“Lord, I renew my blank.  I afresh roll them all over upon thee.  I will try to look on, in the faith that all things shall work together for good to their souls, and that I shall yet see the day, or if I see it not, that it will come, when they shall bow at thy footstool, sink into the open arms of thy mercy in Christ, melted down in holy, humble, acquiescing, cordial submission to thy severest dealings with them; when thou shalt put a new song into their mouths, and they shall sing as I do now, It hath been very good for me that I have been afflicted.  I wait for thy salvation.  Amen.”

Again we mark her trust in God in the more common events of life, and her gratitude in the reception of blessings from his hand.

“NEW YORK, September, 1791.

“Many have been my burdens of late; strangers laid upon me to provide for, even when I thought I had not sufficient to give to all their due and provide for my own family.  But what is that to me? the Lord increases business, lays more largely to hand, bears me and my burdens, provides for me and strangers.  Lord, it is all well:  give when thou wilt, and call for it again when and for what purpose thou wilt; it is thine own.  I am thine, and all that thou givest me is thine; the world calls it mine, but I call it thine.  If it be thy will, lead me in a plain path, or if thou lead me by a way which I know not, hold up my goings, so shall I be in peace and safety still.  Amen.”

“NEW YORK, October 10, 1791.

“This day did the Lord’s sent servant, in a solemn manner, take us all to witness, and call in the witness of angels, that we had once more avouched ourselves to be the Lord’s, and that once more Christ and his salvation had been offered to all within the walls.  This same day, for the second time, have my two daughters sat down at the Redeemer’s table among his professing people, and, I have reason to think, given their hearty assent to his covenant.

“Glory, glory, glory, to the hearer of prayer.  I have cast my fatherless children on the Lord, and he has begun to make good my confidence. One thing, one only thing have I asked for them, leaving every thing else to be bestowed or withheld as consisting with that:  I seek for my four children and myself, first of all, the kingdom of God.

“My God from day to day adds many other comforts, and strengthens my hopes by promising appearances, that the grain of mustard seed is sown in the hearts of my three daughters.  They have joined themselves to the people of God, and I have reason to think the Lord has ratified their surrender of themselves to him; he has made them willing for the time, and he will hedge them in to the choice they have made.

“Saturday, September, 1791, the Lord made me a grandmother, assisted my poor weakly girl, and gave a son to her and my arms.  ‘There was joy that a man-child was born into the world,’ and according to that word ‘she remembered no more the anguish.’