. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. mentous questions; and they stood ready to an-swer them according as the Lord supported her. Eversince her death they have looked upon the last changefiom a new point of view. But we must not anticipate. The five months between her conversion and her de-cease were very precious to all who knew her. Shesometimes sat with her teacher and talked an hour at atime on the home of the blessed. She seemed to look inupon its glories, and share its gladness; and then herthoughts turned to the perishing around her, saying, Iwould labor a little longer for them, if it is
. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. mentous questions; and they stood ready to an-swer them according as the Lord supported her. Eversince her death they have looked upon the last changefiom a new point of view. But we must not anticipate. The five months between her conversion and her de-cease were very precious to all who knew her. Shesometimes sat with her teacher and talked an hour at atime on the home of the blessed. She seemed to look inupon its glories, and share its gladness; and then herthoughts turned to the perishing around her, saying, Iwould labor a little longer for them, if it is my Fathers FIRST FRUITS. 131 will. The young converts whom she had taught couldnot hear the thought of her leaving them ; but they soughtto stay an angel in his course. The dross had been con-sumed, and the spirit was made meet for the inheritanceof the saints in light. About the middle of May, it was felt that she must gohome to her father, whose house was near the was a beautiful day in a Persian summer. The morning. COURT YARD OF THE FEMALE SEMINARY. exercises were closed. When her teacher told her whatthey thought, she replied in a whisper, I think I hadbetter go, but I want to be alone a little before I leavenot to return. With weary step she sought the closetwhere first she found her Saviour: it was occupied. Per-haps He saw she might think more of the place than wasmeet; so she spent an hour in another room, and thenreturned, saying, I am ready to go now. She went sup- 132 WOMAN AND HER SAVIOUR. ported by a schoolmate on either side : stopping in thecourt, she turned to take a last look of the dear homewhere she had learned of Jesus, and, plucking some ofthe roses that bloomed by her side, passed on. On thepreceding page that court is represented, as seen from theadjoining one. She suffered intensely for a few days. Herdisease forbade her lying down, even at night. But stillnot a day passed that she did not gather some womenabout her, and point them to Jesus
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