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hath the Lord led me, and provided for me; and here I raise my Ebenezer. Have been comfortable in my private exercise, in singing, thanksgiving, and prayer; sung, ' Come, thou fount of every blessing;' thanked my God for the favours of the past year, for health, strength, food, raiment, and the use of my mental faculties, &c. &c. What a dependant creature I am! I could not live one moment without divine aid. I am dependant on God for temporal and spiritual enjoyment. He is the father of all my mercies, the God of all my comfort; he daily loadeth me with benefits. He is the God of salvation: unto him belong the issues from death. What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? new scenes may arise this year, I know not; nor would I be curious to know; let it be my great concern to be prepared for whatever he may see fit to bring upon me: let me wait only upon God, and let my expectation be alone from him. He hath delivered me out of troubles in time past, and I trust will still deliver: his promise is still the same. May I live a life of faith upon the Son of God. Lord Jesus, let thy presence go with me; every day may it abide with me: keep me in thy love; let me imitate thy lovely example; deliver me from the corruptions of my heart, from the power of temptation, from the allurements of the world; let me follow after holiness with all my might, and diligently improve every moment of precious time.

"2nd. This evening I have enjoyed some comfort in reading President Edwards' experience; had some delight in family prayer: blessed be God for a glimpse in a cloudy and dark day. Edwards spent much time in contemplation on divine subjects. I hope my desire is to be holy as God is holy were I holy, I should then be happy.

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"5th. Lord's day morning.-Very comfortable, exceedingly revived. Blessed be the Lord my God; in his presence there is fulness of joy. Verily he is the God of all comfort. When was I ever a thousandth part so happy in my own ways, as I am this morning in the ways of God? How pleasant to read his word, sing his praise, and call upon his name! Here I am happy may I never be so foolish as to seek happiness in any other way. Read the 30th and 36th psalms: here was

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comfort. Sung the 349th bymn: was inexpressibly revived in prayer; my soul was indeed glad; have not enjoyed so much for a long time: was obliged to confine myself to silence, and so could not give vent to my passions; but God can afford consolation in secret and in silence. O the blessedness of that man who shuns the ways of sin, and walks in the law of the Lord, and meditates therein day and night! I felt much enlarged in praying for the shedding abroad of divine influence on the people of God and the ministers of the gospel. 19th. So have I neglected my diary-an evidence of the state of my mind. Of late I have been very unfruitful; have enjoyed scarcely any of my secret duties; have been very much off my guard; have indulged in many things that have hurt my soul, and dishonoured religion. I have been much concerned about future life; have greatly sinned by taking thought for time to come, and in being anxious about worldly things.-Evening. After returning from Chapel, I was very unaffected; came into my study, and read the Memoirs of Cotton Mather, a pious man; but was still unaffected, and afraid that I should thus continue; but it pleased the Lord to look upon me. 1 retired for meditation; I began with the 13th of Hebrews, then I read the 8th of Romans; there the Lord appeared for me, so as to affect my heart with the love of Christ. How precious was the latter part of this chapter to me! I dwelt upon it with peculiar pleasure; my heart was warmed and my soul set at liberty: I was set loose from worldly things, and led to contemplate the promises and invitations of the gospel with great delight and satisfaction of mind. What encouragement there is for poor sinners to come to God by Jesus Christ! I felt resignation to the will of God, and was exceedingly happy. My prayer was, that I might have the same disposition as Paul; that is, to preach Christ, and him alone. I think the desire sprang from a sense of the beauty, excellency and suitableness I perceived in the Redeemer. The love of Christ is a theme which, when I can enter into it, enchants my soul with heavenly delight, beyond, far beyond any other theme whatever. May I be a preacher of Christ; may I ever preach the unseachable riches of Christ to my fellow sinners: may my theme be, none but Christ, none but

Christ. I fear it is because Christ is no more preached, that God witholds his blessing from his people and his servants. After meditating a considerable time, I was very much assisted in prayer, and was so earnest, that it was with great difficulty I refrained from speaking aloud: this continued a considerable time; but I fear lest I should soon lose the relish of these things. 26th.-Have been reading an oration and sermon delivered at the funeral of dear Mr. Pearce. I hope it has been to my spiritual advantage. Verily the promised presence of Christ is a source of consolation to his people, at all times, and under the most distressing bereavements. May I be a follower of that dear man, who is now inheriting the promises.

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"28th.-Having begun to learn Hebrew, I am very earnest in it-too much so, I fear. O Lord grant me wisdom to proportion my attention to every thing according to its importance. May I never think any thing of greater importance than it really is. Help me always to remember, that every thing but an experimental acquaintance with Christ, will fail me in the hour of death.

