e, O Lord, and
try me.' Hast thou not taught my soul its miserable and ruined state
by nature; its helplessness as well as misery? Hast thou not also
brought me to this living, life-giving water? Oh, hast thou not given
me faith to come, faith to drink; and have I not experienced its
solacing quality? Has it not satisfied my soul, and in some degree
allayed my thirst for carnal delights? Blessed Spirit, the gift of the
Father and of the Son, pour into my soul repeated draughts of this
living water; yea, be in me, according to my Redeemer's promise, a
well of water springing up to eternal life, and cause me to bring
forth fruit to the glory of the Father.

"'Other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid,
Christ Jesus.'

"Do I, O my God, seek for or desire any other foundation? Are not
all my hopes for time and eternity built on this foundation? Is not
Christ all my salvation and all my desire? Do I not embrace thy
covenant just as it is, believing that thou givest unto me eternal
life, and that this life is in thy Son, whom thou hast given 'to be a
covenant of the people.' Iniquities prevail against me; but thou wilt
not only purge them away, but wilt subdue them. Sin shall not have
dominion over me, for I am not tinder the law, but under grace."

To Miss Walker, Edinburgh.

"NEW YORK, 1812.

"My dear Miss Walker, I think, is in my debt; but that is no
reason why I may not inquire after her health and welfare, and through
her, of that of her brother, sister, and other dear friends yet in
their pilgrimage. My dear, dear Mrs. Walker lives in my affections,
and surely what concerns her children can never be to me a matter of
indifference. Your dear brother's persevering kindness and tried
friendship have written gratitude in indelible characters on my heart.
'A friend in need is a friend indeed;' and such was he. I trust the
Lord has rewarded and will reward him. I have still in my possession
many dear remembrances of your worthy mother; her sensible, pious
letters, some of which have proved prophetic, are among my treasures.
What a lovely group presses upon my memory at this moment, united to
Jesus and to one another on earth, and the union is now perfected in
heaven. Your dear mother, Mrs. Brown, dear Mrs. Randall, and Lady
Glenorchy, all zealous for the welfare of the widow and orphans, whose
way lay peculiarly throug