Mary, the Scottish Servant 1840-1869
We only know of her through William Goold- her employer, she also attended his church.
We do not know her surname as she was an impoverished orphan.
Mary was close to her parents and wrote in her diaries "I wish I had a mother's ear to pour all my troubles into" but she still reminded herself "I have a heavenly father whom I can go to at all times"
Mary lived a very hard life as a maid in the 19th Century and went working from place to place- she longed to go back to her native Scotland as she found a lack of prayer meetings and she was also bullied by the other house maids.
Mary was passionate about Christ and she was involved in gospel tract distribution, whereever she was.
Her last days were spent in the home of a Christian family who took her in- at the age of 29 she died from an unknown condition causing her severe stomach pains.
On the surface Mary's life was tragic- being an orphan, travelling around not knowing how long she'd stay at a house, being bullied by other maids in London and when she found a man she was going to marry she died at the age of 29.
But as her biographer put : "Her much prized communion seasons on earth are now exchanged for the blessed and never ending communion of the upper sanctuary".
As Leonard Ravenhill puts it- "In light of eternity".
Source:
Banner Of Truth Magazine April 2024
We do not know her surname as she was an impoverished orphan.
Mary was close to her parents and wrote in her diaries "I wish I had a mother's ear to pour all my troubles into" but she still reminded herself "I have a heavenly father whom I can go to at all times"
Mary lived a very hard life as a maid in the 19th Century and went working from place to place- she longed to go back to her native Scotland as she found a lack of prayer meetings and she was also bullied by the other house maids.
Mary was passionate about Christ and she was involved in gospel tract distribution, whereever she was.
Her last days were spent in the home of a Christian family who took her in- at the age of 29 she died from an unknown condition causing her severe stomach pains.
On the surface Mary's life was tragic- being an orphan, travelling around not knowing how long she'd stay at a house, being bullied by other maids in London and when she found a man she was going to marry she died at the age of 29.
But as her biographer put : "Her much prized communion seasons on earth are now exchanged for the blessed and never ending communion of the upper sanctuary".
As Leonard Ravenhill puts it- "In light of eternity".
Source:
Banner Of Truth Magazine April 2024
