Warning and Example to the Young; Or, the Story of Mrs. Neville and Her Grandchildren (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: those who should " strive to enter in at the strait gate," but should not be able. Her spirit was overwhelmed with horror, her feelings were expressed in groans and tears. " Lord save me, or I perish," was at last her agonized cry, and her determination was, through divine grace, to cast herself at the feet of the Saviour; for, said she, " if I perish, I will perish there." This self-dedication was soon followed with a feeling of joy and peace in believing. "I have," she now tells me, "continued in the faith to the present hour, ' hitherto the Lord hath helped me, ' 1 am not much upon the mount, indeed, I am oftener in the valley, but yet I have a good hope through grace." Thus have we given a short outline of Mrs. Neville's history, as it regards her reception of divine truth. Like Jacob, she had wrestled for the blessing, like Israel she had prevailed: but in pursuance pf our object, we must enter with more minuteness into particulars. This we propose to do in the ensuing chapter. chapter{Section 4CHAPTER II. -ben let me ck that mightiest Oif, Who, while adoring seraphs bow, Looks down from his eternal throne, The widow's lonely lot to bless, And soothe and save the fatherless." Dak. We have said that Mrs. Neville had to struggle with difficulties; her husband and her children were torn from her by the hand of death. Two little grandchildren were left, the sole surviving relics of her family. Th'eir father had forsaken his humble home in early life. In an unhappy, thoughtless hour, he enlisted into the army. After which, many years passed away that brought no tidings to gladden the hearts of his sorrowing parents, for alas ! those years were spent in the pursuit of unhallowed pleasure?in the haunts of folly and vice. It was from scenes like these, he was cal...