Page:Copy of a letter written by David M'Roberts to his wife two days before his execution.pdf/6

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what you are, and for what it pleased god to call you into being. Was it not to glorify him in the world, and enjoy him in the world to come?—He is the god that you and every one that cometh into his world, must appear before, sooner or later; and I must appear before him on Wednesday afternoon! And, oh! Dear, remember, that you have not any covenant with death; and it may be, you may soon follow your husband. You do not know, but the next summons death delivers, may be to you. Oh! then, look into your own heart, and see if you be ready for the change that will happen to you sooner or later: and look to the law of god, and you