This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ...cause for thankful rejoicing in having been made the honoured instrument of conveying comfort to these poor mourners, by pointing them to Him who bears our griefs and carries our sorrows. The wards I usually visit are the infirmary, consisting of three rooms, the large infirm ward, and the refractory ward for young ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ...cause for thankful rejoicing in having been made the honoured instrument of conveying comfort to these poor mourners, by pointing them to Him who bears our griefs and carries our sorrows. The wards I usually visit are the infirmary, consisting of three rooms, the large infirm ward, and the refractory ward for young women. In each of the former wards I have had most precious testimonies to the power of the Word of God in 'converting the soul, ' and I humbly and entirely believe that many have exchanged the humble pallet provided for them in the Union-House for those 'mansions not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.' My visits, and the visits of those who have kindly shared the task with me, have uniformly been received with eagerness, and most repaying have been the brightened eye and the eager grasp of the hand with which we have been welcomed. With regard to the young women's ward already referred to, I feel the effects of visitation have been singularly blessed. I think it was about four years ago that some circumstances led me to wish to visit that ward; it had been extremely neglected, and consequently mismanaged. I was told that no board-day passed but complaints came before the guardians of the misconduct of these Girls, and continual commitments to Jail were the result. The Guardians were afraid to enter it, and the then chaplain never went. I was asked how I dared go, and indeed it did make me feel a little nervous at first; but though the room was so full, I never met with one who did not receive me respectfully and with evident pleasure, and many have been the tears I have seen fall in that room at the voice of sympathy and kindness. I always from the first endeavoured to let them feel myself one with them as a fellowsinner. I have spoken to the...
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