many private interviews were had, and the little company of Friends met every evening for reading the Holy Scriptures and for religious fellowship. Endre Dahl returning home, the English Friends concluded after solemn conference to remain for awhile. Sarah Ann Doeg felt this separation keenly, but was impressed with the text, "Ye shall not go out in haste, &c.," and cast her care and burden on the Lord. A few days after, they called on a member of the Free Church, who received them with openness. Several others came in, and they stayed tea. Afterwards they had a chapter read, and both our Friends were enabled to address them in the Norsk language, to the tendering of their hearts together. We could indeed acknowledge (say they) that the Lord was with us of a truth." Various other meetings and calls were made, and in a few weeks they found themselves again at their Stavanger home, their cup running over with the Divine consolations.

The labours of three summers were however followed by sickness, under which Sarah Ann Doeg was brought very low, and confined to bed; but, pleading the merits of her adorable Redeemer, found "an anchor to the soul, both sure and steadfast." She was however raised up

again if not to make long and fatiguing journeys, yet enabled with her dear husband still to work for her Saviour in the field to which He had called them. From time to time, many of those whom they had sought out in the islands and mountains, renewed their Christian fellowship with them in their own home; and they had the evidence that their work and their sacrifices were owned by Him who is Head of the Church, and divideth His gifts to every one severally as He will.

At the end of 1859, our dear friend and her

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husband paid a visit of some months to their native land. On their passage from Stavanger they encountered a very severe storm. "Landed (she writes) at Christiansand on the 7th of Eleventh month, with thankful hearts for preservation from the perils of the deep." furious and alarming was the tempest, that she says, "I prayed earnestly again and again, that if consistent with the Lord's will, the storm might abate, and we be preserved from a watery grave. But it felt to me as if there was no entrance for my prayer and the query was darted through my mind' Art thou a Christian? if thou art, what hast thou to fear? what will it matter, whether thou find a watery grave, or die in thy bed? If thou art a child of God, He will receive

thee for His Son's sake, and the change will be to thee unspeakably glorious.'-I thought I was a child of God; I knew that I desired to be one : but I could not come to that perfect willingness either to live or to die,-the ability to say from the heart, 'Thy will, O Lord, not mine, be done,' that I wished for. And now my gracious God has given me 'my life for a prey:'-O that it may be renewedly devoted to His service!"

While in England our dear friend had a painful attack of sciatica: and though restored from the active effects of this complaint, other consequences were afterwards exhibited, which ended in permanent debility. With fluctuating health, she remained another three years and-ahalf resident in Stavanger. She had a seven weeks' confinement to her room in the winter of 1860-1; and an attack of rheumatic fever at the end of 1862, so severe, that for three months she was unable to dress herself without assistance. The disease settled in her knees: but when partially restored, "I live in hope (she said) that my good and gracious Lord, who has done so much for me, will yet enable me to go up to the assembly of His people, and praise His holy name once more on the bended knee, who is worthy, worthy, everlastingly worthy." This

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request was granted. and down to see her friends, and "to impart to them some spiritual gift," were over; yet when others were going on such errands, her spirit went with them in fervent prayer.

It is believed the social influence that Sarah Ann Doeg exercised during her residence in Norway was of great service, as well as her deep religious exercises, and her feeling sympathy. Always unselfish, she would spend and be spent to promote either the physical, moral, or religious improvement of others; especially in a country, where the poverty and necessities of the humbler classes originated frequent visits to their houses of a benevolent character, in which she often endeavoured to direct attention to higher concerns. Her knowledge of Homœopathic medicine was much valued. At one time she had on her list the names of about 100 patients and when at home, she regularly set aside an hour or two every morning in attending to them. Her practice was attended with some instances of remarkable success, and the gratitude of the poor people was touching. "Would that I were equally grateful," she would say, "to my Heavenly Father for His many gifts to me."

She finally returned to England in the

summer of 1863. But the rheumatic gout with which she was afflicted was incurable. For some years she suffered great pain in the joints, limbs and fingers, till they became stiffened, so as to render her helpless. For a time she could feed herself with difficulty, but this eventually failed. Just enough muscular action remained in the hand, to enable her to write with a pencil placed between the fingers, and only three days before her death she wrote in this way to one of her friends.

Those who had the privilege of visiting her in her long affliction and helplessness, can surely never forget the pattern of Christian tranquillity, the bright and sunny cheerfulness, and even vivacity of mind she exhibited; giving evidence of that peace the world cannot give or take away, of that rest that remaineth for the people of God, of the everlasting arm that can support in all weakness. On the 25th of Fourth month, 1870, she made the following memorandum :-" While sitting alone this morning, my heart was sweetly humbled and contrited by a sense of my Heavenly Father's love. So sweet and so precious was the sense of nearness and communion with Him whom my soul loveth, that all seemed for a time absorbed in the longing desire, 'Abide with me.'