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The Life And Testimony Of Joshua Tuckwell
There are few things more sensibly felt, as we advance in life, than the departure, one by one, of dear and esteemed friends; and though every such removal is a loud, personal, and repeated warning to us that we too shall soon be numbered with them, yet we do not less painfully feel that in this world we shall see their face and hear their voice no more. Among these old and esteemed friends thus removed by death, I must ever bear in affectionate remembrance the subject of the present Obituary. Him I had known, and with him I had walked in union and communion in the precious truths of the gospel for about 32 years. I feel, therefore, a sweet yet melancholy satisfaction in…
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The Life And Testimony Of Eleanor Freeman
I was the second of his five children. At 12 years of age I went into service, in which capacity I remained for a period of about 30 years, in different families, and in some of my places I continued for several years. I was brought up with strictly moral habits, but did not feel my need of anything beyond mere morality until I was getting on for 20 years of age, when an opportunity often occurred of having conversation with a young woman who used to talk to me about my soul. Her words created some concern in my mind, and I became very gloomy and harassed in soul. But I was not able to understand or know the nature of my feelings and…
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The Life And Testimony Of John Rusk
Tuesday, March 25, 1834. When I came home' from chapel I found my poor husband very ill. I went no more to chapel while he lived. He continued to get worse every day. His bodily sufferings were very great; his throat was so sore and burning, that for weeks he was not able to swallow anything, but was constantly spitting, with a dreadful cough, fearing he would break a blood-vessel, or burst something in his head. He had shocking nights with bodily pain, and he suffered greatly in his soul. Satan was permitted sorely to try him; he suggested to him that all his experience was vain, only notional, that he never had a change of heart, that he was destitute of charity; that he…
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The Diary Of John Rusk
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The Life And Testimony Of Mrs. Ogden
From childhood I had at times fears of going to hell; but as I was brought up in Arminianism, (which had a most hardening effect on my conscience, for from constantly hearing it proclaimed that Jesus stood with open arms ready to receive all that would come unto him, and that all might come if they would,) I thought I need not think of coming yet; "I will come," I said to myself, "when I am old, or if I should be ill; Christ is waiting to receive all that come at all times, so he certainly will receive me then." Such was the hardening tendency of an offered gospel to my soul. Early in life I married; and my dear husband not liking an…
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The Life And Testimony Of Isabella Prentice
I knew the subject of the present Obituary very well, as she was not only a member of my church at Stamford, but, previously to her marriage, lived in my service as cook for about six years; and therefore from my personal knowledge of her, and having heard from her own lips much of her own experience, I can so far testify to the truth of the account which she has given of it by her own pen in the following pages. Like most of us, she had her infirmities; but taking her on the whole, and having, of course, had much opportunity for observation, I must say that I have rarely known a person who daily lived more under the power and influence of…
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The Answered Prayers Of A Loving Mother
Some of the readers of the "Gospel Standard" knew and heard the late Mr. Scandrett, who was for many years the beloved pastor of the church of Christ at Godmanchester, and to them it will be interesting to learn a few particulars of the experience and death of his aged widow, who departed this life on the 25th of August, 1858, aged 91 years. Her daughter has furnished me with a short account of her dear mother, and I think I cannot do better than send it to you almost in her own words. At the same time I would bear testimony to her truly Christian walk and conversation ever since I knew her and have had the privilege of visiting her, embracing a period…
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The Life And Testimony Of H. Scandrett
