14 THE WISHING-CAP. standing by his bed. He looked quite- cheerful; and holding out his hand to her, “ I am going to die, ma’am,” he said: “I feel death approaching; but I am very happy. That dear Saviour whose love my father taught me to seek, is very near me, though my eyes do not now see him. He comforts me with his promises, and tells me that for his sake death shall be made easy to me. “ It was because I desired his love alone, that I ceased to wish for other things. I knew that they could not make me happy. All the world, my papa taught me, could not make me happy without my Saviour’s love. And now I am going to this dear Saviour; and 1 know that he will forgive my sins, Because he gave me grace to seek him.”
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