American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . ican femalesin the enterprise of missions to that country, and succeeded inpersuading her lovely and excellent friend. Miss Rebecca Will-iams, of East Hartford, Connecticut, to come out and be herassociate in missionary efforts for the good of Arab visited Jerusalem and its environs, and, without yieldingherself at all to the superstitious credulity and sickly senti-mentalism which work in the mind of the Romanist, she dwelt,with the deep feelings of a Christian, upon the history of thedays and years of
American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . ican femalesin the enterprise of missions to that country, and succeeded inpersuading her lovely and excellent friend. Miss Rebecca Will-iams, of East Hartford, Connecticut, to come out and be herassociate in missionary efforts for the good of Arab visited Jerusalem and its environs, and, without yieldingherself at all to the superstitious credulity and sickly senti-mentalism which work in the mind of the Romanist, she dwelt,with the deep feelings of a Christian, upon the history of thedays and years of the Savior of men as passed there. She visited Gethsemane. Her own record, written on theblank leaves of her pocket Testament, and which she returnedto the donor, in this country, shortly before her death, will besttell how she passed her time in that sacred and eventful spot,and how she remembered the scenes of the night of the Sav-iors sorrows and agony, and betrayal there: When you pre-sented me with this precious little book, my dear brother, you MRS. SARAH L. SMITH 2S7. Gethsemane. probably tliil not expect to spe it again. It has been the com-panion of all my wanderings since I left my native land. Andnow I return it to you, for the single reason that it has madea visit to the Cxarden of Grethseinane. In that spot I seatedmyself, and in solitude perused Matthew, xxvi., 36—56, withpeculiar feelings ; and then I plucked the sprig which you willfind herein. Take this little Testament to your communion-table, and urge upon your church, once more, the parting com-mand of their suffering Savior. Returning, with her full heart, to her home and its dxities,she went forward, doing, with greater earnestness than ever,and with her might, whatsoever her hand found to do. Thedetail of her employments would lead to the wonder how shefound time for them all. Her love for her duties and her ardorin prosecuting them were such as to lead one of the missionar} 238 MRS SARAH L. SMITH. bre
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