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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
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<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
Upright in principle, &
faithful in business,
She did all she had to
do with a single eye to
the interest of the concern
she was <sic>intrusted</sic> with,
and never for an hour