She sent for her companions, and they hastened to her
bedside. She called for her Testament; but her eyesight was failing
her, and she returned it, saying, "I can never use it more; but read
it more prayerfully, and love the Saviour more than I have done."
She lingered through the night, and rose with the dawn to her
long-desired rest in the presence of her Redeemer.
It Is remarkable that three timid girls should have been chosen to
lead the advance of a great multitude of Nestorians through the dark
valley into the light beyond. No member of the Boy's Seminary died
till three years afterwards; and only two others of this before
1858--a period of eleven years; but Infinite Wisdom chose, through
such weak and timorous ones, to glorify the power of Christ to bear
his people through the last conflict into everlasting rest.
CHAPTER XIII
SUBSEQUENT REVIVALS
DEACON JOHN STUDYING BACKSLIDING IN 1849--WORK IN VILLAGE OF SEIR--
WIVES OF SIYAD AND YONAN--KHANUMJAN--WOMEN AT THE SEMINARY--GEOG
TAPA--DEGALA--A PENITENT--SIN OF ANGER--REVIVAL IN 1856--MISS FISKE
ENCOURAGED--STILLNESS AND DEEP FEELING--UNABLE TO SING--CONVERSION
OF MISSIONARY CHILDREN--VISIT OF ENGLISH AMBASSADOR--REVIVAL OF
1857--LETTER OF SANUM
The first indication of a work of grace in 1849 was seen in the
unusual seriousness of Deacon John.
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