Father drew the hot nail-rod out of the fire and raised it as
tho he was going to strike me, when I exclaimed:
“I don’t want to be killed, now I am made!” Then, with a hearty
laugh, he took me home to mother.--“Incidents in a Busy Life.”
(1793)
=Life as Testimony=--See NATIVE CONVERTS.
=Life, Brevity of=--See BREVITY OF LIFE.