The usefulness of the Seminary among the relatives of its pupils was
illustrated in another case that occurred about the same time. March
2d, 1846, the father of one of the girls called and inquired, with
tears, if his daughter was troubled for her sins. Surprised at such
an inquiry from a notorious drunkard, he was exhorted to seek his
own salvation. He then told how he had been taught the plague of his
own heart, and, as a ruined sinner, was clinging to Christ alone.
His prayers showed that he was no stranger at the throne of grace.
Father and daughter spent the evening mingling their supplications
and tears before the mercy seat. The daughter had given more trouble
than any in school, and several times had almost been sent away.
Four days later, her mother came, and remained several days, almost
the whole time in tears, and hardly speaking, except to pray. Her
daughter and the pious members of the school were unwilling to let
her go till she came to Christ, and she seemed to take him for her
Saviour before she left. She was a sister of Priest Abraham, and had
been so exceedingly clamorous and profane in her opposition to
religion, that her brother had for years dreaded to see her.
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