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Excerpt from The Earnest Christian: A Discourse, Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Mary Hooker This is the highest eulogium that can possibly be pronounced upon a human being. To employ our powers for a right end is well. It is the commencement of a holy life, and the express condition of our acceptance with God. But to employ all our powers, to the full extent of their capacity, for a right end, is to attain to the highest possible form of excellence. This is the consummation of a holy life, and the perfecting of our union with God. It is to be like him. It is to love him with all the heart, and to serve him with all the strength. It is to become ripe for that world into which nothing that defileth shall come. It is not necessary to suppose that our Saviour intended to apply this declaration, in its fullest possible meaning, to that devoted friend who was then pouring the precious ointment upon his head and his feet. It was enough if she closely approximated to that spirit of entire consecration, and was rapidly attaining to its full possession. The language is fully justifiable, if doing with her might what her hands found to do for her Lord, had become her prominent characteristic, so marked, decided, and controlling as to be known and read of all men. It would be delightful to know more of the meek and devoted woman of whom these words were spoken. She appears as a prominent actor in the most touching scenes of our Saviour's life. She was evidently the object of his tenderest regard. He bestows upon her, and that in her own presence, commendations such as no other person would seem, from the gospel narratives, to have received. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.