recovered.  I durst not refuse it, although I felt my inability very great.  My mental struggles since have been many.  It is suggested I am influenced by pride; that I imagine I can do better than another; only by casting myself upon God, and resolving to leave myself in His hands, I find help.  O that I were satisfied, I am called to this work!  By any means discover this to me, and fit me by Thy grace; then gladly will I be spent for Thee, who gavest Thyself an offering for me.—­I went in much fear to meet Mrs. K’s little flock, among whom I felt liberty; but afterward, my uneasy state of mind returned.  O God, since all things are possible to Thee, subdue my heart; let all within and all without submit to Thy sovereign sway.  One of the members requested me to read the last chapter of the first Epistle of Peter, which I have done several times, and found it sweet.”

As Mrs. K. never recovered, and indeed died shortly after, Mrs. Lyth’s appointment to the office of leader was confirmed; an arrangement, which, notwithstanding her deep sense of her own insufficiency, met with the cordial approbation of the class.  One of the oldest members, who was present on the occasion of her first meeting them, says, “I well recollect, with what profound humility, and with what fear and trembling, she undertook the office of class-leader.  While she was confessing to us, that she felt utterly unworthy, and unfit for such a responsibility, my heart rejoiced, that we were privileged with the appointment of one, possessed of so many excellencies.  She said, if the Lord had anything for her to do, she durst not refuse; that He had often employed very weak instruments to carry on His work; and added, “Oh! that He may use me for His glory!  Friends, you must pray that the Lord may give me a double portion of His spirit, for I feel my own helplessness.”  Then, on her knees, she poured out her soul to God with great earnestness, that He would fully qualify her for the work which had been imposed upon her.”  Her own conviction of duty was however not so easily attained, and several entries occur like the following:—­

“I again met Mrs. K’s class, and found it very profitable to my own soul:  yet I am not quite satisfied I am right.  O make it fully known, and, if this is the path of duty, crown my feeble efforts.—­None but the true Christian knows the sweets of communion with the Father, and the Son, through the blessed Spirit.  ’Them that honour me I will honour, came sweetly to my mind yesterday; by which I was led to see, if I faithfully walk in His commandments, He will honour me with His presence, and clothe me with His free Spirit.  While pouring out my soul in secret, the nearness I felt to Jesus is better felt than expressed;—­unusual power to give my all to Him without any reserve, as far as I can judge of myself.  Is this the work of entire sanctification?  Set to Thy seal, O my God, let the enemy no more rob me of this jewel; but bear directly to my heart, the