their great grief; and we do earnestly and sincerely
commend them to God and the Word of His grace, that is able to keep
them from falling, and to give them an abundant entrance into His
everlasting kingdom; and be it further

_Resolved_, That the Clerk of Session be requested to enter these
resolutions on the records of the church, and that a copy be
immediately forwarded to the family of the deceased.

(Signed),

DUNCAN M. YOUNG, _Pastor._

J. H. ALLEN, M.D.,
J. M. MORRISON,
J. R. BATTY,
MARTIN BRAITMAYER,
_Elders._

JEROME H. OWENS,
_Clerk of Session._

[Illustration: MATILDA KNOWLES]

GATHERING JEWELS.

MATILDA KNOWLES.

BEING THE RECORD OF A CONSECRATED MISSIONARY
WOMAN'S WORK FOR OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
IN THE TENTH WARD OF NEW YORK CITY.

"She hath done what she could."

CHAPTER VII.

BRIEF MEMOIR OF MATILDA KNOWLES.

They walk with God whom none can shame
From trusting in His holy name;
Who looking for a glorious morn,
Shrink not before the lip of scorn.

The subject of this memoir was born in Tichon, near Ballymena, County
Antrim, in the north of Ireland, March 22, 1811. Her ancestors fled
from Scotland during the dark days of persecution, "when the minister's
home was the mountain and flood." Little can be gleaned of her early
history. Her mother died when she was six years old, leaving a sister
older than herself, and a brother, a baby eight months old. Her father
died shortly after her mother. When she was only eight years old, she
went to the corner of the house, and asked the Lord to be a father and
a mother to her. She was ultimately taken to her uncle's, at which
place she resided until she came to America.

During her stay with him, she became acquainted with a young girl, who
told her of the love of Jesus, and shortly before her death, she would
frequently say how good God was to her, in bringing her in contact with
her friend, who early told her of the life of the Saviour, and His
never-dying love. At the same place, being filled with those desires,
and having those Christian principles instilled into her heart, and not
having conveniences to study and pray in the house, she would repair to
the barn, to attend to her devotional duties