in it, and did so long for the Anniversary Meeting,
+that our subscription might be carried in, not to gain the praise
+of men, but with a desire to do something for the glory of
+God.&nbsp; But she is gone, and her works do follow her.&nbsp;
+May I always remember her christian walk and conversation, for in
+her I saw the fruits of the Spirit shine forth, for she was not
+desirous of vain glory, but in all points, she esteemed others
+better than herself.&nbsp; Humbly do I hope, that the grace which
+made her to differ, may constrain me to walk in her
+steps.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>The commencement of the year 1840, the last year of
+Elizabeth&rsquo;s life, is noticed by her in her Journal, with
+her usual seriousness.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;Through the mercy of God, I have been
+permitted to enter upon another year; and O how much have I to
+thank him for the mercies of the year that is passed.&nbsp; I
+have had many little illnesses, but the Lord has in mercy spared
+me, while many that I know, have been summoned to give up their
+account.&nbsp; O Lord what am I, that thou hast spared me a
+worthless worm of the earth?&nbsp; O fill my heart with love and
+gratitude for all thy mercies to me, and if my life be spared,
+may it be entirely devoted to thy service.&nbsp; Great God,
+enable me to live to thee.&nbsp; O let me enjoy all that I have,
+as coming from thee, and whatever thou art pleased to take <a
+name="page55"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 55</span>from me, take
+not away thy Holy Spirit.&nbsp; O blessed Spirit, who art One
+with the Father, and the Son, enter into my poor sinful heart,
+and root out all my sinful and corrupt affections and reveal
+Jesus to me as all in all.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>As her time drew to a close, her conflicts do not seem to have
+been lessened.</p>
+<p>On March 24.&nbsp; She says, &lsquo;Being off my guard this
+morning, the enemy gained an advantage over me in my
+temper.&nbsp; Immediately I felt my sin, and was led to cry out,
+&ldquo;Against thee, thee only have I sinned.&rdquo;&nbsp; I was
+almost driven to despair, but these precious promises were
+applied, &ldquo;If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the
+Father, Jesus Christ the righteousness,&rdquo; and &ldquo;the
+blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin.&rdquo;&nbsp; O my God
+whom I have offended, let this be a warning to me to watch and
+pray, that I enter not into temptation.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>On her birth-day she says, &lsquo;I have passed another year
+of my life; but O my God, how little to thy glory.&nbsp; I have
+been very much tried in my soul of late.&nbsp; The enemy has been
+permitted to tempt me very much with unbelief.&nbsp; Sometimes I
+question whether I am a Christian at all, yet my desire is to
+love and serve my God.&nbsp; The conflict is sharp, yet do I
+believe Jesus will deliver me.&nbsp; I do feel willing to part
+with any thing, if Jesus smile upon me.&rsquo;</p>
+<p><a name="page56"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+56</span>&lsquo;On Sunday, heard a sermon from Mr. R. on these
+words, &ldquo;There shall not a hair of your head
+perish.&rdquo;&nbsp; The sermon was delightfully
+encouraging.&nbsp; I have felt the comfort of it during the last
+week, having had some little perplexing things to meet.&nbsp; O
+how sweet to feel in the time of trial and temptation, that
+nothing is unnoticed by our Heavenly Father.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;Sunday, April 12.&nbsp; I feel my health very
+poorly.&nbsp; I know not what the Lord is about to do with
+me.&nbsp; Whether life or death, Lord make me thine.&nbsp; I
+desire to glorify thy name upon earth, and find my way to
+heaven.&rsquo;</p>
+<p>Her usual industry and care in recording the sermons she
+heard, appears this year as it did the last.&nbsp; But I pass
+over all these records, and now I come to the last entry of her
+Journal.&nbsp; It is dated April 17.&nbsp; Good Friday.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;I was informed divine service began half an
+hour later than it did.&nbsp; I was therefore very late at
+Chapel, which vexed me very much.&nbsp; I could not enjoy the
+service.&nbsp; My head is in a very bad state.&nbsp; The enemy
+takes advantage of my bodily infirmities and sorely distresses
+me.&nbsp; I was led this afternoon, earnestly to entreat the Lord
+to direct my mind to some portion of his word for comfort.&nbsp;
+I prayed with the Bible before me, and opened on 2 Cor. xii.
