She is apparently near the close of life, and patiently
waiting the will of God. From thence I went to
visit M.H. in the county hospital, but as dinner came
in, I left her to see Mrs. W., who is in a precarious
state, and much encumbered with worldly care.
Here the Lord gave me power of utterance, and the
spirit of prayer.—After six days spent
at Acomb, I returned home much out of love with myself.
My visit on the whole has been pleasant. With
and without my friends, I have visited many of the
inhabitants. In some cases I have derived profit;
but in others, I have had to take up my cross:
yet I have had but one aim—to do, and get
good.—I went to meet the dear people, but
I was so overwhelmed by a dull pain in my head—accompanied
with drowsiness, that I thought, how shall I speak
to them? but the Lord graciously removed the indisposition,
and blest my soul.—The Rev. Daniel Isaac
departed this life, after a lingering illness.
He preached his last sermon in Haxby, and paid his
last visit to our house; but the place that knew him
shall know him no more for ever. So will it soon
be said of me.—Jesus hath broke the bars
of death, and opened paradise. In visiting, I
was much refreshed. Tears of contrition rolled
down the face of Mrs. L. and Mrs. E. One was added
to the little class. All were present, and I felt
loath to take leave of them; but so it must be.
Thos. Y. will now take charge of them. Thus
ends my career in Haxby. And after the toil and
trouble of removing, I am now comfortably seated at
Grove Terrace. To Thee, the blessed Donor of
all I enjoy, would I render thanks. I have written
an address to my Haxby members.—The division
of my little class seems now to be working well.
O Lord behold and come, visit this vine; let its young
and tender branches twine round about Thee; yea, let
the whole be baptized with the Holy Ghost!—The
last moments of this beautiful month (May) will soon
have past for ever; but the record will remain, when
the angel shall stand, ’one foot on the sea and
the other on the land, and swear that time shall be
no longer.’ Solemn thought! I feel
the importance of it, and the necessity of being clothed
upon, with the righteousness of Christ. Well,
I have got into the stripping-room. O for a full
abandonment of self, a full giving up! Praise
God, my heart yields, and distrusting itself, lays
hold of Jesus by faith. I feel solicitous for
the spiritual and temporal welfare of my family, especially
my two eldest sons. My resolve is to cast my
care upon God. I feel power to leave them in His
hands, and believe He will work on their behalf.—I
opened my Bible, and my eye was caught by the words,
’Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Behold He smote the rock, that the waters gushed out,
and the streams overflowed. Can He give bread?
Can He provide flesh for His people?’ It appeared
a broad answer to a conversation we had the night
preceding. I was encouraged to lay hold on it.—Only
indisposed, but made myself worse by going to the