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
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
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
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
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