+9.&nbsp; Satan then seemed to say, this is not for you; <a
+name="page57"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 57</span>but my God
+tells me, &ldquo;His grace is sufficient for me.&rdquo;&nbsp;
+Lord, enable me to trust in thee.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>It was a strong act of faith, performed with suitable
+solemnity, which made this young woman believe that she should
+find in the Bible an answer to her prayer.&nbsp; But she did so
+in a remarkable manner, and having received the direction to
+depend on the grace of God as sufficient for her, how strikingly
+her faith led her to hold it fast, so that angel, principality,
+or power could not separate her from it.&nbsp; But how
+instructive is her example in dealing with temptation.&nbsp; She
+felt its danger; she sought, as the weapon of defence, &ldquo;the
+sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.&rdquo;&nbsp; The
+Lord was pleased to direct her to a suitable text.&nbsp; She
+received it in faith and obtained the victory.&nbsp; Most gladly,
+therefore, might she with the Apostle, &ldquo;glory in her
+infirmities, that the power of Christ might rest upon her,&rdquo;
+and say with him, &ldquo;When I am weak then am I
+strong.&rdquo;&rsquo;</p>
+<p>The last months of Elizabeth&rsquo;s life afforded her the
+means of quietly pursuing her course in preparation for her
+end.&nbsp; She was unable to do more than work at her
+needle.&nbsp; This however afforded her the opportunity of calm
+and continual meditation.&nbsp; Her circumstances were entirely
+favourable for her state of mind.&nbsp; Her kind brother who
+resided with her and her sister made every effort to afford her
+relief.&nbsp; In the last ten days of her life her symptoms
+became <a name="page58"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+58</span>more decided: she laid aside her work, and ceased to
+think of the things of the world.&nbsp; She herself was not at
+that time able to read, but she could still listen to
+others.&nbsp; On the Sunday evening the subject of heaven and
+reunion with those already there, chiefly occupied her
+attention.&nbsp; Her state was calm and suffering, but neither
+she, nor any one, thought her end was so near; but I will give
+the account of this from her sister and constant companion.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;The health of my dear sister had been some
+time declining; her last illness was short and severe: she
+suffered much pain, but bore it with Christian patience and
+resignation.&nbsp; Her weakness was extreme; she could speak but
+little, but when able to converse, she would freely tell me the
+state of her mind.&nbsp; She was indeed building on the Rock of
+Ages, on the sure foundation; but she had humbling views of
+herself, although sweet and exalted views of the Saviour.&nbsp;
+We did not think death so near; but the last morning of her life
+a sudden change took place, which was better perceived by those
+around her, than felt by herself.&nbsp; As usual, in the morning
+we read and prayed together.&nbsp; She joined with peculiar
+earnestness: but when I had risen from my knees I could not
+refrain from weeping.&nbsp; I saw her hands darkened in colour,
+which marked the alteration in her bodily state.&nbsp; She asked
+me why I cried.&nbsp; I said, I am sorry to <a
+name="page59"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 59</span>see you so
+ill.&nbsp; She answered, &lsquo;I thought I was better this
+morning.&rsquo;&nbsp; With great anxiety I waited the arrival of
+her medical attendant, and soon found my fears respecting the
+near approach of death were not groundless.&nbsp; Upon my again
+entering the room, she anxiously enquired the opinion of the
+doctor.&nbsp; I told her as gently as the excited state of my
+feelings would permit.&nbsp; I asked if she could rest her soul
+on Christ.&nbsp; She said, &ldquo;Yes, I feel peace; but O for a
+fuller assurance.&rdquo;&nbsp; I told her we had sent for Mr. C.
