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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
" magazine." Every conversion to Christ is certainly in itself a great
wonder of God, even when it takes place in a more common way; but
I will rather choose to tell you one which is characterized by some
more extraordinary circumstances.
When in the pulpit I am often induced to praise the wonderful
grace of God at the sight of a certain face among the congregation.
It is that of an elderly lady, whose curious experiences are as follows:
She enjoyed once in her youth so great a happiness as the world
ever can give to the youthful heart of a woman. She became the bride
and wife of a man who was the object of her tenderest affection. He
had a beautiful figure and a good position in life, as he had an
employment at court. They had an agreeable lodging, and all kind of comfort
together, with a deep affection to each other. The successive birth of
two beautiful children soon increased their happiness. In this she had
now all her heart desired; of a higher and more lasting joy she had
no idea. In this state she lived quite undisturbed for about two years,
when at once her joy was changed into a deep and heartfelt sorrow. The
idol fell. She discovered by degrees that her husband’s heart had 110
more love for her, but that it was now attached to another woman. In
the same home, where love and happiness once reigned, (as much as
it is possible in the world,) there was now nothing but coldness, anguish,
strife, variance, tears, and sleepless nights. The evil increased. We
need not say, that the once so happy woman now felt as if plunged
into an abyss of indescribable unhappiness.
But we now come to the result. When she had for some time
struggled with this heart-breaking sorrow and despair, he who is a
" murderer from the beginning" inspired her to put an end to so
miserable a life. Having for some time struggled against this
temptation, she was at last overcome and resolved to accomplish the deed.
The fatal hour arrived, when, overpowered with despair and
inexpressible anguish, she took leave of her two little children, kissing
them and embracing them tenderly, and then went away with the
intention never to see them again. Her husband was at the royal palace.
She went to the river which runs at the side of our town, just at the
place where a large bridge crosses the water; from this she threw
herself into the water and soon lost all consciousness. But God, rich
in mercy, at that moment sent a rescuing angel: a man-servant, who
had observed her, called for two persons who passed by; these hastily
went into a boat, sought for her at the indicated place, and found her.
Considered as dead, she was carried to the nearest house, but after
some experiments she returned to life, and on awakening she found
herself in a bed.
Thus she came once more back to life and to her home; but as all
her earthly happiness was destroyed, and at the same time the wonderful
deliverance from death began to awaken in her mind some thoughts of a
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