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21 sion of the divine wrath. Ah! sin does appear exceeding sinful, when one is brought to a sick-bed, and when the mind is agitated by the alarms of an awakened conscience, and with the solemn prospect of a judgment to come. She was, how- ever, gradually relieved from this state of mind, enabled to take hold on the hope set before her in the Gospel, and to live by faith in Jesus Christ the only Saviour of the guilty.

She expressed a wish to see the young man who had taken her from the street, and brought her to the Asylum. He was accordingly sent for, and when he came, she told him that she had wished to see him merely that she might tell him that he had been the means of saving her soul. 'You rescued me,' said she, 'from misery and sin. You brought me to this house, where I have learned that which I trust will make me eternally happy.' He prayed with her, and when about to depart, asked if she wished to see him again. 'No;' said she, you need not come again; I shall not be alive to-morrow. I am a great sinner ; but Christ is a great Saviour; and

'Though his hand be strong to smile, 'Tis also strong to save.'

God, who brought me to this house will not forsake me in death. He is present and precious to me.' She died about two hours afterwards.-Washed, and sanctified, and justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God; vile sinner though she was, it is believed by those who witnessed her end, that she now stands with out spot in the presence of God the Judge of all.