but no, it is due to you my dear Mother, as you have so kindly put aside self, and indulged me with two letters, altho' writing is, I know, irksome to you, therefore the obligation is double. Your account of my Lydia, is not at all satisfactory as to her complaints: but I do desire to be resigned to the will of God, be it what it may concerning her. I do desire, (and I hope in some degree I have done so,, to give up all my concerns into his hands, who has promised never to leave, or forsake those that put their trust in him.-O! that I may be enabled to devote myself unreservedly to Him, who has said it, and will he not do it?

"He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will save them"-you see, my dear mother, I lay a particular stress upon will, for I dare not doubt, but His promise will be made good, if I do but in singleness of heart, cleave close to my blessed Lord, and be earnest in prayer for the assistance of the Holy Spirit, to lead me into all truth.

"I have met with a very rich treat here, in good books. Mr. P. subscribes to the Society for promoting religious knowledge amongst the poor. The Sunday after I came here he brought me them to look at. One I mean to purchase as soon as I can get it, it is entitled 'The ('hristians Daily Walk, by Henry Scudder, recommended by Doctor Owen, and Mr. Baxter,' I never heard of it before-it is a sweet guide. I think I can say no novel (in which some people so much delight,) was ever so sweet to them, as this is to me; I can hardly go from it; and many an hour, which I can remember to have spent in what could not profit, is now employed by me in this way Indeed I cannot take up my work, or go to my music,

(except to play a hymn) while the family are from home, the time is so precious; so that I hope, my dear mother, this deprivation of family worship, which I so much dreaded before I left home would prove a hindrance to me in my spiritual concerns, when I thought I most needed every assistance of this nature, is rather a means of exciting more fervent desires after inward and private wor ship. But still I have to feel sometimes great cause for prayer, that I may be enabled to pray aright; and then this sweet hymn I promised you comes in

"But ah; how weak! how blind am I !

How frail! how apt to turn aside!

Lord I depend upon thy care,

And ask thy Spirit for my guide.

Thy fair example may I trace

To teach me what I ought to be:
Make me by thy transforming grace,

Dear Saviour, daily, more like thee.

"Was not this a sweet portion for me to leave home with? I have found it so."

After relating a few particulars about the state of her health, she thus continues :

"My spirits are quite comfortable. Indeed, my much loved mother, I seem to have such sweet peace in my own mind, and such an entire resignation to the will of God, that it is to this I attribute my great comfort. And altho' I am with those who do not walk, as I desire my. self to do, in holiness and pureness all the days of my life; yet I hope, and believe this increases my thankful

ness to Him, who has, I trust, made me to differ, and has given me these good desires.

"Remember me, my dear mother, in your daily meeting together; that I may ever love and serve my blessed Lord with sincerity, and be daily more conformed to his holy word, and be his faithful servant unto my life's end. May he bless you, my dearest parent, and support you thro' all the troubles of this life, and then receive you to dwell with him for evermore, where there is fulness of joy, prays your ever affectionate daughter,

MARY ANNE."

The latter end of August she returned from Margate, very little benefited in bodily health; but it was evident that her "soul prospered and was in health," and this she esteemed of the most importance. The same tranquillity and resignation to the divine will, were visible in her whole deportment. The Lord had, indeed, graciously fulfilled the desire contained in the following verse, to which she has affixed her own mark of approbation, I believe at this time.

"Whate'er consists not with thy love,

O teach me to resign,

I'm rich to all th' intents of bliss,

If thou, O God, art mine."

Yes, it fully appeared to those around her, that not in word only, but that in reality she had

committed all her concerns into the hands of God; and that "in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving," "making her requests known unto God; the " peace of God which passeth all understanding," did "keep her heart and mind, thro' Christ Jesus."

From this period 'till the commencement of her last illness, I have but few memorandums whereby to trace her progress in spiritual things; being disappointed in the hope I had entertained, of finding some under her own dear hand, which might assist me in this part of my work. I am not however left wholly in the dark, but by various extracts from and marks in books she had read, I gather much that has proved very sweet and satisfactory to our minds, and will not fail to interest you, who loved her "with a pure heart, fervently."

On the 4th of September, 1808, I find these remarks transcribed from the Evangelical Magazine: they seem peculiarly adapted to her own case, no doubt she found them so.

I copy literally; the marks in this and in the preceding quotations being all her own.

What a mercy is it to my poor soul that Jesus sought me, when I sought him not! and not only gave me the opportunity to return, but inclined my heart to return; by overcoming the natural enmity of my nature, and the heedlessness of my ways.'

The 24th chapter of Joshua, she used to call her own chapter the 14th and 15th verses, together with the latter clause of the 24th are marked with her own hand, and dated the 10th of the same month. The following verses too I have frequently heard her repeat with great feeling and emphasis.

"May I resolve with all my heart,

With all my powers to serve the Lord;
Nor from his precepts e'er depart
Whose service is a rich reward.

Nor wandering leave his sacred ways;
Great God accept my soul's desire,

And give me strength to live thy praise.”