XIV MEMOIR OF 



thee/' One night she was told that a dear friend had 

 sent in a note her favourite text, "Underneath are the 

 everlasting arms/' " Yes/' she replied, " that 'hides. 

 But remember, it is for the strong as well as the weak/' 

 On Sabbath, September 13th, she requested her 

 cousin to repeat to her the hymn, "Eock of Ages," and 

 that verse in the 73d Psalm : — 



" My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, 

 But God doth fail me never : 

 For of my heart God is the strength 

 And portion for ever;" 



on which she dwelt in a way that shewed it to be 

 exactly descriptive of her own trust and feeling. 



One day, when suffering much, the remark was made 

 to her, " How sweet after this will be the blessed rest 

 of heaven!" "Well/' she replied, ''it is strange: it 

 is not rest I am thinking of, but work. I have been 

 laid aside so long, I am longing for something to do/' 

 She was then reminded of the passages in the Eevela- 

 tion — " His servants shall serve him ;" " They rest not 

 day nor night," &c. Amidst her desire to depart and 

 be with Christ, she was afraid of bemg impatient 

 " His time is best. I will wait His own time. Surely, 

 however," she once added, " I may say. Come, Lord 

 Jesus ; come quickly ; because that is His own 



