."

3. When his parents had prayed with him, he said, "Come, now, dear
father and mother, and kiss me: I know that I shall die. Farewell, dear
father and mother; farewell, dear sister; farewell, all. Now shall I go
unto God and Jesus Christ, and the holy angels. Father, know you not
what is said by Jeremiah? 'Blessed is he who trusteth in the Lord.' Now
I trust in him, and he will bless me; and in 1 John ii, it is said,
'Little children, love not the world, for the world passeth away.'"

4. "Away then all that is in the world, away with all my pleasant things
in the world; away with my dagger, for where I go there is nothing to do
with daggers and swords; men shall not fight there, but praise God. Away
with all my books: there shall I learn true wisdom without books."

5. His father said, "My dear child, the Lord will be near thee, and
uphold thee."

6. "Yea, father," said he, "the Apostle Peter saith, 'God resisteth the
proud, but he giveth grace to the humble.' I humble myself under the
mighty hand of God, and he shall help me and lift me up."

7. "O, my dear child," said his father, "hast thou so strong faith?"

8. "Yes," said he, "God hath given me so strong a faith in himself
through Jesus Christ, that the devil shall flee from me: for it is said,
He who believeth in the Son hath everlasting life, and he hath overcome
the wicked one. Now I believe in Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and he will
not leave nor forsake me, but shall give unto me eternal life, and then
I shall sing, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Sabaoth."

Then, with that word, "Lord, be merciful unto me a poor sinner," he
quietly breathed out his soul, being about seven years old.

JACOB'S SISTER SUSANNAH.

SUSANNAH BICKS, the sister of Jacob Bicks, was born in Leyden, in
Holland, January 24, 1650, of religious parents, whose great care was to
instruct their child, and to present her to the ministers of the place
to be publicly instructed.

2. It pleased God to bless this to her soul, so that she had soon a true
relish for what she was taught, and made an admirable use of it in time
of need.

3. She was a child of great dutifulness to her parents, and of a very
sweet, humble nature; and not only the truth, but the power and eminence
of religion did shine in her.

4. In August, 1664, when the pestilence raged in Holland, as she felt
herself very ill, she broke forth in these words, "If thy law were not
my delight, I should perish in my af