' Lord's*day, Sept 27. This was a very comforts-
able day to my soul ; 1 think I awoke with God. I
was enabled to lift up my soul to him, early this
morning ; and while I had little bodily strength, I
found freedom to lift up my heart to God for myself
and others. Afterwards, was pleased with the
thoughts of speedily entering into the unseen world/

Early this morning, as one of the family oame
into the room, he expressed himself thus : ' I have
had more pleasure this morning, than all the
drunkards in the world enjoy, if it were all ex*
tracted.' So much did he esteem the joys of foith
above the pleasures of sin.
He felt that morning an unusual appetite to food^
with which his mind seemed to be exhilarated, look^*
ing on it as a sign of the very near approach to death.
He remarked, ' I was born on a Sabbath-day, and
have reason to think I was new-born on a Sabbath«^



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day, and hope I shall die on this Sabbath-day. I
shall look upon it as a favonr, if it may be the wili^
of God that it should be* so : I long for the time.
