1774-1854
"I am so happy! I cannot tell you how happy I am! Not a ruffle, not a cloud."~ ~ ~ ~
"I shall enter heaven a poor sinner saved by grace. I seem to have done nothing for the Lord, who has done so much for me."~ ~ ~ ~
"I shall soon be with Jesus! I shall see Him face to face. Oh, glorious prospect!"~ ~ ~ ~
"Oh, how full His heart is of love I cannot express to you! And if I had millions of tongues, I could not tell you how precious He is at this moment to my soul. I feel His sensible presence. He is near to me; so near, that I feel as if I could embrace Him."~ ~ ~ ~
"What a glorious prospect I have in view! Who can picture it? No tongue can tell how I love Jesus; not because it is my duty to love Him, but because I cannot help loving Him. He is the chief among ten thousand, and the altogether lovely One."~ ~ ~ ~
"I am the chief of sinners, but am dear, very dear, to the heart of Jesus, who shed His blood to save me, even me, as if there were not another soul to be saved."~ ~ ~ ~
"It is one thing to talk of death: it is quite another thing, when it becomes a reality, to grapple with it."~ ~ ~ ~"How long, Lord, will You keep me in the valley of the shadow of death? Why are Your chariot wheels so long in coming?"~ ~ ~ ~
"The gloom has all passed, and I have a full view of the glory that awaits me.""Lord, I weary, I weary, I weary to be gone. Keep me patient, waiting Your will. I must be perfected through suffering; not one pang too severe, nor one sorrow too much."~ ~ ~ ~
"Read to me the precious words of Jesus. Endeavor to keep my mind upon His truth. Christ is the Rock upon which my feet are placed."~ ~ ~ ~
"Keep close intimacies with Jesus. We must live upon Christ, and we must die upon Christ."~ ~ ~ ~
"Oh, live for eternity! This poor world is passing away; the reality is to come, and a glorious reality it is. How important it is to walk so as to please God in all things!"~ ~ ~ ~
"Little faith will bring the soul to heaven; great faith will bring heaven into the soul."~ ~ ~ ~
"My first joy in heaven will be to see Jesus!"~ ~ ~ ~"I am passing away, but not a single cloud veils Christ from my view. Language cannot express how happy, happy I am. Words fail to describe the preciousness of Jesus to my soul."~ ~ ~ ~
"I am going home! going home! A welcome home. I have not a need, nor care, nor trouble."~ ~ ~ ~
"I never so much felt my dependence upon the Holy Spirit as I do now. My first prayer in the morning when I awake is addressed to the Holy Spirit, that He would take possession of my thoughts, my imagination, my heart, my words, throughout the day, directing, controlling, and sanctifying them all."~ ~ ~ ~
"If there is a spot upon earth more blessed than another, it is the mercy seat. None can tell the joy that springs from it."~ ~ ~ ~
"He would not have me a spoilt child, therefore He has employed the rod; but all His corrections and rebukes have been in love."~ ~ ~ ~
"The Holy Spirit ministers to me like a little child. My loving Shepherd cherishes the lambs as well as the sheep; and He will come and take me to Himself. I shall not go alone. I want to go. I want to go."~ ~ ~ ~
"Oh, why are His chariot wheels so long in coming? Why does He delay? I am longing to depart, to be with Christ. All is ready."~ ~ ~ ~
