Blog – Apostolic Crusade

“I HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING AROUND MY BED”

Through the kindness of Julia E. Strait, of Portlandville, N.Y., we furnish our readers with the following: In the spring of 1895, in the town of Worester, N.Y., an aged lady left the shores of time. She had suffered much during a long illness, but she proved the grace of God sufficient, and was kept … Read more

“OH, HE IS COMING, HE IS COMING! JESUS, COME AND TAKE ME NOW!”

Sister Nannie Belle Gilkey was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 21, 1877, and died at Harvey, Illinois, July 18, 1897. She was one of God’s won afflicted children, who suffered for some time with that dread disease, consumption. During the intense suffering, which she passed through toward the close of her life, she manifested a sweet … Read more

“I AM LOST. I HAVE SOLD MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL FOR DRESS”

A missionary of New York City relates the sad experience of a dying woman, the wife of a wealthy man, who, when told by her physician that she could not live an hour longer, exclaimed with great consternation, “If I cannot live an hour longer I am lost. I have sold my soul to the … Read more

LAST WORDS OF THE GREAT COMMENTATOR, MATTHEW HENRY

Matthew Henry, a distinguished non-conformist divine and biblical commentator; born October 28, 1662, at Broad Oak, Flintshire, England; died June 22, 1714, at Nantwich, England. He received his education under his father’s (Rev. Philip Henry) roof, and in an academy at Islington. On the return journey from a visit to Chester he was seized with … Read more

“IT IS EASIER TO GET INTO HELL THAN IT WILL BE TO GET OUT”

In the village of Montgomery, Mich., in the spring of 1884, an infidel, husband of a spiritualist, was stricken down with disease. He had such a hatred for the cause of Christ that he had requested previous to his death that his body should not be carried to a church for funeral services, or any … Read more

“DEAR MOTHER, YOU MUST NOT GRIEVE FOR ME; I AM GOING TO JESUS.”

Through the kindness of L.B. Balliett, M.D., of Allentown, Penn., we furnish our reads with this touching incident: Some years ago a steamer was sinking with hundreds of persons on board. Only one boat load was saved. As a man was leaping into the tossing boat a young girl who could not be taken into … Read more

“MY HEAVEN! HEAVEN! GLORY!”

Mrs. Dorcas Eskridge, of Blue Grove, Texas, writes us as follows: My father, Willison Foster, who was a license exhorter in the M.E. Church South, died near Chico, Texas, April 2, 1887, aged seventy-one years. He was one of the purest Christians I ever knew, was often made happy in a Savior’s love and died … Read more

LAST WORDS OF CHARLES IX., KING OF FRANCE. “I AM LOST; I SEE IT WELL.”

This wicked king died May 30, 1574. His character was a compound of passion, acuteness, heartlessness and massacre of St. Bartholomew, August 24, 1572, was the culmination of a series of treacheries towards the Huguenots, which greatly disgraced his reign. He died a young man. During his last hours he said, “Oh, my nurse, my nurse! What blood, what murders, what evil counsels have I followed! Oh, my God, pardon me and have mercy on me if Thou canst. I know not what I am! What shall I do? I am lost; I see it well.