Narratives of Remarkable Conversions and Revival Incidents - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ... tears, and writhing under the deepest convictions. I pointed them to the blessed Redeemer; we prayed with and for them again and again, and in this way we spent a great part of the night--a night never to be forgotten. At length morning came, but no light dawned upon those benighted souls. To them, all seemed as dark as Egypt. We prayed for them, and wept over them; but God alone could relieve them. Perhaps about eleven o'clock, I said to Mrs. C, "Will not your heart yet yield to God?" Putting her hand to her breast, and fixing her streaming eyes upon me, she exclaimed, "My heart will kill me" Soon after this, the storm without having passed away, I stepped into a sleigh and rode over to Mr. D 's to inform Dr. Nettle ton of what God was doing. In relating the solemn transactions of the night and the morning, I mentioned to Dr. Nettleton the striking expression of Mrs. C, "My heart will kill me," Instantly he replied, "That woman is near the kingdom of heaven. I will go back with you." We returned, and, as we entered the house, Mrs. G and Miss P both came rushing from their room, with countenances beaming with holy, heavenly joy. The moral storm was over. All was calm. Mrs. C ran to Dr. Nettleton, seized bis hand, and 1 stood for some moments overwhelmned with emotion. As she stood weeping for joy, Dr. Nettleton asked her, "Have you submitted your heart to God?" Her answer was spontaneous and singular: "O yes, sir--but no thanks to you." Dr. Nettleton was almost convulsed with laughter, which was very unusual with him. That afternoon Mrs. C, while her heart was almost bursting with joy, wrote a letter to one of her friends in Nassau, which she read to me. That simple letter, giving an account of her own convictions of sin and hopeful...