236 SYBEL, THE GERMAN TEACHER.

“T have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith, I
am saved! This is my deathbed; let me sleep a little,
and then I am ready to die.” ‘To his children: “ The
blessing of Abraham, the blessing of Isaac, and the
blessing of Jacob come upon you.” Again and again
he said to his beloved Bertha, “ Bear thy suffering like
a Christian woman when I am dead; seek Jesus and
his help, there is no help anywhere else.” He prayed
and sang as long as his strength held out. Among his
papers one was found requesting that his funeral ser-
mon should be on the words, “ This is a faithful saying,
and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
nto the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.”

Ludwig. You have given me the history of so good
a man and so noble-hearted a teacher, that I would
gladly learn more of him. :

Carl, Then you had better take the volume with
you. It was printed at Berlin in 1841, and is by the
Rev. Dr. Liebetrut, an intimate friend of Sybel.