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he appeared to continue in the sacred
resigned and happy frame. His humil-
iation deepened till the last, his views
of faith were cleaner, his love grew
stronger. He mentioned the ways which
he used to sing _ And there may I as
vile as he, Wash all my sins away,
but which he now called joyfully re-
peat _ And there have I as vile as he,
washed all my sins away. He said
he believed if he had seen this Gospel
doctrine so clearly at the time of his early
ministry as he did now, his preaching
would, with the Lord's blessing, have
been more effectual. His extreme weak-
ness had after led himself and others
to think the time of his departure mean
at hand, and as often he had again, re-
gained his strength, battling the skill
of the phsycicans.
On the night of Oct. 5 he was home
to rest as usual, and though exceed-
ingly weak, he was in a peaceful,
happy state of mind, full of heavenly
contemplation, his thought evidently
resting.