+and her brothers, at which she expressed great satisfaction, and
+said, &ldquo;I feel drowsy, but do not let me sleep; I have no
+time for sleeping; I want to speak while I can.&rdquo;&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>When I arrived in her chamber, she said at once, &lsquo;I
+think that I am dying.&rsquo;&nbsp; I did not contradict
+her.&nbsp; She then expressed herself as not feeling all that joy
+in her departure which she had hoped might have been her
+portion.&nbsp; But the fact was, that a profound humility gave a
+tone to all her feelings of herself.&nbsp; She put me in mind of
+the expression of Mr. Simeon on his dying bed.&nbsp; &lsquo;I
+think that if you should see me die, you will not see me die
+triumphantly.&nbsp; No! triumph will not suit me till I get to
+heaven.&nbsp; If I am admitted, as I hope to be there, then, if
+there be one that will sing louder than the rest, I think I shall
+be that one; but while here, I am a sinner, a redeemed sinner,
+and as such I would lie here to the last, at the foot of the
+cross, <a name="page60"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+60</span>looking unto Jesus, and go as such into the presence of
+God.&rsquo;&nbsp; Elizabeth&rsquo;s Journal shews this to have
+been her feeling.&nbsp; She then, however, declared her sense of
+the possession of a true peace, founded on the atonement of her
+Saviour.&nbsp; She expressed a very earnest desire for the
+spiritual welfare of all about her, especially of the young with
+whom she met in the Bible Class.&nbsp; She was dying.&nbsp; She
+asked to receive the Sacrament.&nbsp; I engaged to come in the
+afternoon, and administer it.&nbsp; In all this there was nothing
+of hurry, or fearfulness, or mistrust, but the image of a soul
+fearing no evil, and walking though the Valley of the Shadow of
+Death, with the comfort of her Saviour&rsquo;s rod and
+staff.&nbsp; It left no doubt in my mind as to her state of
+blessedness.&nbsp; But I will now return to her sister&rsquo;s
+narrative.&nbsp; &lsquo;On Mr. C.&rsquo;s arrival, he conversed
+and prayed with her; she then requested to receive the Sacrament:
+he took his leave, promising soon to return.&nbsp; She now took
+an affectionate leave of her brothers and other relatives,
+speaking to each with great kindness, respecting the salvation of
+their never dying souls.&nbsp; After settling some little affairs
+(this was the distribution of her little property, and the gift
+of some money to the societies to which she had subscribed) she
+looked at me, and said, I think that is all.&nbsp; &lsquo;How
+long will Mr. C. be, I wish him to come now.&rsquo;&nbsp; I said,
+&lsquo;Dear, I will send for and <a name="page61"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 61</span>hasten him.&rsquo;&nbsp; She said,
+&lsquo;Do so, I wish once more to commemorate the dying love of
+the Saviour on earth, then I will lay me down and die in
+Jesus.&rsquo;&rsquo;</p>
+<blockquote><p>Jesus can make a dying bed,<br />
+Feel soft as downy pillows are.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>The scene of this celebration of the Lord&rsquo;s Supper I
+shall not readily forget.&nbsp; Herself, her sisters, the valued
+friends of her life, were before me.&nbsp; Her own countenance
+was so beautifully calm and heavenly.&nbsp; She sat up, but she
+was sinking very fast, and I feared that she might die during the
+service; but all the while she made the greatest effort to give
+all her strength to this holy ordinance.&nbsp; She followed me in
+the responses, and at the conclusion I read over to her the
+blessing of the &lsquo;Visitation of the Sick,&rsquo; &lsquo;Unto
+God&rsquo;s gracious mercy and protection we commit thee.&nbsp;
+The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make his face to
+shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee.&nbsp; The Lord lift
+up the light of his countenance on thee, and give thee peace both
+now and evermore.&rsquo;&nbsp; I do not expect again to see a
+face upon which the radiant light of God&rsquo;s countenance may
+shine more brightly and happily than upon this dying saint.&nbsp;
+The scene was most touching in every way.&nbsp; After I had done,
+a dear friend, one whom I have mentioned before, commended her
+soul to God, in a solemn strain of spiritual blessing.&nbsp; <a
+name="page62"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 62</span>After a
+pause, at her own request, I read her a hymn.&nbsp; I then took
+my leave, desiring to give up her dying moments to her own
+disposal, and feeling that there were others in the house to whom
+she might wish to speak some last words of admonition or of
+comfort.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;After partaking of the Sacrament,&rsquo; her sister
+continues, &lsquo;she appeared sweetly composed, while Mr. C.
