JANEWAY. 287 of Isaiah. He often, with abundant joy, repeated those Words : With great mercies will I gather thee. A short time before his death, he said, " I have almost done conversing with mortals. I shall presently behold Christ himself, who loved me and washed me in his blood. In a few hours I shall be in eternity, singing the song of Moses and the Lamb. I shall presently stand upon mount Sion, with an innumerable company of angels, and the spirits ofjust men madeperfect, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. I shall hear the voice of much people, and be one amongst them, saying, Hallelujah! salvation, glory, and honour, and power be unto the LORD our GOD ! Yet a little while, and I shall sing unto the Lamb, Worthy art thou to receive praise, who hast redeemedus to God by thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made no kings and priests unto God, and we shall reign with thee for ever and ever. And who can help rejoicing in all this ?" The daybefore his departure, his brother James having been praying for him, he said, " I thank thee, dear brother, for thy love. I know thou lowest me dearly ; but Christ loves me ten thousand times more. Dear brother, come and kiss me before I die." Having kissed his cold dying lips, he said, " I shall go before thee to glory, and I hope thou wilt followafter." A fewhours beforehis happyexit, he called together his mother, and sisters, and brethren, to give them one more solemn warning, and pray for them before he departed. His affectionate mother being first called, he thanked her for her tender love to him ; and desired thal she might see Christ formed in the hearts of all her children, and meet them all with joy in the day of judgment. He prayed that his elder brother might be wholly taken up with Christ and love to souls, and be more holy in his life, successful inhis ministry, and finish his course with joy. For his brother Andrew, living in London, he prayed that God would deliver him from the sins of the city, make him a fellow-citizen of the saints, and of the household of God. " 0 that he may be," said he, " as his name is, a strong man, and that I may meet him with joy." To James he said : " Brother James, I hope God bath given thee a goodly heritage. The lines have fallen to thee in pleasant places. The Lord is thy portion. Hold on, dear brother ; Christ and heaven are worth striving for. The Lord give thee abundance of his grace."
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