,illustration                           
,,charles ,,dwight2                     
,,or1                            ,the   
,missionary's ,son4                     
,,religious ,,tract ,,society2          
#ef1 ,paternoster-row2 #afd1            
,piccadilly1                            
,,london4          ,,charles ,,dwight2  
,,or1 ,,the ,,missionary',s ,,son4      
,illustration    ,charles ,dwight was   
the son of a ,christian missionary1 and 
was born in  ,constantinople1 ,february 
#afth1 #ahcg4 ,when he was only four    
months old1  he lost his mother by the  
plague4 ,she was a good mother1 and     
desired  above all things for her       
children that they might become the     
disciples of  ,christ4    ,charles1     
though a pleasant child1 needed a new   
heart1 as all children do1  however     
lovely they may be4 ,while yet young1 he
 was made to feel this4  ,when he was   
about seven years old a child of a      
mission family died4 ,this  led him to  
think of death4 ,a sermon which he now  

heard made him pray  very much for his  
sins to be forgiven4 ,the ,holy ,spirit 
was striving with  him4 ,he soon yielded
 to ,his power1 and put his trust in the
 ,saviour4 ,he  now entered upon a new  
life4 ,prayer was his delight4 ,the     
,bible was a  precious book4 ,he aimed  
to do right and to make everybody happy4
    ,charles's companions could not help
 loving him1 for he was always kind in  
his ways4 ,some of these1 like himself1 
were pious youths4 ,they never came     
together to spend any time in each      
other's society without praying before  
they parted4 ,as one of these loved     
friends was about to leave on one       
occasion1 ,charles said1 8,let us not   
part till we have prayed together20  so 
they went into a room by themselves1 and
 he read a chapter in the  ,bible1 and  
they knelt down and prayed4    ,that    
very night--it was ,saturday1 ,february 
#eth1 #ahec--;he was seized with a      
headache4 ,the most skilful aid was     
called in1 but it could not help him4   

,his pains at times were very great1 but
 he never lost his patience1 nor  his   
sweet hope in ,god4 ,a part of the time 
his mind wandered1 and then  he kept    
talking1 now in ,english1 now in ,greek1
 now in ,french1 now in  ,turkish1--but 
it was about ,christ and his cause4     
,once1 when a dear friend  who was      
siting by him asked him if he felt ready
 for whatever might be  the result of   
his sickness1 he said1 8,my head is in  
such pain that ,i  cannot collect my    
thoughts2 but sometimes ,i am able to do
 so1 and then  my mind is in perfect    
peace4 ,but if ,i had not been led to   
make my peace  with ,god before this    
disease came upon me1 ,i am sure ,i     
never could have  done it now40    ,at  
another time1 in reply to a question    
from his father1 he said with  great    
feeling1 8,i cannot yet say that ,i want
 to die now2 but ,i desire  the will of 
the ,lord to be done4 ,if ,he wills that
 ,i die now1 ,i am  ready40    ,but why1
 do you suppose1 did he not want to die 

then8 ,it was not  because it is so     
happy to live4 ,his life was indeed a   
happy one1 but  he knew it is far better
 to be with ,christ4 ,the reason why he 
seems to  have wished to live rather    
than to die1 was1 that he might do good4
 ,his  heart was set on being a         
missionary4 ,he hoped soon to visit his 
father's  country for his education1 and
 then to return1 and preach the gospel4 
,it  was this that seemed to him even   
more desirable than to go at once and be
  with ,christ4    ,prayer was very     
sweet to him4 ,once1 after his father   
had prayed with him1  he said1 8,it is  
such a comfort to have you pray with    
me60 ,he also prayed  himself4 ,he asked
 of ,god that all the members of the    
church might 8lead  holy lives10 and    
that those who are in their sins1 and   
the children1  might be converted4 ,he  
ended as follows3--8,o ,lord1 thou      
knowest how much  greater than our words
 are our desires and necessities2 and do
 thou hear  us and bless us as thou     

seest we need1 for the sake of ,jesus   
,christ1 to  whom be glory for ever4    
,amen40    ,he also found great comfort 
in the ,bible4 ,as his father repeated  
passages  to him1 such as 8,in my       
,father's house are many mansions10     
8,this is a  faithful saying1 and worthy
 of all acceptation1 that ,christ ,jesus
 came  into the world to save sinners10 
he would say1 8,oh1 how sweet6 how      
precious60    ,for twelve days he had   
been getting worse1 and it was now plain
 that the  conflict was nearly over4 ,a 
little before the end1 his father bent  
over  him1 and said1 8,charles1 can you 
now commit your soul into the hands of  
,christ1 as your gracious ,saviour80 ,he
 replied1 slowly1 and with deep         
feeling1 8,i have done that long ago1   
papa40    ,his father1 having heard     
these sweet words1 threw himself on a   
sofa1 and  being very tired1 quickly    
fell asleep4 ,a loud call from a servant
 soon  awoke him4 ,he sprang to the bed1
 and found the poor sufferer in great   

pain1 and in a few minutes his spirit   
was with ,christ in heaven4    ,would   
you join him there8 ,then 8commit your  
soul into the hands of  ,christ1 as your
 ,saviour10 that you too may be able to 
say1 at the end of  life1 8,i have done 
that long ago40                         
,benjamin ,pardon1 ,printer1            
,paternoster ,row4    ,illustration     
,god loves the child that humbly prays1 
,and truly seeks his face2      ,that   
walks in all his holy ways1             
,depending on his grace4        ,god    
loves the child whose earliest youth    
,is given to the ,lord2      ,who fears 
his name1 and speaks the truth1         
,and trembles at his word4        ,god  
loves all those who prize his love2     
,and1 till this life be past1      ,will
 shine upon them from above1        ,and
 save them to the last4        ,o       
heavenly ,father6 shine on me1          
,and all my heart unite      ,to love1  
and serve1 and honour thee1        ,and 
make thee my delight4