A Roman Catholic
Priest
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MARTIN BOOS was a
Romanist. In the discharge
of his office as a
priest he went, in 1789, to visit a
woman distinguished by her humility and piety, who was
dangerously ill. "I do not doubt," said
Boos, endeavour-
ing to prepare her for death, "that you die calmly and
happily." "And why?" said the woman.
"Because,"
replied Boos, "your life has been a continued chain of
good actions."
The woman smiled and said, "If I were to
die relying
for my salvation on the works which you mention, I am
certain that I should be condemned; but that which makes
me calm at this awful moment is that I rely on Jesus
Christ my Saviour."
"Those few words," said Boos
afterwards, "in the
mouth of a dying woman who was looked upon as a saint,
opened my eyes for the first time. I understood the
meaning of ‘Christ for us;’ like Abraham, I saw His day.
From that time I announced to others the Saviour whom
I had learned to know, and there were many who rejoiced
with me."
He was used of God as the
instrument of a religious
awakening, and his labours were blessed in an extra-
ordinary manner. After a long life of much usefulness,
when he felt the end drawing hear, he wrote: "Even now
I feel that none shall see the Lord
without having washed
his robes in the Blood of the
Lamb."
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