“Ten o’clock at night.

“The day is spent, and I look for the blessing.  It has not been spent so much in my usual way of retracing, confessing, and bewailing, but with Owen on the subject of indwelling sin, of purification and the, means appointed by God.  The blood of Christ is the only effectual means not only as atonement for sin, setting us free from condemnation, but also for cleansing, as sprinkled on the conscience by the Holy Ghost, and purging it from dead works.  There are means in which we are to exercise ourselves, depending on the Spirit for benefit.  We are to work in the faith that God works in us.  Mortification is one means, and though the mortification of the body is perhaps one of the lowest, I think it is of divine appointment, therefore not to be neglected.  I have been also studying the death of Christ, and his previous sufferings; the unbelief, the opposition, contradiction, contempt, and cruel mocking which he endured; and his meekness, patience, and submission under them; healing Malchus’ ear, praying for his murderers; that, as the children of Israel were healed by looking to the brazen serpent, I may be healed by looking unto the uplifted Jesus; the Spirit producing the effect.  And as the woman with the bloody issue was healed by a touch, exercising faith in the power of Christ, so I may be healed by a look, exercising the same faith, the Spirit producing the effect of conformity to his example, working in me that meek and lowly spirit for which I have been praying.  And now, by grace communicated, I hope to watch over my spirit with more success than formerly.  I wait for thy salvation.”

The following letter shows how Mrs. Graham persevered in her endeavors to guide and benefit immortal souls as long as God gave her powers to be employed.

To Mrs. J. W——.

“GREENWICH, 1814.

“Did not the dove, my dear J——­, get into the ark?  Yes, Noah put out his hand and pulled her in; both are types of Christ.  He is the Ark of safety from the flood of wrath that must overwhelm unbelievers.

“I know not, my dear, the amount of that over which you mourn with so much agony; I know not even if it be sinful, except in the circumstances; you are conscious of sincerity, and you do not now wish to draw back.  We can, my dear, do nothing in our own strength; no, not so much as think a good thought.  To make any resolution without dependence on God for strength to perform, is sinful; to make any vow without a consciousness of our weakness and dependence on God for strength to perform, is an aggravation of the evil.

“I suppose my J——­ has sinned; what then?  If any man say he has no sin, he deceives himself, and the truth is not in him.  And if you suppose that your sin in this is greater than many other sins with their aggravations, you judge wrong.  I think that any one deliberate sin, wilfully committed with a knowledge that it is sin, is greater than yours in such circumstances.