tells me I shan’t have it, I believe in Christ sooner than in him, and I trust I shall have it at last.”
“And do you not find by experience,” I added, “that his yoke is easy, and his burden light? His commandments are not grievous, are they?”
“No, sir, no: it is a man’s meat and drink, if he loves the Lord, to do what he bids him.”
“Where were you before you came into this infirmary?”
“In the parish workhouse of S---.”
“Have you a wife?”
“She died some years since, and got to her heavenly home before me.”
“Have you any children?”
“Yes, sir, I have two sons married, and settled in the world with families. One of them has been here to see me lately, and I hope he is in a good way for his own soul, and brings up his children in the fear of God.”
“Have you any worldly cares upon your mind?”