Even to gray hairs will I carry you

“‘I have made, and I will bear, and even to gray hairs will I carry you.’

Precious promise! Forever trust in it. Dismiss all anxious fears, all quailings of the fleshly mind in contemplating your transit to another state. He who gave you your being, and appointed your place and condition in this life, will not fail to be near you when you pass through the valley of the shadow of death.

He knows your feebleness, and, that without him, you can not be otherwise than appalled at the thought of that stupendous passage. But he that made you, will bear you through, and deliver you from all fear, and all danger.”

— Mary Ann Kelty, 1860
Quaker writer

Today’s Invitation

Allow God to carry you.

This Week’s Query

What do you believe happens after death?

Are you afraid of death? What gives you comfort?

Share your response!

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  • Mary Ann Kelty

    Mary Ann Kelty (1789-1873) was a teacher and author in England. She who discovered the writings of early Friends later in her life. She never formally joined with them in membership (though she is said to have frequently attended the Friends’ meeting house at Peckham). She wrote the book “The Lives and Persecutions of the Primitive Quakers.”

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