[Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley]@TWC D-Link bookMemoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel CHAPTER II 18/39
I stepped down to see her at J.Stordy's; and in the few minutes we were together, before she took leave, she addressed herself to me in a very feeling manner.
Although she was an entire stranger, she spoke so pointedly to my state of mind, and expressed the reward of faithfulness in such encouraging terms, that my feelings were in nowise able to resist the power which attended, but I was forced to acknowledge it as a nail fastened in a sure place. Amongst some letters addressed by Elizabeth Yeardley to Susanna Harvey of Barnsley, is one in which mention is made of the visit of Hannah Field to Bentham; and, although the passage does not relate to the private interview described above, it is interesting as the reminiscence of a remarkable woman. Bentham, 2 _mo_.
2, 1818. We have been favored lately with a visit, unexpected but highly acceptable, from that great minister, Hannah Field, from America.
She very much resembles Sarah Lamley; and when she began, it seemed as if one had been informing her of the state of the meeting.
Her discourse began with the parable of the Ten Virgins, which was very beautiful but awful. Addressing herself again, she was very consolatory and affecting.
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