Part 22 (2/2)
”I a; I am lost! I am lost! It is too late--too late!”
”But Christ came, and is present, to-save the lost”
”Oh, yes! I know all that I taught it to others, but I never believed it myself And now it is too late: I am lost!”
”Then believe it now! Why not 'now'?”
”Because it is too late!”
”While there is life there is hope! Lose no ave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish'” (John 3:16)
”That is not for me I know that text very well, but it will not do for me I a I saw her falling over the side of the bed
Springing forward, I put outeyes looking into my face, she expired I could scarcely believe it, when I saw that flush on her face fade away unto the pallor of death She was gone! I placed her poor head on the pillow, and rang the bell for assistance Her , ”Is it not dreadful?”
I said, ”Look at her She is gone She said it was too late, and that she was lost for ever”
”Oh,” exclaimed thelady used to be a Sunday-school teacher and district visitor; but she was never converted, and she knew it She had full head-knowledge, but no heart experience, and thus she died in unforgiven sins Lost---for ever lost!
Notwithstanding this, and other sole me at this time, I was still restless and unhappy I felt as ifof its usefulness, and that there was no more forsummer, I wasstrangers, and had no settled occupation, nor could I apply myself to study
One very hot and dusty afternoon, as I was slowly toiling up a steep hill, to, I heard one say to the other, in a very sad and disheartened tone, ”I wish I had never been born;” and the other responded h I could not hear what she said A fellow-reelingout our sympathies I followed these poor women, and ere on the top of the hill, I spoke to them, and then added, ”You seem very weary Will you come in and take a cup of tea and rest a little?” They thanked me, and consented So I took the prepared, I said to the on the road as you passed me Do you really wish you had never been born?” The poor woman who had uttered these words burst into tears; and as soon as she could cos sufficiently, she told me her sad tale of sorrow and trouble
She was a soldier's wife, as was also the other, and they were both in the sa out of the ground; and we may be equally sure that God, who sends, or at least per is certain, that if we huhty hand of God, He can and will lift us up, for He has proether for our good, if we trust Hiiven their hearts to God
One of theo; I know a deal better than I do I was brought up well, no iddy, and went after the red-coats, andfor it”
”Dear wo up your path He iven you over to prosperity and a false happiness, or left you altogether Thank God that it is not worse with you; and give Him your heart Do you believe that the Lord Jesus died for you?” She would not speak Then I turned to the other, as also crying, and said, ”Do you believe?”
”I did once,” she said, in a dejected tone; ”but I have gone back fro”
By this time their tea was ready, so I refreshed them with it; and after that we resuave their hearts to God I found that they lived not far off, so I had the opportunity of seeing them from time to time, and was able to instruct and cheer the to nize His voice then
About this time, my dear wife became very prostrate in health and spirits--so much so, that we felt anxious about her I went to a fahbourhood, and asked him to come and see her He did so, and after careful exa the matter more than that she was one of those persons who could not live in that limestone town in the summer He said, ”She will be perfectly well if you take her away into the country You er she remains here, the weaker she will be” He refused to take any fee, and said he would send a carriage at two o'clock, and that we must be ready to start by that time This was more easily said than done; for where could I take the children, or how could I leave them at home? However, as the doctor was very peremptory, we prayed about it, and considered hoere to accomplish the task
At this critical e, and said he had driven in fro soo back alone ”Would one of us, or both, take pity on hiive hireatly rejoiced, and said, ”Come, all of you; I have plenty of room!” He took the invalid, with some of the children I shut up the house, and folloith the others and the nurse, in the fly, which duly arrived at two o'clock By five o'clock ere all out in the green fresh country, and our patient was already revived, and walking about the garden
There happened to be a far some of the furniture, made it comfortable for the present This we called ”ho my unsettled state