Memorials of Agnes Elizabeth Jones / by her sister ; with introduction by Florence Nightingale.

  • Jones, J., Miss.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Memorials of Agnes Elizabeth Jones / by her sister ; with introduction by Florence Nightingale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I INTRODUCTION. xxxiii I cannot say in my weak words, what she used to tell as to her questionings : Shall I be able ever to meet the dreariness^ the disappointments, the isolation?” And the answer, “ Not in my own strength, but in. His; not for my work’s sake, but for His.” “ My grace is sufficient for thee. My strength is made perfect in thy weakness.” That answer of God to St.. Paul, she realized in her daily life more than any one I ever knew. ■ She was peculiarly sensitive to little acts and words of kindness, and also of unkind- ness ; and if a nosegay, a friendly letter came to her in her times of overwork and dis- couragement, she would take it exactly as if it had been sent her by her Father Himself. “ I do not say to Him, Give success,’’ she once said ; if all fails to human eyes, if I do nothing, ^ not my way, but His be done ; not as I will, but as Thou wilt.’ ” c