can only wish to prolong his continuance in it, till, through Divine grace, his faith has been so strengthened, his repentance and obedience so perfected, and his soul and body so sanctified, that he may be in a condition to be admitted into eternal glory, through the infinite merits and mediation of the ever blessed Jesus. That such may be my condition, and the condition of all those belonging to me, may God of his mercy grant, for the sake of the same Christ Jesus, our blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen."

"Paid my respects to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. Had a long conversation with him on Church matters; and was highly gratified to hear the Prince talk on them so correctly and so zealously." 1808.

No. XI.

"Sent a benefaction to the Society for the Conversion of the Jews to Christianity. May God prosper the undertaking, to the promotion of His honour, in the salvation of many souls; that those who now sit in darkness may see the light of Divine truth, and that we may become one fold, under one shepherd, Jesus Christ the Righteous. Amen.

"A time will come when we shall think that money only has been profitably expended, which had the advancement of God's honour and glory in the world for its object."

If it were the business of man to make a religion for himself, the Deist, the Theophilanthropist, the Stoic, or even the Epicurean himself, might be approved; but this is not the case. We are to believe what God has taught us, and to do what he has commanded.'

"To talk, therefore, in the liberal language of the day, that every man has a right to worship God in his own way is downright nonsense.

April, 1810. "Finished my letter to Sir John Nicholl, God be praised! Bless, O Lord, I beseech Thee, my humble endeavours in Thy service, to the promotion of Thy honour, and the preservation of Thy Church among us. Amen, Amen."

No. XII.

Meditation.

"Amid the abundance of good things with which a gracious Providence has been pleased to bless me -far, very far beyond my deserving-thank God that I possess a contented mind; there being nothing that this world hath to give that I can either covet or desire; the only thing for which I wish to live in it, being, that through Divine grace, my repentance, faith, love, and obedience, may be so far perfected, that this life ended, I may be received into everlasting favour, through the infinite

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merits of that dear Saviour in whom I trust. With respect to those most dear to me, who be left behind—after the ample provision which Thou, O Lord, hast been pleased to enable me to make for them, as to the things of this world--I have nothing to desire, but that Thou wouldest bestow them upon plentifully of Thy grace and heavenly wisdom, that they may become Thy accepted servants; so trusting in Thee, so loving Thee, and so walking with Thee faithfully in this world, that in the world to come we may all meet together in eternal glory. Amen, for Jesus' sake, Amen."

Obliged to stay at home from Church all day. O Lord, Thou knowest what is best for us under all circumstances. Not my will, therefore, but Thine be done. But whilst my body is pressed down with infirmities, O, let my soul be raised up unto Thee, for unto Thee alone do I look for health and salvation. Thou art good, and doest good -teach me Thy statutes.-In the words of Bishop Patrick, who hath thus paraphrased upon this verse, Thou art in thine own nature kind and good; and nothing else can proceed from Thee, who designest our good even when Thou afflictest us. Take what methods Thou pleasest with me, only teach me effectually to do as Thou wouldest I have me to do. Amen.""

My adorable God, I humbly beseech Thee to accept the sacrifice I here, in all humility, (and I trust in all sincerity) desire to make unto Thee of the remainder of my life, to be entirely devoted to

serve and adore Thee, with the utmost vigour both of soul and body. And I humbly implore Thee, to bestow on me every grace and every virtue, that may render me acceptable to Thee, and worthy of Thy service.

"Pardon, I beseech Thee, all the sins and offences of my past life, for the sake of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ; and be pleased to bestow upon me a steadfast faith, an ardent love, an humble and perfect obedience, and a will most absolutely under the guidance of Thy Divine Will; to which I beg that I may be ever perfectly subservient, with all readiness and cheerfulness. And should any action of my life or thought of my heart be in the least contradictory to Thy will, I heartily renounce that and myself.

"My gracious God, as I could not have taken this resolution without Thy particular mercy, so I know I never shall be able to maintain it without Thy continual assistance; grant, therefore, of Thy great mercy, that I may entirely overcome all my passions, and contract and draw all my affections into one constant and overflowing stream of love to Thee. Let neither the world, nor life itself, be ever able to withdraw the least part of them from that channel; but as all my thoughts and actions are continually before Thee, so I humbly beseech Thee, may they never be unworthy of Thy Divine presence, for Jesus' sake, Thy blessed Son, my merciful Redeemer. Amen."

"Mr. Hey spent the day. In allusion to some of the nonsensical speeches which were made by a

number of very forward and very young men, at the meeting of the Bible Society at Devizes, he made the following shrewd remark: If I had attended the meeting, (says he) I would have made but a very short speech, and it should have been this-Gentlemen, in my way hither I passed through a corn-field, and I observed that all the ears of corn which were full, were heavy and bowed their heads down; but all the ears which were light, having nothing in them-stood bolt upright."

No. XIII.

On Prayer.

"Prayer, unaccompanied with fervent love. towards God, is like a lamp unlighted—the words of prayer without love, being as unprofitable as the oil and cotton of the other, without the flame.' O Lord! grant, I beseech Thee, unto thy servant, that true spirit of prayer, which can alone render it acceptable at the throne of grace, and profitable to myself—that my heart and affections being thine, I may by degrees become so wholly thine, as finally to be in a fit condition, through thy sanctifying spirit, to dwell with Thee in glory. Amen.

Spent the morning with my old friend at Steeple-Ashton. He related to us a droll anec dote, about a young man who was passing an examination with him at Cambridge. Mr. Hey's