+commended her parting soul to God.&nbsp; She then looked round,
+as if looking for some one, and as I approached the bed, she
+fixed her dying eyes upon me, and said, &ldquo;Happy
+translation.&rdquo;&nbsp; I said, &ldquo;Dear, do you feel very
+happy now?&rdquo;&nbsp; She answered, &ldquo;O yes, happy.&rdquo;
+<a name="citation62"></a><a href="#footnote62"
+class="citation">[62]</a>&nbsp; Soon after this, her medical man,
+Mr. B., came in, and she conversed with him on her approaching
+end.&nbsp; She said she was sure he had done all he could in a
+medical point of view.&nbsp; She thanked him for his attention
+during her illness, and then added, &ldquo;Now, sir, pray with
+me.&rdquo;&nbsp; After prayer, she repeated the following
+lines:&mdash;</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;What is there here to court my stay,<br />
+Or hold me back from home;<br />
+While angels beckon me away,<br />
+And Jesus bids me come.&rsquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Some time after, she said, &lsquo;now I must pray for <a
+name="page63"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 63</span>patience to
+wait the Lord&rsquo;s time.&nbsp; Come Lord Jesus!&rsquo;&nbsp;
+Soon after she said, &lsquo;I would not come back again, now I
+have got a glimpse of the heavenly kingdom.&rsquo;&nbsp; She made
+use of similar expressions, till she gradually sunk in death, and
+her Spirit took its flight to the paradise of God.</p>
+<p>The funeral of Elizabeth Cullingham took place in the usual
+course.&nbsp; It was attended, as well by her own family, as by
+many of her christian friends.&nbsp; There was nothing in it to
+call for attention.&nbsp; It was consistent with her own simple
+unostentatious life.&nbsp; A large party of the attendants met at
+a neighbouring cottage, where the voice of thanksgiving was
+raised for the mercies which had been granted to our departed
+friend, and prayer was offered up for all who had been connected
+with her.&nbsp; On the ensuing Sunday Evening, a funeral Sermon
+was preached on her account.&nbsp; The text was taken from Rev.
+iii. 12.&nbsp; &ldquo;Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in
+the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will
+write upon him the name of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which
+cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him
+my new name.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>The subjects dwelt upon in the Sermon were&mdash;The course of
+a christian&rsquo;s life; and the eternal reward which follows
+his death.&nbsp; The victory over the world, the flesh, and the
+devil was through divine grace, <a name="page64"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 64</span>obtained by our departed friend, and
+now she has her reward.&nbsp; She is become a pillar in the
+temple of her God, to shew forth his praises through eternity
+amidst the redeemed in heaven; where &ldquo;they hunger no more,
+neither thirst any more: neither shall the sun light on them nor
+any heat.&nbsp; For the lamb which is in the midst of the throne
+shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of
+waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their
+eyes.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>Her tomb stone in the church yard, bears a memorial to the
+truth of which all who attended upon her in her last hours can
+bear witness.&nbsp; They are lines somewhat transposed from a
+beautiful little poem of Mr. Dale&rsquo;s.</p>
+<blockquote><p>&lsquo;Triumphant in thy closing eye,<br />
+The hope of glory shone;<br />
+Joy breath&rsquo;d in thy expiring sigh,<br />
+To think the fight was won.</p>
+<p>&lsquo;And thus shall faith&rsquo;s consoling power,<br />
+The tears of love restrain,<br />
+O! who that saw thy parting hour,<br />
+Could wish thee back again?&rsquo;</p>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">She was aged 28
+years</span>.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>In drawing this memorial to a conclusion, I wish to add a few
+words in the way of encouragement to any young persons, who may
+read the account which has been given.</p>
+<p>In the first place I wish to repeat, what I have <a
+name="page65"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 65</span>before
+stated, that the subject of this history had nothing in her
+natural character or her situation in life, which distinguished
+her case from that of thousands.&nbsp; She was not particularly
+clever, or naturally very amiable, or very much instructed, or a
+person of great leisure, or brought up under very extraordinary
+circumstances.&nbsp; She had a moderate portion of talents
+committed to her&mdash;but she used what she had well.&nbsp; I
+know how prone we all are, to think that others around us have
+advantages which we have not, and to take this for an excuse for
+not giving ourselves to God as others do.</p>
+<p>I wish to make the same remark about all the persons whose
+history has been introduced into this memoir.&nbsp; They were
+occupied in business, or engaged in the common duties of life;
+they had no greater advantages than belong to many of their
+neighbours, they were persons of like passions with others.&nbsp;
+There is nothing therefore in their case to make an excuse for
+those who have not followed in their steps.&nbsp; It must however
+be admitted that some individuals are often situated in a more
+favourable position than others for the cultivation of religious
+duties, and I am willing to allow that Elizabeth Cullingham had
+every advantage of this kind.&nbsp; At the same time I say
+without hesitation, that I believe the great mass of our young
+people possess the means, by which she gained her highest
+advantages.&nbsp; The preached word <a name="page66"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 66</span>seems to have been her chief outward
+help, and the ordinary instruction in the scriptures, and the
+little meetings for prayer, were the means of grace which she
+followed.&nbsp; Within her own mind, however, she at the same
+time laboured diligently, she watched and prayed, she came out
+from worldly temptation, and she sought to set her affections on
+things above.&nbsp; But these efforts are within the reach of all
+who will enter upon them.&nbsp; Such is the liberty given to
+young persons in this present day, that it seems to me, that in
+almost any case, the excuse of not having the fullest opportunity
+of obtaining religious instruction is groundless.&nbsp; There may
+indeed be cases where young persons are deprived of a liberty
+which they should always have of attending at the House of God at
+stated times.&nbsp; But these instances are very few.&nbsp; No!
