Little Ann: An Authentic Narrative

25] LITTLE ANN. 25 on Christ Jesus by faith,” with thanksgiving. To use her own words, “ It was as though the hand of heaven supported her soul while she partook of the bread and wine.” Soon after this she was quite confined to her couch, where she lay and read, and meditated, and prayed, enjoying little Christian intercourse with any one, except her mother, for, as yet, few pious friends had so noticed her as to enter into her state of mind, or to visit and communicate that refreshment of soul which she longed for, and which she hoped, almost against hope, would one day be her privilege. She now requested all her books and trinkets to be brought down stairs; these she divided and gave to different members of the family, as tokens of affectionate love. The Bible, which poor penitent Jane had left her, she now gave to her mother, with particular orders that it should never be parted with, and also that no leaves should be turned down, for she said, “ she could not bear to see a leaf turned down that had the Saviour’s name upon it.” Trifling as this incident may appear to some,yet it highly bespoke her reverence for the Word of God, and her love of that Name which, alas ! so few do love, and which so many deride and blaspheme ! Happy child I when that day arrives in which every knee shall bow before the throne of Jesus, and every tongue shall confess that he is Lord, to the glory of God the Father—in that day when the scorner and the blasphemer of his name shall in vain implore the rocks To fall on them, and the devouring flame to consume them to ashes—in that day thou shalt come forth with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. Yes, Thou, while the stars from heaven shall fall, And mountains are on mountains hurl’d, Shalt stand unmov’d amidst them all, And smile to see a burning world. She, at the same time, gave directions about her fu­

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