sinner freely saved by grace. I have learned from thee, as
in a living mirror, _who_ it is that begins, continues, and ends the work
of faith and love. Jesus is all in all: he will and shall be glorified.
He won the crown, and alone deserves to wear it. May no one attempt to
rob him of his glory! He saves, and saves to the uttermost. Farewell
dear sister in the Lord. Thy flesh and thy heart may fail; but God is
the strength of thy heart, and shall be thy portion for ever."

PART VIII.

Who can conceive or estimate the nature of that change which the soul of
a believer must experience at the moment when, quitting its tabernacle of
clay, it suddenly enters into the presence of God? If, even while "we
see through a glass darkly," the views of divine love and wisdom are so
delightful to the eye of faith; what must be the glorious vision of God,
when seen face to face! If it be so valued a privilege here on earth to
enjoy the communion of saints, and to take sweet counsel together with
our fellow-travellers towards the heavenly kingdom; what shall we see and
know when we finally "come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant?"

If, during the sighs and tears of a mortal pilgrimage, the consolations
of the Spirit are so precious and the hope full of immortality is so
animating to the soul; what heart can conceive, or what tongue utter its
superior joys, when arrived at that state where sighing and sorrow flee
away, and the tears shall be wiped from every eye?

Such ideas were powerfully associated together in my imagination, as I
travelled onward to the house where, in solemn preparation for the grave,
lay the remains of the Dairyman's daughter.

She had breathed her last shortly after the visit related in my former
account. Permission was obtained, as before in the case of her sister,
that I should perform the funeral service. Many pleasing yet melancholy
thoughts were connected with the fulfilment of this task. I retraced the
numerous and important conversations which I had held with her. But
these could now no longer be maintained on earth. I reflected on the
interesting and improving nature of _Christian_ friendships, wheth