Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1877 — A Lost Man. [ARTICLE]

A Lost Man.

. Perhaps thou hast never heara the perfectly authentic account of the brother of the celebrated George Whitefleld, a poor man for whose conversion many prayers had been offered, but who had sunk into a settled melancholy, under the impression that he had sinned so long and so grievously as to be altogether beyond the reach of the Lord’s pardoning mercy in Christ, so that for him there was no hope. This man was drinking tea one evening at Lady Huntingdon’s 1 , when she took the opportunity of telling him of the boundless love of God in Christ Jesus for poor sinners. “My lady,” replied her guest, “ I know what you say is true; but, ah! there is no mercy for me. lam a wretch entirely lost.” “I am glad .to hear it," said Lady Huntingdon; “1 am flad at my heart that you are a lost nian.” [e looked at her in great surprise. “ What! my lady; glad at your heart that lam a lost man?” “Yes, truly glad; for it is written, ‘ The Son of Man is come to save that which is lest.’ ” The text was carried home with power. “Blessed be God for that,” exclaimed he; “glory be to God for that word I Oh! what power. I feel attendng It! Jesus Christ came to save the lost.” It was light with Him at evening time. He was soon after seized with sudden illness, and within an hour was in eternity. —Memoir of Robert Charleton.