When he lay a Dying, some one spoke to him about his having secured his Interest in the Favor of Heaven, and his Assurance of that Interest. He Replyed, [Me-thoughts like my Polycarp,]
I bless God I began that Work betimes, and ere I was Twenty Years Old I had made thorow work of it. Ever since then I have been pressing after the Power of Godliness, the Power of Godliness! For more than Fifty Years together I have been Laboring to uphold a Life of Communion with God; and I thank the Lord I now find the Comfort of it!
Words that contain in them A History of a Life more Valuable than I have seen a Volume in Folio.
EPITAPH.
(BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY REV. COTTON MATHER.)
THE EXCELLENT
WIGGLESWORTH;
REMEMBERED BY SOME GOOD TOKENS.
His Pen did once Meat from the Eater fetch;
And now he's gone beyond the Eater's reach.
His Body once so Thin, was next to None;
From hence he's to Unbodied Spirits flown.