[Illustration: Mary Magdalene. GUSTAVE DORE. Mark, xvi, 9.]
Lady Ann Erskine and Rowland Hill.
There is a very good story told of Rowland Hill and Lady Ann Erskine.
You have seen it, perhaps, in print, but I would like to tell it to you.
While he was preaching in a park in London to a large assemblage, she
was passing in her carriage. She said to her footman when she saw
Rowland Hill in the midst of the people, "Why, who is that man?" That is
Rowland Hill, my lady." She had heard a good deal about the man, and she
thought she would like to see him, so she directed her coachman to drive
her near the platform. When the carriage came near he saw the insignia
of nobility, and he asked who that noble lady was. Upon being told, he
said, "Stop, my friends, I have got something to sell." The idea of a
preacher becoming suddenly an auctioneer made the people wonder, and in
the midst of a dead silence he said: "I have more than a title to
sell--I have more than a crown of Europe to sell; it is the soul of Lady
Ann Erskine. Is there anyone here who bids for it? Yes, I hear a bid.
Satan, Satan, what will you give? 'I will give pleasure, honor,
riches--yea, I will give the whole world for her soul.
Pages:
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119