+the fault is not with the husbandman.&nbsp; &lsquo;What could I
+have done more,&rsquo; the divine master says, &lsquo;that I have
+not done.&rsquo;&nbsp; It is with ourselves.&nbsp; Our heavenly
+Father would gather us to himself, but we will not.</p>
+<p>But, I will shortly point out the chief rules of christian
+doctrine, by which I think that Elizabeth advanced to that state,
+in which she became so meet for her heavenly rest.</p>
+<p>A chief failing which is constantly dwelt upon in her writings
+is that <i>of her own sinfulness</i>.&nbsp; I will not refer to
+any more passages of her Journal, but <a name="page67"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 67</span>we may gather this from those already
+cited.&nbsp; This sense of sinfulness, distinct from a mere
+regret at the inconvenience and disgrace of sin, must form the
+foundation of a sound religious state; &lsquo;against thee, thee
+only have I sinned,&rsquo; was David&rsquo;s feeling.&nbsp; Thus
+it was with Elizabeth Cullingham also.&nbsp; Notwithstanding her
+meek and holy walk, and the conscientious feeling which she had
+of the uprightness of her motives, she felt the deceitfulness of
+her heart, and the sinfulness of her state in the sight of God;
+and that she had within her a root of bitterness, which
+continually brought condemnation, and which required the constant
+renewal of the Holy Ghost to overcome.</p>
+<p>But in this, &lsquo;her fervent spirit laboured.&nbsp; Here
+she fought, and here obtained fresh triumphs o&rsquo;er
+herself.&rsquo;&nbsp; Still the sinfulness of her nature was a
+subject continually present in her mind.&nbsp; She mourned over
+it; she strove against it; and it was a constant burden, which
+only the cross of Christ could enable her to bear.</p>
+<p>But a second feeling which dwelt in her mind, and which
+produced the most important practical consequences was, that
+<i>God is reconciled to sinners through the Atonement of Jesus
+Christ</i>, <i>and received in the heart by Faith</i>.&nbsp; The
+doctrine conveyed by this view of religion was the foundation
+stone on which her peace, and liberty in prayer, and holiness
+rested.&nbsp; <a name="page68"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+68</span>&ldquo;Ye,&rdquo; says the Apostle, &ldquo;who were far
+off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ, for he is our
+peace,&rdquo; and &ldquo;being justified by faith, we have peace
+with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.&rdquo;&nbsp; Although
+constantly cast down by the sense of her sinfulness, Elizabeth
+was enabled, as constantly to look by faith to the Atonement; and
+if her sense of sin, by reason of the assaults of Satan, became
+greater as she advanced in years, yet with it, her hope of pardon
+increased, so that in the end, she felt an assurance that an
+&lsquo;entrance would be ministered unto her abundantly, into the
+everlasting kingdom of her Lord and Saviour.&rsquo;&nbsp; On the
+doctrine of the Atonement moreover was founded her <i>comfort in
+prayer</i>, for it was only as she felt that God was willing to
+accept her as a returning child, that she was enabled to ask with
+confidence.&nbsp; But in this belief, she was enabled to go to
+God, with the simplicity of a child.&nbsp; She felt that he, who
+as a Father had redeemed her, was now willing freely to give her
+all things.&nbsp; Moreover, this doctrine was the foundation of
+her <i>holiness</i>, as she believed that she was <i>not</i>
+pardoned by any work of her own, so she was not tempted to
+measure her goodness towards God by a rule, or standard which she
+judged might constitute his requirements; but her aim was rather
+to serve Him in the measure in which she loved Him, with all her
+heart, and mind, and soul, and strength.&nbsp; If she had felt
+that <a name="page69"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 69</span>she
+had been justified by works, she would have sought only to have
+done those works which might have secured her pardon; but now,
+being justified by faith, its constant attendant, <i>constraining
+love</i>, was begotten in the mind, and she felt that there was
+nothing she did not long to devote to the service of her God and
+Saviour.</p>
+<p>One other doctrine was a source of the greatest comfort and
+benefit to her, it was a <i>belief in the converting</i>,
