Series 6 > McCulloch examinations of the Cambuslang revival (1742) > Volume 6

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EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONS UNDER SPIRITUAL CONCERN II
to have been converted some weeks before, and (like old Jacob embracing his
son Joseph) fell upon her Neck & kissed her; and own’d her obhgations to her
for her Prayers for her & good Advices, to her And after that, she went and
shook hands with all the Company, commending Christ and the sweetness
[274/—] of his Love and the Riches of his Grace to them; and inviting every
one whom she took to be a Stranger to Christ to come to him; and begging
such as she took to be acquainted with him, to help her to praise him for his
wonderful Love and Grace to her that had been the chief of Sinners, but now
had obtained mercy.
After this the Minister a Preacher and another Person prayed; and the
Company was dismiss’d. And all this, for her first coming into the Room,
to the Close, lasted above three hours. During all which time, the gracious
Power & Presence of God, was very sensible and remarkable to these of the
Company who had been before acquainted with it: and a deep Concern about
Salvation also fell upon others of them, that had formerly been Strangers to
any thing of that nature. And this Account being set down by the Minister
next morning, as was said before, & read over by him to a General Meeting
of the Socities for Prayer in the Parish that met at his House that day, they
were greatly affected in hearing it.
[275/-] a.z.
On that Lords Night after I had first received Comfort in the Ministers
Closet, I went home with much joy, and after some time going to bed, I fell
asleep for a little time, & awaked again in a great fright, finding nothing of
that sweet frame with which I lay down: but within a little, that Word, Fear
not for I am with thee,12 shin’d into my heart with sweet Divine Rays, and
immediatly quieted & comforted me. And much of this frame continued
with me till Thursday thereafter; when many doubts & fears about my Souls
condition arose in my mind, but these were banished from me by that word
coming into my mind with great sweetness, Truly our fellowship is with the
Father & with his Son Jesus Christ.
On Munday next my Master being to go in to Glasgow, desir’d me to
go along with him to an Associate Minister () there, saying, my doing so
might do much good, & be a mean of bringing that Minister to a good
Opinion of the Work here. I thought if it might be for the Glory of God
& the good of Souls, I was willing to go, & speak to him, & it was with
these hopes I was prevaild on to go. My Mistress desir’d me to keep all
close, & let no body know [276/—] any thing of my going till I came back:
at her desire I did so, and did not so much as tell my Parents, who liv’d
hard by, of it. My Master before I went out with him, told me, There
would be Exercise [worship]13 in that Ministers house, and therefore I
Gen 26124, Isa 41:10, Isa 43:10.
Text bracketed by McCulloch.