[The Dairyman’s Daughter by Legh Richmond]@TWC D-Link bookThe Dairyman’s Daughter CHAPTER VIII 17/44
Herein thou resemblest her; but dost thou resemble _her_ as she resembled Christ? Art thou made rich by faith? Hast thou a crown laid up for thee? Is thine heart set upon heavenly riches? If not, read this story once more, and then pray earnestly for like precious faith? But if, through grace, thou dost love and serve the Redeemer that saved the Dairyman's daughter, grace, peace, and mercy be with thee! The lines are fallen unto thee in pleasant places! thou hast a goodly heritage. Press forward in duty, and wait upon the Lord, possessing thy soul in holy patience.
Thou hast just been with me to the grave of a departed believer.
Now, "go thy way, till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Footnotes: {116} An interesting account of a visit made to the Dairyman, appeared in the _Christian Guardian_ for October 1813, and which is here inserted:-- "It has rarely, if ever, fallen to my lot to trace the gracious dealing of God with greater advantage or delight, than in the narrative of the Dairyman's Daughter: and as the Isle of Wight had evidently furnished the author with the scenery he has so finely touched, I concluded that the pious subject of the little memoir had resided there, and determined that, when I next visited that delightful spot, I would make inquiry respecting her.
At the close of April last year, I had occasion to go there.
At the village of B--- I had the good fortune to learn her name, and the situation of the cottage that had been honoured with her residence and death; and being told that the old man, her father, whose name is W---, still lived there, I determined to find out his humble dwelling, and obtain an interview with the aged Dairyman. "It was with feelings not to be described that I visited the spot which had been so peculiarly honoured by the gracious presence of the Most High.
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