+<i>consoling power of the Holy Ghost</i>.&nbsp; Her dependence
+for growth in Christian graces, was alone on the power of the
+Holy Spirit; the love of the Spirit seemed to dwell in her heart,
+and she was most anxious not to lose this holy influence by sin,
+or by doubts, or unwillingness to receive his Holy
+influences.</p>
+<p>Her whole creed and course of conduct, may be said to have
+been very simple.&nbsp; It was that directed by the Church, to
+which she was greatly attached, and which she followed with a
+holy, humble, obedient mind.&nbsp; Her aim was constantly to lead
+a serious, practical, quiet life, she meddled very little with
+the world, she aimed to live above it.&nbsp; Her chief desire was
+to be a follower of Christ, according to the station in which she
+had been placed.</p>
+<p>But I now wish to add a word on the choice which she so
+deliberately made of a life dedicated to religion, and the
+advantages which resulted to her from it.</p>
+<p><a name="page70"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 70</span>How
+many refuse to take the course of religious duty, thinking its
+pursuits irksome, its reward in no wise tending to present,
+whatever they may do to future, comfort.&nbsp; But I may venture
+to assert, from the constant demeanour of our departed friend,
+that although her course was one of conflict and of trial, it was
+still one of substantial peace and comfort; and if she had not
+the joys which the world esteems, she had others which never left
+her, till she exchanged them for higher and purer delights.&nbsp;
+She early learned that young people, who fancy that substantial
+enjoyment is only to be found in the ordinary pleasures of life,
+make a great mistake.&nbsp; There may be much of indulgence or of
+excitement in worldly gratifications, and those who seek them may
+reap a present pleasure from them, but substantial happiness is
+alone to be found in religion.&nbsp; For this is a happiness
+which does not depend on external circumstances, it is the same
+in all states of life, and usually it rises higher when the hour
+of trial and of sickness comes on, which deadens the present
+enjoyments of life, and overwhelms the senses.&nbsp; It makes the
+cup run over even in the deepest desolations which the Christian
+is called to pass through.</p>
+<p>But O how incomparably more blessed is her state now, and will
+be in all eternity, than if she had followed another course in
+life!&nbsp; She now regrets nothing she suffered, by which the
+work of <a name="page71"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+71</span>God in her own soul was carried on; she rejoices to have
+borne the cross, inasmuch as it hath worked for her a far more
+exceeding and eternal weight of glory.&nbsp; All the seed of good
+which for years she was permitted to sow, she now reaps, and the
+fruit of it shall all be gathered into the garner of God.</p>
+<p>If then <i>she</i> found the way of religion to be a way of
+pleasantness, and a path of peace, and if now she is reaping a
+good reward for the confession of Christ, we have the same way
+opened by which to return to the Father, and the Holy Spirit is
+at hand to teach us, to enlighten, to strengthen, to comfort, to
+direct us in prayer.&nbsp; Let no one refuse the offer which the
+Gospel makes of its blessings.&nbsp; Let all, without delay,
+hasten to give themselves up to the service of Christ, not
+doubting but &lsquo;if they are stedfast, unmoveable, always
+abounding in the work of the Lord, their labour will not be in
+vain in the Lord.&rsquo;</p>
+<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">THE
+END.</span></p>
+<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
+<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page72"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 72</span><span class="GutSmall">PRINTED
+BY</span><br />
+<span class="GutSmall">L. AND G. SEELEY, THAMES DITTON,
+SURREY.</span></p>
+<h2>Footnotes</h2>
+<p><a name="footnote62"></a><a href="#citation62"
+class="footnote">[62]</a>&nbsp; I have subsequently to this
+event, found the same signal of faith in a dying person recorded
+in one of Mr. Richmond&rsquo;s tracts.&mdash;<i>Vide
+Churchman&rsquo;s Monthly Review</i>.&nbsp; April 1841.</p>
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