{"id":1403,"count":1,"description":"Elizabeth Gill (1725-1738) was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Gill. In 1736, at the age of eleven, she came under conviction of sin and was brought to a saving knowledge of Christ. Two years later, while on her death-bed, she and her father discussed spiritual matters, at which time she uttered the words, \u201cChrist died for me.\u201d John replied, \u201cMy dear, can you say, \u2018Christ died for you\u2019?\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d she said, \u201cChrist died for me.\u201d During her life-ending affliction, she found much comfort in the scriptures, among which was Isaiah 41:10, \u201cI will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.\u201d After her death, John recorded the following about his daughter\u2019s life and testimony\u2014\u201cShe desired not to have a proud look, or carriage, or to behave herself proudly, in any respect. She thought within herself, that should she live to be a woman, and God should bless her with anything of this world, she should choose to go neat and clean, but would not spend her money in fine clothes; but what she could spare would give to good people that were poor. And as to things spiritual, she was always fearful, lest any pride or vanity should appear in her: Hence she was shy of speaking of what God had done for her, lest it should seem, or be thought to arise from pride, and so be a matter of boasting. Hence she studiously affected to retire into corners, to read good books, and to desire of God to give her his grace. Frequently her bed, and time of sleep and rest, were the place and time of her serious and deepest meditations; for then, to use her own words, she could privately speak to herself. And God did clothe her with humility, and gave her the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in his sight of great price: And to the last she entertained a mean and low opinion of herself.\u201d\r\n","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/elizabeth-gill\/","name":"Elizabeth Gill","slug":"elizabeth-gill","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}