The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

a tnre w11ich I never before \vibressccl. One :auld notbe& being uplifted and sl~aring it Gtli him." Referring to a remark Hrotlicr JoBnston had madesailing for Africa, about his being as near to theKingdom in Xj.assabnd as in GLwgom, the doctor said' I have stolen a march on Brother Johnston. I will bein the Kingdom hfore him. Oh, it is grand !'" He spoke of how Brothers joltnsto~, Crawford, himself,and I had been so long elders together. and that nowI was to be left alone. hthers Jollnston and Crawfordhad left the city, and he was going beyond the veil. Heseemed to have loving compassion for me, but assuredme that he would be bctter able to help me from the otherside, and the Lord mould be with me. At this point hesaid some things I could not well make out, but I understoodhim to be expressing his loving consideration forthe interest of the mrk in Glasgo~v." When 1 told him how his example had been a gmthelp and stimulus to me, because he had had so muctmore to d c e than I had, be replied that he neverknew he was sacrificing anything." He frequently repeated tbe war?, In His presenceis fuIness of joy. Oh, it is grand IHe sent messagesof love to all the elders, and commented briefly on thequalities of mind most prominent in each. He expressedsorrow that my wife had not come with me, and asked meto convey a message of love and farewell to her, her sistersat Eston, and her brother's familv in Loadon." When I was laving. he again said, ' Give me a kissalong one; none of your Scotch ones,' and n-e had aloving farewell embrace. At his request I enpaged withhim in 1 rayer : he responded with a soIemn Amen ' attht' elm- .Thaz is alt I can remember of the words spokem ;h.** +hm -rt were impressions left upon my mind whichcannot be put into 1anp;nap. These I will never forget41