my many remaining mercies--eyes to read his
word and ears to hear it preached; hitherto such moderation of pain as
very often to be able to attend with fixedness. I have my room at my
own command, candle, fire, and attendance; and O, bless the Lord, my
soul, much of his sensible presence. In the night when my aches
prevent me from sleeping, he gives me some sweet hymn; I sing, my pain
is diverted, while my heart is melted and warmed under the
expressions, and I often drop asleep with the words on my tongue.

"I am convinced that the provision I have laid in for my last
journey in the wilderness and through Jordan, is selected by the
influence of the Holy Ghost. He takes of the things of Christ and
shows them unto me; and while he keeps upon my mind my meanness, my
vileness, wrings my heart with the retrospect of my backslidings and
highly aggravated transgressions, he opens at the same time the leaves
of the New Testament and shows me my deliverance from punishment, the
redemption of my soul, and my translation into the kingdom of God's
dear Son: I weep and rejoice; I loathe myself, and clasping my Saviour
to my heart, am at a loss for words to express how precious he is to
my saved soul.

"Jesus, I love thy charming name,
'Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That heaven and earth should hear.

Yes, thou art precious to my soul,
My transport and my trust,
My Saviour, Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
No other good I boast.

All my capacious powers can wish,
In thee doth richly meet;
Not to mine eyes is light so dear.
Nor friendship's self so sweet.

Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart
And shed its fragrance there,
The noblest balm of all my wounds,
And cordial of my care.

I'll speak the honors of thy name
While I have life and breath;
Then, speechless, clasp thee in my arms,
The antidote of death.'

"Dr. M---- preached in the evening from Eph. 3:30: 'For we are
members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.' It was a rich
sermon; I enjoyed it at the time, but cannot recall it. Blessed
Spirit, keep it for me, and feed me with the substance of it, as I
stand in need.