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TESTIMONY OF GENERAL TUXEN. 61
actions or writings ; consequently, with all, of whom I
could form an idea ; for it may be supposed that a person
whom I never knew, nor of whom I could form any idea,
I neither could nor would wish to speak with. The queen
then asked him, Whether he would undertake a commis
sion to her lately deceased brother ? He answered, With
all my heart. On this he followed the queen, with the
king and Count Scheffer, to a window in the apartment,
where the queen gave him his commission, to which he
promised to bring her an answer. After this he was
invited to the royal table, where they put a thousand
questions to him, which he answered truly. Some time
afterwards, count Scheffer paid him another visit, and
asked him whether he would accompany him to court
again, to which he consented. The queen on seeing
him, said, Do not forget my commission. He answered,
It is already done. And when he delivered her his
message, she was extremely surprised, and became sud
denly indisposed ; and, after some recollection, she said,
This no mortal could have told me ! On my inquiring
whether any person had heard what the queen had said
when she gave him the commission, he answered, I do
not know; yet she did not speak so low but that the king
and Count Scheffer, if they had attended to it, might
have heard it. This may be depended upon, as the late
venerable man himself related it to me.
"In the further course of conversation with him on the
principles of religion advocated and explained by him, I
took an opportunity of asking him, How a man, who
was confident that he was serious in his duty towards
God and his neighbour, could be certain, whether he was
in the right road to salvation or not ? I was answered,
That this was very easy ; and that such a man need only
examine himself and his own thoughts according to the
Ten Commandments ; as, for instance, whether he loves
and fears God ; whether he is happy in seeing the welfare
of others, and does not envy them; whether, on having
received a great injury from others, which may have ex
cited him to anger and to meditate revenge, he afterwards
changes his sentiments, because GOD has said, that ven
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