ed not disturb him any more with medicine.' He said, 'No,
you may give him what he calls for.' Now, my God, all is over; I
resign him up to thee. Only one parting word--something yet I require,
to assure my heart that thou wilt receive his soul. Some time after he
laid his hand upon Mrs. Brannan's lap and made a sign to her;
afterwards he made a sign to me, who was at the back of the bed, to
come round. Mrs. Brannan thought he wanted her to retire, which she
did. He looked after her. I said, 'My love, she thinks you want to say
something to me; can you speak?' He said, 'Join--pray,' which we did.
He spoke no more for some time, only, 'Come, sweet Jesus,' and
frequently, 'Receive my spirit.' These words were given for my sake. I
cried, 'I am satisfied, Lord, and I yield him up to thee with all my
heart; thou hast given me all my asking. I will not be longer
faithless, but believing. Continue to support his departing soul, and
let the enemy find nothing in him.'

"The next attack of hiccup laid him back speechless, and I
believe senseless in the last parting work: he had no further
struggle, nor need of any person to support him. I therefore again
placed myself on my knees by his bedside, determined not to quit the
posture till his soul had entered its rest; but nature was worn out,
and though I swallowed hartshorn and water in great quantities, I was
so overcome that I was obliged to lie down at the back of the bed to
save me from fainting. Three hours did he continue in this last work
of the heart. I watched his last, and delivered him up with a hearty
prayer and a full assurance; but O, how earnestly I wished to go with
him! I was, for the time, entirely insensible to my own loss: my soul
pursued him into the invisible world, and for the time cordially
rejoiced with the Spirit. I thought I saw the angel band ready to
receive him, among whom stood my dear mother, the first to bid him
welcome to the regions of bliss.

"I was then desired to leave the room, which I did, saying, 'My
doctor is gone. I have accompanied him to the gates of heaven: he is
safely landed; that is now not him that lies there. You, nurse, will
see it decently dressed; then I may again be permitted to take another
parting kiss.' So, embracing the precious clay, I went into the
parlor. Some friends came in to see me. My composure they could not
account for: our sincere and tender regard for each other was too well
known to allow them to i