Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
250. A woman, whose husband had lived a dissolute life,
called upon me one evening greatly agitated in mind, to request
me to see her dying husband in the Melbourne Hospital. In
answer to her question, "Do you think it is well with your
soul?" he had replied, "Don't bother me; I can't think of those
things now."
251. A consumptive disease seized the eldest son and heir
of the Duke of Hamilton, which ended in his death. A little
while before his death, he took the Bible from under his pillow,
and read several comforting passages. As death approached,
he called his younger brother to his bedside, and, after talking
affectionately and seriously to him, closed with these words
"And now, Douglas, in a little while you'll be a duke, but I
shall be a king."—W . R. Clark.
252. A lady once told me that her father was a highly intellectual
man, but made no profession of Christianity. He used
rather to sneer at those who did, express contempt for open-air
preachers, and the like. When dying, with an effort he raised
himself on his pillow, and said, "My God, I'm damned ;" and
dropped back, dead. Her mother, who lived a good Christian
life, said, as her last words, "Mary, may the blessing of God
rest upon you."
253. When John Lambert, fastened to the stake, was burning
to death, he clapped his hands, and cried out, "None but Christ
none but Christ !" until his nether extremities were burned, and
he fell from the chains into the fire, still exclaiming in the
midst of the flames, "None but Christ ! none but Christ !"
C. H. Spurgeon.
254. A miser fell ill, and took his money-bags to bed, placing
them close beside him, and every now and then lifting them up,
and saying, "Must I leave you? Must I leave you?" This he
continued to do until the end came, for in the dying hour itself
he said, as he once more lifted a money-bag, "Must I leave you?
Must I leave you ? Have I lived all these years for you,
and now must I leave you ? " and in a few minutes he died.
Burroughs.
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