The reader, as well as
they, will find relief from the companion picture by Moressa.
Sanum's was an original conception of her own. The theme of this
last was suggested by Miss Fiske, as a fitting counterpart to the
preceding, but the treatment of it was left wholly with the writer.
"THE SAVED SOUL.
"While meditating on death, I fell into a sweet sleep, and dreamed a
dream which rejoiced my spirit. I cannot refrain from relating it to
you, dear Christian friends, who are looking forward to the glory
that shall be revealed. I dreamed that my heavenly Father said to
me, 'Dear child, heir of my kingdom, you have long enough borne the
troubles of this vale of tears; now you shall be freed from them,
and come to your heavenly home, to worship me in holiness.' As I
listened, sickness came, and I laid me down on my bed of death with
this thought: 'One more fruit of sin, and then--heaven.' My poor
friends, not understanding this, inquired, with weeping, if I could
not possibly recover; but when they saw that I was dying, they
gathered round me, to go down with me to the banks of Jordan. My
soul was exceeding joyful, for the light of the promised land shone
on me, and the dread river was quiet, for Jesus had said to it,
'Peace, be still.
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