THE LATE REV. ARTHUR TRIGGS. - The Gospel Magazine

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sympathizing with him about his weak and suffering state, she said,
"You believe that Jesus will be faithful to the end." His reply was,
" Yes! it would ill become me to doubt." When Mrs. C. took leave of
him that afternoon, his eyes followed her and rested on her, as if he
thought he should never see her again on earth, and this was observed to
be the case when he took leave of each one of those who visited him
during his illness, and he spoke to each of the near approach of his
departure, as if he would say to them, in the words of St. Peter, " Knowingthat
shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus
Christ hath shewed me" (2 Pet. i. 14). This was a subject that hadbeen
constantly on his mind for many years, and referred to by him; he
frequently repeated the words in 2 Cor. v. 1, 2, " For we know that if our
earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of
God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens; for in this
we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is
from heaven;" and he ever lived as testifying the truth of David's
words, " There is but a step between me and death," or rather he would
have said," between me and eternal life."
On the Lord's day afternoon, June 4th, A. B. called to see him; he
manifested his usual unselfish, Christ·like spirit, being more anxious to
hear from her of the welfare of some of the Lord's dear people (as A. S.,
E. L., Miss L., and others), than to speak about himself. After tea he
read aloud the 24th Psalm, with painful difficulty, but with such great
delight, and spoke of the wonderful name given to the Lord Jesus in
v. 6, " Jacob " (margin, !' God of Jacob"), noticing the meaning of the
name Jacob, that is, " deceitful," and therefore that Christ is set forth
in this passage as made sin for his people, the sinless One taking the
place of deceitful, guilty sinners, " that they might be made the righteousness
of God in Him." On this occasion he also quoted Phi!. i. 23,
" For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with
Christ, which is far better." These last words he said with great emphasis.
·On Tuesday, the 6th of June, he consented, after much entreaty from
those about him, to send for Dr. B., a Christian physician, who, on seeing
him, pronounced him to be suffering from asthma, dropsy, and disease
of the heart of long standing, and told him it was his opinion he could
not survive longer than two or three months. This intelligence he
received with the greatest joy. Dr. B.'s words proved to be true,
for it was only two months afterwards that the spirit was released from
the suffering and weary body. His sufferings during the last three
months of his life on earth were not in the way of pain (through God's
mercy), but from extreme breathlessness, sleeplessness, weariness, and
at times restlessness and great prostration; but not once throughout
the whole time was he heard to utter a murmur or complaint, or even
to wish that his condition were otherwise, but often expressed his cheerful
willingness to suffer the very utmost that the Lord might see fit to lay
upon nim. On tne 'Itn 01 August tne Lord's time came tor 'him to be
delivered from the" earthly tabernacle in which he groaned being burdened."
During these three months, when his faith and patience were
florely tried by increasing suffering from want of breath, etc., the name