The night lamp
Subtitle: a narrative of the means by which spiritual darkness was dispelled from the death-bed of Agnes Maxwell MacFarlane
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.
Published: 1851
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Description: "Third thousand."
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Chapter I.; title: Ancestral Piety.; title: Maternal Faith and Triumph in Death — Celestial Visitations to Dying Believers — Dr Gordon — A Child — The Minister's Daughter — Supernatural Revelations to Saints on their Death-Beds not Unscriptural nor Uncommon, 1; title: Chapter II.; title: The Pastor's Death.; title: Paternal Piety and Grief — Letters to Captain Husband — Letters of Consolation from Dr Lawson, Dr Dick, Dr Henry Belfrage, Dr Wardlaw, and Dr John Brown — Death and Character of Dr Husband — Mr Brown of Inverkeithing — Death-Bed Testimonies of Agnes' Father, 21; title: Chapter III.; title: Early Nurture and Admonition; title: Hereditary Friendship — A Scene in the Manse at Dunfermline with the Orphans — Early Days of Agnes — Novel Reading — The Waverly Novels — Last Night in the Manse — Removal to Edinburgh — Residence at Longridge — Education there — Progress — Return to Dunfermline, 58; title: Chapter IV.; title: The Farewells of Life.; title: Education Prosecuted — Death of Mrs Dewar — Visit to Mrs Abercrombie in Edinburgh — Goes to the Boarding Establishment of Miss White — Sisterly Love — Death of her Sister-in-Law — Extracts from Agnes' Correspondence — Visits Rew in Perthshire — Scenery there — Visits the Author at Kincardine — Returns to Luscar House — Attentions to a Sick Brother — Becomes a Member of the Church — Importance of this Step — Pre-requisites — Goes to Edinburgh — Correspondence — Her Love of Society — Anonymous Letter — Estimate of her by a Young Friend — Her last visit to Dunfermline — Commencement of her Illness, 87; title: Chapter V.; title: The Valley of the Shadow of Death Entered.; title: First Interview on her Sick-bed with the Author — First Alarm of Relatives — The Duty of Informing the Dying of their Situation — Painful Attempt at this — A Failure — The Young Heart not Easily Alarmed — The First Use of the * Night Lamp' — Her Anxious Thoughts — Her Fears — Her Unbelief — Efforts to Dispel them Unsuccessful — Divine Decrees — Neander — Serious Conversations — The Sin against the Holy Ghost — Increasing Uneasiness both of Body and Mind, 129; title: Chapter VI.; title: The Rise of Faith.; title: Solicitude about her Conversion — A Hope that it had taken place — Sabbath in the Sick-chamber — Her Hymns — Her First Alarms about Death — Interviews with Dr Halley of Troy, and Mr Brown of Inverkeithing — Her Melancholy Thoughts — Conversations with her Brother — Death Contemplated with less Aversion — Unbelief giving Way — Faith Rising — Preparation for Death now Begun in Earnest — Her Conversion, 169; title: Chapter VII.; title: The Growth of Grace.; title: Interview with Friends — Calmness of Mind in the Midst of Solemn Work — Peaceful Anticipation of Heaven — Conversations with her Brother — The Precious Blood of Christ — Anecdote of her Father — Second Interview with Dr Halley — Mrs Cunningham's Account of her Interviews with Agnes, 206; title: Chapter VIII.; title: The Fruits of Peace.; title: A Series of Conversations with the Author on Important Subjects, evidencing her Progress in Spirituality and Heavenly-mindedness — Her Great and Increasing Sufferings — Her Beautiful Patience — A Dark Cloud Comes — Dr Halley's Last Interview with her — Her Love of Devotion — She wearies for her Translation — Takes Pleasure in Reading out of Willison — Peculiarities in her Death-bed Work, 230; title: Chapter IX.; title: The Assurance of Hope.; title: No sameness in Religion — Evident in the Experiences of Dying Saints — Illustrated in Agnes — Her Godly Jealousy — Conversations with the Author — Love of Prayer — Reminiscences of Dr.  Belfrage at the Lord's Table — Her weakness greatly Increases — Symptoms of Death — Her Hope Sure and Steadfast — One Little Cloud — Dissipated by the 'Night Lamp' — Great Sufferings — Desires to know what may be the Time of her Departure — The full Assurance of her Hope — Dying Ecstasies — A Parting Scene, 257; title: Chapter X.; title: Death and the Grave; title: Simplicity the Character of Agnes' Dying Testimony — God's Wonderful Goodness — Her Last Sabbath on Earth — Sublime Scene — Farewell Interview with her Eldest Brother — Her Latest Testimony — Her Last Day — Her Last Moment — Mr Brown of Inverkeithing's Visit after her Death — Removal of the Body to Dunfermline — The Scenery by the Way — Crossing at Queensferry by Moonlight — Interment in the Abbey Cemetery — Concluding Reflections, 297