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"Sin did indeed revive & I died"<br /> | "Sin did indeed revive & I died"<br /> | ||
Rom. 7:9. <gap></gap> So heavy was the weight<br /> | Rom. 7:9. <gap></gap> So heavy was the weight<br /> | ||
| − | | + | of guilt upon me, that I often felt<br /> |
| + | I must sink under it, or that I should<br /> | ||
| + | lose my senses. I stood a guilty<br /> | ||
| + | hell deserving sinner, & felt that I must<br /> | ||
| + | be lost if my Saviour had not died<br /> | ||
| + | for me, but I could take no comfort;<br /> | ||
| + | the promises were as though I had<br /> | ||
| + | never heard them; except occasionally<br /> | ||
| + | a text such as "For I will not contend<br /> | ||
| + | for ever, neither will I be always wroth:<br /> | ||
| + | for the spirit should fail before me &<br /> | ||
| + | 6he souls which I have made" Is 57.16<br /> | ||
| + | was a little gleam of sunshine, & then the<br /> | ||
| + | cloud passed over again. I remained<br /> | ||
| + | in this state of mind some weeks, till<br /> | ||
| + | one Sunday evening, the text was<br /> | ||
| + | from some part of John's first Epistle,<br /> | ||
| + | but what chapter or verse I have no<br /> | ||
| + | recollection from the distressed state<br /> | ||
| + | of my mind. During the sermon<br /> | ||
| + | I earnestly besought the Lord to reveal<br /> | ||
| + | himself to me, & He did. The peace & joy<br /> | ||
| + | that I felt that night, none but a<br /> | ||
| + | pardoned sinner can have any conception<br /> | ||
| + | of --I had not a shadow of a doubt<br /> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | [page break]<br /> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | <gap> </gap>In addition to what<br /> | ||
| + | <gap> </gap>our late Sister has stated<br /> | ||
| + | her <del>Choir</del> <add>fellow</add> labourer adds<br /> | ||
| + | the following on behalf<br /> | ||
| + | of herself and the Choir<br /> | ||
| + | <gap> </gap>can truly state that<br /> | ||
| + | both she and every inmate<br /> | ||
| + | of the house, feel that they<br /> | ||
| + | have lost in our late<br /> | ||
| + | Sister, a sincere and<br /> | ||
| + | valued friend, <span style="background-color:#f1c40f;">such a</span><br /> | ||
| + | Conscientious Christian | ||
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drawn me to himself -- but when
he put his Holy Spirit into my heart
Oh the sink of iniquity I saw there --
"Sin did indeed revive & I died"
Rom. 7:9. <gap></gap> So heavy was the weight
of guilt upon me, that I often felt
I must sink under it, or that I should
lose my senses. I stood a guilty
hell deserving sinner, & felt that I must
be lost if my Saviour had not died
for me, but I could take no comfort;
the promises were as though I had
never heard them; except occasionally
a text such as "For I will not contend
for ever, neither will I be always wroth:
for the spirit should fail before me &
6he souls which I have made" Is 57.16
was a little gleam of sunshine, & then the
cloud passed over again. I remained
in this state of mind some weeks, till
one Sunday evening, the text was
from some part of John's first Epistle,
but what chapter or verse I have no
recollection from the distressed state
of my mind. During the sermon
I earnestly besought the Lord to reveal
himself to me, & He did. The peace & joy
that I felt that night, none but a
pardoned sinner can have any conception
of --I had not a shadow of a doubt
[page break]
<gap> </gap>In addition to what
<gap> </gap>our late Sister has stated
her Choir <add>fellow</add> labourer adds
the following on behalf
of herself and the Choir
<gap> </gap>can truly state that
both she and every inmate
of the house, feel that they
have lost in our late
Sister, a sincere and
valued friend, such a
Conscientious Christian