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

as h t rc.markcrl softly, "I flail not thought nf it in thatwa?-. Quite truc, some may waat to send tlicn~. Ycryes, ccrti-i-inlv. let then1 cxprcss tlicir love iu tl~cv plea..'*\YhiIc I w:as assisting his nurse, under hi!di&ction, tofasten some of his bandages, he remarked, " I am leavingmy body all scarred, like the hhster's, 3linna." I-ieexpresscd gratefill thanks for every little attention rerei\.rd,and prrriscd his nurses : " Excellent nurses ! Rut I amafraid, nurscs, I gave 3-ou a lot of trouble when I was sorestless the first t\vo davs." But he reminded them thattllc l~cnvenly Father u~ould re\~*arcl them for all theirkindnesses to him. His bearing all ihrongh' his illnessmacte a great impresgon on both narscs and doctors. Onesurgcon remarked that our brother had faced the operation" like one of the grand old Christians we read about."Sister Grace and I were wit11 him early on Thumdaymorning. He seemed as if he might fall asleep. Norp1:iahad been administered, and we sat, one on each side of thebctl, waiting for it to take :Feet. All at once the si9cewas hrol:c-n bg his asking. Who is the cupbearer ? Ithr~tight he \\-as talking in his sleep. and did not reply.Aftcbr n momcnt hc spoke again, almost reprovingly, as ifsnrpriscd at our silence, mucll rrs a teacher might \\*ho hadespcctcul his pupil to answer immediately and correctly," IYby. Chist! Christ i:,the cupbearer." "Then rbohas tillccl up the cup ? he further inguired. "TheFat l~rr," he ans\\-cred himself, and then lapd back in tosilmcc. BI y sister-in-law and I exchanpl glances. Wefrl t our clcnr onc's heart was saying, " Thc cup \vhich n~ yFather hat11 given me, shall I not drink it ? "-Johnst-iii. 11.Tlic Iinlc wort slon-11- on. Scvcrill who I~aci been unable/o see him on the prer$us night had short interviews withhim in the forcnmn.At times he would revive a little and speak of the lovedones who bad pzssed away. some from our own fanlily,