. Men and women of deep piety. gratitude and joy. After all this his insanity returned, in the shape of a falseidea that God had passed a special decree respecting him,that, though he was a true believer in Christ, he should nothe saved. Such another instance, he believed, was not to befound in the universe. And this mania made him miserablefor many years. Yet he would never retract his testimony tothe Gospel. And, though dead, he continues to speak inverse and song, when he says: There is a fountain filled with from Emmanuels veins. etc. And ageun: God moves in a mysterious way,Hi
. Men and women of deep piety. gratitude and joy. After all this his insanity returned, in the shape of a falseidea that God had passed a special decree respecting him,that, though he was a true believer in Christ, he should nothe saved. Such another instance, he believed, was not to befound in the universe. And this mania made him miserablefor many years. Yet he would never retract his testimony tothe Gospel. And, though dead, he continues to speak inverse and song, when he says: There is a fountain filled with from Emmanuels veins. etc. And ageun: God moves in a mysterious way,His wonders to perform;He plants His footsteps in the rides upon the storm. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take:The clouds ye so much dreadAre big with mercy, and shall breakIn blessings on your head. His purposes will ripen every hour;The bud may have a bitter sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err,And scan his work in vain:God is His own He will make it Fanny Crosby FANNY CROSBY ALWAYS blind, except the first six weeks of her life, muchthat others depend upon for enjoyment was denied to dear grandmother instructed her in religious truth and theglories of nature. The Holy Bible became the meat and drinkof her soul. She said: When I was a child, this Book hada practical place in both home and nation. During these manyyears my love for the Holy Bible has not waned. Its truthwas not only born with me; it was bred into my life. Mymother and grandmother took pains that I knew the Bible bet-ter than any other book. All that I am, and all that I ever ex-pect to be, in literature or in life, is due to the Bible. Thisholy book nurtured my early life. When a girl, I could repeatfrom memory the five books of Moses, most of the New Testa-ment, many of the Psalms, the Proverbs of Solomon, the Bookof Ruth, and that greatest of all prose poems, the Songs ofSolomon.** Biblical characters and incidents furnished
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