Peace in Departing

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It is related of Martha Hooton, who departed 1847, aged 94 years:—She had long rested in the record of God in Christ for eternal life. A minister visited her a little before her departure, and asked “if she felt her responsibility before God?” She replied she had not for a long time! “Indeed,” says he, “why, have you not broken the commandments of God?” Oh, yes, many a time; but the Lord Jesus became responsible, He took them and bore them away on the cross, and I have had nothing to do with them for a long time now. Thus she fell asleep, triumphing in the finished work of Christ. He is our rock—resting in Him.