" After the meeting, the teachers of
both Seminaries left to engage in that blessed work till midnight.
Eleven years after, on the same evening, and about the same hour,
one was called to see the other pass from earth into the presence of
the Saviour whom he then set forth so faithfully. No wonder the
survivor recalled it in the hush of that parting scene.
It is difficult to describe the occurrences of this eventful week.
The teachers' rooms were in such demand as closets for the pupils,
that they could hardly command them long enough for their own
devotions. They were ready to write "Immanuel" on every thing around
them. The girls were very free to express their feelings, and they
had such perfect confidence in their teacher, that often, during the
revival, some of them woke her in the morning, standing at her
bedside, with some inquiry about the way of life.
The two schools hardly knew any thing of each other till Friday
evening, when they met in a room fitted up for the Female Seminary
the preceding autumn. The first time Mr. Stoddard entered it after
this, he looked round, and said, "May this room be wholly
consecrated to the Lord forever;" and this evening Christ seemed to
take possession of it.
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