[The Dairyman’s Daughter by Legh Richmond]@TWC D-Link bookThe Dairyman’s Daughter CHAPTER I 11/13
When my wife and I went to see her, as she lay sick, she told us how grieved and ashamed she was of her past life, but said she had a hope through grace that her sister's Saviour would be her Saviour too; for she saw her own sinfulness, felt her own helplessness, and only wished to cast herself upon Christ as her hope and salvation. "And now, sir, she is gone; and I hope and think her sister's prayers for her conversion to God have been answered.
The Lord grant the same for her poor father and mother's sake likewise!" This conversation was a very pleasing commentary upon the letter which I had received, and made me anxious both to comply with the request, and to become acquainted with the writer.
I promised the good Dairyman to attend on the Friday at the appointed hour; and after some more conversation respecting his own state of mind under the present trial, he went away. He was a reverend old man; his furrowed cheeks, white locks, weeping eyes, bent shoulders, and feeble gait, were characteristic of the aged pilgrim.
As he slowly walked onwards, supported by a stick which seemed to have been the companion of many a long year, a train of reflections occurred, which I retrace with pleasure and emotion. At the appointed hour I arrived at the church, and after a little while was summoned to the churchyard gate to meet the funeral procession.
The aged parents, the elder brother, and the sister, with other relatives, formed an affecting group.
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