The whole strength of gracious and natural attainments seemed to be in full exercise.
After taking my seat between the daughter and the mother (the latter fixing her fond eyes upon her child with great anxiety while we were conversing), I said to Elizabeth-- "I hope you enjoy a sense of the divine presence, and can rest all upon Him who has 'been with thee,' and has 'kept thee in all places where thou hast gone,' and will bring thee into 'the land of pure delight, where saints immortal reign.'" "Sir, I think I can.

My mind has lately been sometimes clouded, but I believe it has been partly owing to the great weakness and suffering of my bodily frame, and partly to the envy of my spiritual enemy, who wants to persuade me that Christ has no love for me, and that I have been a self-deceiver." "And do you give way to his suggestions?
Can you doubt, amidst such numerous tokens of past and present mercy ?" "No, sir, I mostly am enabled to preserve a clear evidence of his love.

I do not wish to add to my other sins that of denying his manifest goodness to my soul--I would acknowledge it to his praise and glory." "What is your present view of the state in which you were before you felt seriously concerned about the salvation of your soul ?" "Sir, I was a proud, thoughtless girl; fond of dress and finery.

I loved the world, and the things that are in the world.

I lived in service among worldly people, and never had the happiness of being in a family where worship was regarded, and the souls of the servants cared for, either by master or mistress.