' Then Peter
only replied, 'Lord, thou knowest. Thy will be done.'
"While in this joyful state, I walked in the green pastures of life.
I went round about the holy city, and counted its towers. They were
all of purest gold, and built with skill divine. I looked from the
top of one of them, and beheld the sea of glass, and also caught a
glimpse of the abyss, enough to see that the enemies of our God were
all beneath his feet. I could see some, once my friends among them;
but I could say, 'Holy and just art thou, O Lord God; and O,
wonderful grace, that has made such as I to differ.'
"But while thus filled with praise, and delighting myself in that
ocean of love, I awoke, yet only to say, 'Blessed are the dead that
die in the Lord.' Dear friends, let us cleave to Christ on earth,
until he plants our feet on the Mount Zion above."
The next composition was written by Nargis, of Geog Tapa, in 1852.
It is an account of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, and gives a very
good idea of the Bible knowledge of the pupils, and their interest
in Scripture themes. The allusions to the condition of Nestorian
families, illustrate, and are illustrated by, the statements of
Chapter I.
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