February 2nd.-I was much struck this morning in hearing read, an account of my blessed Lord, who, though he had worked hard all the day before, rose a great while before day, and went out into a solitary place and there prayed. May I be enabled to imitate this divine example.

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'9th.-Lord's day morning.-Feel revived :-now I know God hath not forsaken me. How pleasant to enjoy the light of his countenance! His favour is life indeed: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. At the prayer meeting, and before, I was unfeeling; but since I have been greatly enlarged in prayer. How happy to enjoy the vivifying influences of the Holy Spirit! This is more to be desired than life. May I remain under these influences all the day, yea, all the days of my life.

"21st. O the uncertainty of health! Last Lord's day I went to preach very well, but returned very ill: am now mercifully restored. May my affliction be sanctified, then I shall have reason to say, 'It is good for me that I have been afflicted.'

"March 2nd.-Have been reading the Life of Mr. John Janeway. What an excellent, amiable, extraordinary young

man! He was about my age when he died; and he began his Christian course about the same time I profess to have begun mine: but ah! how different! how heavenly was he; how carnal am I! He in his sickness lived as if he were in heaven, singing Hallelujah : what an evidence of the power of religion! But what do I know of it? how different should I be, if I lived a life so blessed! How desirable was an end like his!-Have been reading also some rules in Mr. T. Cawtan's Life: 1st, To consider ones own parts and time, and accordingly to order and dispose of them. 2ndly, To be always doing, constant in studies. O may I attend unto this. Mr. Cawtan in a letter to his son, says, Meditate and pray much; lose not the least inch of time. His motto was that of the grand Rabbin: If not now, when? He was a great scholar, and all his acquirements he kept bound as servants to their mistress, divinity, to his dying day.

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"This evening at the monthly prayer meeting, I heard some good news from America: the poor Indians flock to hear the word, and many are converted. One of them stood up, after they had been preaching in the woods, and blessed God that ever he sent the white people there to pray for them, and boldly declared what the Lord had done for him. In Scotland, there appears to be a work carrying on among the young people. O blessed Lord, go on conquering and to conquer.

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23rd.-Preached twice to-day. I have been speaking of important things; but how little have I felt. Oh that I could but feel more deeply concerned for immortal souls! If I was concerned for any to-day, it was for the rising generation. My heart was pained at seeing this sacred day awfully profaned by a number of boys playing in the streets. I spoke to them, and they dispersed; but only from fear and confusion. Surely the rising generation was never more depraved. What will be the end of such vice and iniquity? O Bristol, how do vice and immorality flow down thy streets like mighty waters, carrying all before them! O that the people of God would bestir themselves! What numbers of souls are hanging over hell, just ready to drop in; and shall we not be very earnest in endeavouring, to the utmost of our power, to snatch these brands from the burning.

"30th. Of late I have been thinking that it becomes us to bestir ourselves in this large and populous city in seeking poor sinners, who are in the midst of darkness. Are there not thousands of poor creatures destitute of happiness in worldly things, and going in the broad road leading to destruction? One of my brethren and myself went into the city to-day, to see whether it was practicable to preach to the poor people in the streets and lanes: we hope, if the fine weather continues, to begin next Lord's day. O Lord, help us; give us sincerity; teach us what to do, and how to do it to thy glory.

"31st.—I am very uneasy about some expression I made use of yesterday. One of the brethren expressed some little fear about our preaching in the city, on account of the laws being against us. I said, I had rather lie and rot in a prison, than not attempt to save poor souls. O it was a very unguarded expression! Were I to rot in a prison, would it not be what I deserve? O did I but keep my mouth and my tongue, I should then save myself from much trouble. I desire to be very thankful for the advice of my dear tutor last evening. May I improve it to real purpose: surely I need advice more than any one.

"April 6th.-I have been reading the Life of Mr. Powell, an eminent man in the Puritan days. He died a prisoner for the gospel's sake in the 11th year of his imprisonment. When he was at liberty, he preached most days, and sometimes two or three times in a day. He seems to have been something like myself in temper, which he continually lamented. I hope I have obtained some comfort in reading his Memoir. O that, like him, I may be filled with love to immortal souls, so that I may gladly spend and be spent in the cause of the Lord Jesus!

"13th.-News from India, which announces the arrival of the dear brethren, but says, One is not!' 'One is not!' Brother Grant is dead. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' Blessed soul, your course has been short; but it hath been glorious. O happy end! Lord, give resignation to thy sovereign will, and impart abundant consolation to those who may be most afflicted with this providence. Thy ways are dark, but they are always right;