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thee, and how contrary I continually act<br /> | thee, and how contrary I continually act<br /> | ||
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| + | In addition to what our late Sister<br /> | ||
| + | has stated her fellow laborer adds<br /> | ||
| + | the following on behalf of herself<br /> | ||
| + | & the choir, & can truly say, What<br /> | ||
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weight of guilt upon me, that I often
felt I must sink under it, or that I shall
lose my senses; I stood a guilty hell deserving
sister, and felt that I must be lost, if my
Saviour had not died for me; but I could
take no comfort, the promises were as tho'
I had never heard them, except occasionally
a text such as "I will not always strive For I will not contend with
man forever & least the Spirit which I have made
should fail before me" was as a little gleam
of sunshine, and 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,
And he did, the peace and joy that I felt
that night, none but a pardoned sinner
can have any conception of --I had not a
shadow of a doubt of my acceptance in the
Beloved. And tho' God has not at all times
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been in my thoughts, yet my beloved
Saviour has never suffered my feet to slide
O thou who hast begun a good work in
me, do thou perfect it unto the end.
Oh do thou empty me of myself, and fill
me with thyself-- be thou my all in all
1857 I again devote myself body soul &
spirit unto thee dear Saviour, but oh
do thou keep me, thou know'st how weak
and frail I am, how prone to stray from
thee, and how contrary I continually act
to thy mind.
Thus far her own
In addition to what our late Sister
has stated her fellow laborer adds
the following on behalf of herself
& the choir, & can truly say, What