“I am convinced that the provision I have laid in for my last journey in the wilderness and through Jordan, is selected by the influence of the Holy Ghost.  He takes of the things of Christ and shows them unto me; and while he keeps upon my mind my meanness, my vileness, wrings my heart with the retrospect of my backslidings and highly aggravated transgressions, he opens at the same time the leaves of the New Testament and shows me my deliverance from punishment, the redemption of my soul, and my translation into the kingdom of God’s dear Son:  I weep and rejoice; I loathe myself, and clasping my Saviour to my heart, am at a loss for words to express how precious he is to my saved soul.

“Jesus, I love thy charming name,
’Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That heaven and earth should hear.

Yes, thou art precious to my soul,
My transport and my trust,
My Saviour, Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
No other good I boast.

All my capacious powers can wish,
In thee doth richly meet;
Not to mine eyes is light so dear. 
Nor friendship’s self so sweet.

Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart
And shed its fragrance there,
The noblest balm of all my wounds,
And cordial of my care.

I’ll speak the honors of thy name
While I have life and breath;
Then, speechless, clasp thee in my arms,
The antidote of death.’

“Dr. M——­ preached in the evening from Eph. 3:30:  ’For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.’  It was a rich sermon; I enjoyed it at the time, but cannot recall it.  Blessed Spirit, keep it for me, and feed me with the substance of it, as I stand in need.

“Accept of my thanks, blessed Jesus; that through thy meritorious life and death, I have an interest in the great whole.  Accept of my thanks, blessed Spirit, for thus taking the things of Christ and showing them unto me.  And accept of my thanks, Father of mercies, for the gift of thy Son, and all these blessings in him.

“’Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus.’  Amen.”

“GREENWICH, Sabbath.

“Heard Dr. Milledoler preach in the state prison to the convicts, from Luke 19:10:  ’For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost.’  He addressed them as fellow-sinners, all being by nature lost and dependent on the same means for recovery.

“True, my heart accords.  O Lord, thou knowest I stand in my own estimation a sinner, the chief of sinners.  These have added to their sin against thee, breach against men, and are suffering the penalty.