Matthew 10:38 KJV
And he that taketh not his cross,
and followeth after me,
is not worthy of me.
Illustration
Miss G.
A remarkable instance of the literal fulfilment of this promise, even with regard to this life, is furnished by a circumstance lately mentioned to us by one who knew the subject of it well.
A devoted Christian woman had been in the habit of carrying on extensive religious work in a large and important town, especially in the infirmary of the workhouse, which she was constantly in the habit of visiting.
When no longer young, in fact she must have been nearly fifty, Miss G. became seriously ill, and her medical advisers pronounced it their opinion that she could not recover.
She requested to be told how long, according to their calculation, she could possibly live, and the reply was, “At the longest about a year, but you must take perfect rest, and give up all work and exertion.”
“No,” replied Miss G. “if I am to live so short a time, I must work all the more heartily for my Master.”
She did so, continuing her classes, visits, etc., but it did not shorten her life. Fifteen years after Miss G. was told that she would soon die, she still lived, and still worked actively, though she was then between sixty and seventy years of age.
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