Then, as her own knowledge of the language was
as yet imperfect (this was in 1844), and she wisely judged that
listening to a gentleman would sooner prepare them to come in to the
regular service, she secured one of the missionary brethren to
conduct the meeting. The first day only five attended; but soon she
enjoyed the sight of about forty mothers listening to the truth as
it is in Jesus. On the third Sabbath, she was struck with the fixed
attention of one of them, and, on talking with her alone, found her
deeply convinced of sin. She had not before seen one who did not
feel perfectly prepared to die; but this one groaned, being
burdened, and seemed bowed to the dust with the sense of her
unworthiness. When Miss Fiske prayed with her, she repeated each
petition in a whisper after her, and rose from her knees covered
with perspiration, so intensely was she moved: her life, she said,
had been one of rebellion against God; and she knew that no prayers,
fasts, or other outward observances, had benefited her, or could
procure forgiveness. In this state of mind she was directed to
Christ and his righteousness as her only hope; and though for some
time little progress was apparent, at length, as she herself
expressed it, "I was praying, and the Lord poured peace into my
soul.
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