saved.  Am watching my William in the measles; Richard has just recovered.  What a mercy I am in health to attend them; yet am afraid my too anxious care for them has checked my zeal.  Through mercy my soul lives to-day; I feel a divine appetite, and am looking for the appearance of my Lord to the destruction of all the carnal mind.—­At Stockton lovefeast, the Lord opened my mouth, both in the Chapel, and at a neighbouring house; I was constrained to speak.  May the imperfect hints thrown out be as bread cast upon the waters, and what I said amiss the Lord forgive.  The peace of God ruled my heart.—­The mournful tidings of Cousin Mary’s death has reached us.  The day before, she was up sewing.  How sudden a transition from time to eternity!  Although at the funeral, I cannot learn how she died.  How my heart is oppressed!  She has left a fine smiling boy unconscious of his loss, and her father, whose displeasure she had incurred by her marriage, unreconciled.  How my feelings are ploughed up!  The training of my children occasions me great solicitude.  How shall I safely steer, where so many make shipwreck?  Without Thy direction and influence, I too shall miss my way.  Come then, thou heavenly Wisdom, teach me to imbue their tender minds with truth, that the impression may remain in riper years.—­Another parliamentary election.  O my God elect me ’through sanctification of Thy Spirit.’—­My mind suffers keenly in consequence of a conversation with ——.  Thou, Lord, knowest exactly where the error lies; let it be discovered.  If I am in the wrong make me willing to retract.  I want to be a Christian in deed and truth.—­It was impressed upon my mind to call upon Miss M. H., and urge her to seek salvation, having long been a hearer of the Gospel.  I scarcely knew how to break through, as I had no particular acquaintance with her.  However, passing by the same day, providence so ordered it, that she sat facing the door.  I passed, but remembering my impression, mustered courage and returned.  After inquiring about her health I told her my errand.  She was affected, and said she had a very hard heart.  I replied, ‘It is not too hard for God to soften.’  With much fear I undertook the charge of Miss Bentley’s class, in consequence of her indisposition, but trust the Lord will soon restore her to active usefulness.  The more willingly I offer myself to the Lord, the sweeter communion I find with Him.—­Repeated my visit to Miss M. H., I believe in obedience to the influence of the Spirit which constrained me—­not intending to call at that time.  I found her sincerely seeking salvation, and endeavoured to point her to the Lamb of God.  My own soul was blessed while thus engaged.  How shall I praise God for His love to a worm?—­Called again, when she told me she had received a visit from the Lord.  She durst not say her sins were forgiven, but felt encouraged.—­Having to pass through some things of a trying nature, I felt fully resigned, and the throne of grace easy