Memoir of the Chisholm

FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE. 148
godly sorrow, to advance, is the best of all,
when so advanced with faith in His blood,
who ' came to seek and to save that which
was lost. - ' I date the commencement of this
calling of God from Strathpeffer ; no doubt
all His providences have been tending to it,
and many I might trace.
" But I must now conclude this, the first
birth-day letter I have been able to write to
you, my dearest mother, wherein I could say
that my heart was changed, as I do indeed
hope I may now say. Oh ! that I may do
so, ' rejoicing with trembling.' Before, I
neither knew what this meant, nor inquired
about it, nor sought after it ; neither could I.
May God hear your prayers for me, and mine
for you ; and may you and I, and Duncan,
and Jemima, and all for whom we would pray,
be brought to Christ, and everlasting life
through Him. My warmest love to Jemima.
" Ever, my dearest mother,
" Your most affectionate and dutiful son,
" Alexander W. Ohisholm."
" Lady Ramsay."
The next is characterized by a similar train
of thought :