remaineth, for the people of God, How important, that we should stir ourselves up to take hold on Goddest we perish through our supineness and unbelief: dicob to wobrila odt to 79llev duch ads otáí tilvil 19 It is a great thing to be saved. It is a wonderful thing for a sinner to be prepared to spend an eternity with a holy God! May he grant, for his mercy's sake, that the late sorrowful dispensation may be a rod to every one of us, gentle indeed, but efficacious to drive 9110590 715m 101191 21 Jen us to Him, who is a rock of defence, a strong tower, a refuge in the hour of trial and death! I feel a Hunt ghee a strong desire, that it may also be sanctified to your church. I wish to have them feel, that a mighty one has fallen among them, and that it is necessary that they should Plead earnestly with the King in Zion, to let the mantle this ascended Elijah fall on those who are left behind. The death of such a man is a great loss to the Church. But God can raise up many such. He will, however, be inquired of, by his spiritual Israel, to do this thing

for them.

Remember me affectionately to our dear mother, and tell her I think much of f her, and hope she will find, that the absence of the dear friend who was with her so lang is more than made up, in the presence of that God, who has graciously styled himself the husband and judge of the widow, I noitentie guizz rieds ni modt not be

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si October 16.111 called in by accident, as we say tÖL day, at a miserable-looking house, where I found a poor amicted woman, of twenty or twenty-three years of age, Whose case affected me much. She has one child three months old, and one eighteen months oldçois in miserable health herself, and has an intemperate unkind Husband. She appeared broken-hearted, and almost beteft of reason. She was born inaal attended Mr. M's

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young woman is in a state little short of despair. She 50t modt.no 0 TO 610 9 says it is impossible for her to have a moment a alone, and that her husband and mother-in-law, will let her read her Bible. She said to me, "Oh! if I could go abot Jud di 992 of 399929 Dirona w ba up and stay at your house but one night ! It seemed as if God had directed us to the place; I hope for good. I cannot keep this

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MUST not every Christian feel, that no stripes which his heavenly Father inflicts, are any thing to him,compared with the conflicts he has to maintain, with a heart of unbelief, beer, and a nature prone to e evil? When we are enabled to look steadily at the things which are not seen and eternal, and, what is more, to place our affections upon them, how it how it smooths the roughness of this world; how it lightens every burden, and sends us on our way rejoicing ob of toute vot tud noitelee 107 vino I do not know, however, but we are in some danger of calculating too much upon our enjoyments here, even our spiritual enjoyments. I suppose we should be more solicitous to do the will of God, and glorify him, and benefit those about us, than to obtain even spiritual comfort. Perhaps, however, I am wrong in thus sepa

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Boston, November 3, 1818. I AM unwilling that Mr. B. should return, without bearing to you the expressions of our sincere sympathy in your present affliction, without telling you how truly we are concerned for your sorrow; and that we are not without strong hopes of our dear -'s final and perfect restoration.* I knew a young lady, several years since, in who was deranged a whole summer, and was restored, without the slightest symptom, to my knowledge, of the disease since. I believe I mentioned to you, when we were last at your house, the similar case ofof this town. She is now perfect

ly well.

But after all, I know, (may I not say, by experience,) that there is no resting-place short of a cordial willingness to have God do what he pleases. And is he not worthy to govern? Are not our interests, and those of our dear ones, safer in his hands than they would be anywhere else? So long as he has infinite love for his children, to will all that he sees to be best for them, and infinite power to execute all the purposes of his will, may he not safely be trusted? And, supposing the worst, suppose it should please God to conduct our dear through the whole wilderness of life under the shade of this thick cloud, would not the mercies of the dispensation infinitely outweigh its calamities? Is she not beloved of her heavenly Father? Has he not pledged his honour, that all things shall work together for her good? Is she not graven as a signet upon his heart? Shall she not be led in a right way, the way best for her soul, though it be dark and inscrutable to us? Oh yes. Surely He, who, for her sake, spared

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* A daughter of the lady to whom this letter was written, was then in a state of mental derangement.

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not, but delivered up his own Son, will, with him, also give her all other necessary things. If she is a Christian, as we have good reasonart believe she is, God loves her r far better than we do we do and he could, if he chose, remove his visitation with a word. If he does not remove it, it will be because he has good and

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unusual effort; and the disposition to mental exertion declines, as it is found to be laborious. Though all cannot be supposed to possess equal ad Istre, ton ed yom lliw end to Ladog vantages for the cultivation of the mental faculties, yet one most possess advantages which, duly improved, might have advanced them higher in the scale of human greats ness than they are." free daily occurrences of life fur nish an "înfinite variety of occasion for IF wise may seize as mine the code which the culty is not so much is not the fovement: 190 48 dito? such as in mo the want of the ability or the disposition to profit by them. To teach us how to downtime 191 and turn to the best accolto do this, how to seize upon every means of improvement with which we are furnished by Providence, is, or ought to be, the great end of education. Whatever we

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