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very fully and applied many a fervent prayer that my backslidings might be healed.

 God has in mercy been pleased to make me in same measure sensible of my wanderings and incline my heart to turn to Him with penitence and faith in the promise that He will turn unto me.
Oh Lucy! my heart is desperate full of every abomination and all uncleaness and I am led almost to believe at times that I have never known a saving change. I fear I have been trusting to some suffused righteousness of my own instead of looking entirely to Christ for salvation.
 When I consider the covenant that I have made with God, that henceforth denying all ungodliness and every worldly lust I will live soberly righteously and godly in the world, seeking the interest of Christ's kingdom the purity of his church and the welfare of souls and see how widely the covenant and my deportment differ I am alarmed and made to exclaim can there be pardon for such a sinner.
   The sermon last Sabbath it ? was much of it most applicable to me. I felt it high time for me to ? to watchfulness and strengthen things that remain lest my candlestick be entirely removed and I left to grope my way through life without one cheering smile from my Saviour or any of the comforting influences of his spirit.
    God in his Providence has spoken to me loudly and affectingly, admonishing me of the shortness of time, saying what thou doest do quickly.
    My prayer is that I may be enabled by his grace to give diligent heed to the warning and file up the measure of my days with usefulness. - 
    Please excuse the form of this letter- I doubled it in this to take advantage of the lines. This is intended for no eye but yours. affectionately Naomi.