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22 The progress of her disorder had been very rapid, scarcely a week having elapsed between its commencement and her death; yet at afforded time for the developement, and the exercise of those feelings which distinguish the Christian, or, which is the same thing, the sinner saved by grace. One of the first fruits of the Gospel, in every one who receives it, is a concern for the salvation of others. Elizabeth exhibited this feature of the Christian character. Within a few minutes of her end, she expressed a wish to see all she penitents in the Asylum. They had all been sinners like herself, most of them in a much greater degree. She wished to declare to them the mercy she had found in Christ, and to commend him to them all. She had now no anxiety about herself.

She knew that she was dying and told them so. She asked if they were all present, shook hands with some of then, bade them an affectionate farewell; and expressed an earnest desire that she might meet them all in heaven. For three months her intercouse had been solely with the people in the Asylum This was all the world to her; and nothing less than the salvation of them all was the desire of her heart Like the woman of Samaria, who had found the Saviour, she spoke of him to all to whom she had access; and every one who has found him, would wish to speak of him, and commend him to the whole world.

It was a happy circumstance in the lot of Elizabeth, that she was checked in one of her first attempts to practise the wicked lesson which she had been taught, and that the person whom she addressed, was one who knew the evil of sin, and the