ht road may have been connected with his state of mind.
May I and my fellow-labourers in the Gospel be encouraged by this,
patiently to continue to sow the seed, though only after eight years or
more we should see the fruit of it. I only add, that up to that time, the
individual had been a very dissipated young man, who caused his believing
parents very much grief. Their love led them to convey me and my wife to
this village and back again, and truly the Lord gave them a reward in
doing so.

Between Christmas and the new year, when our money was reduced to a few
shillings, I asked the Lord for more; when a few hours after there was
given to us a sovereign by a brother from Axminster. This brother had
heard much against me, and was at last determined to hear for himself, and
thus came to Teignmouth, a distance of forty miles; and having heard about
our manner of living, gave us this money.

With this closes the year 1830. Throughout it the Lord richly supplied
all my temporal wants, though at the commencement of it I had no certain
human prospect for one single shilling; so that, even as it regards
temporal things, I had not been in the smallest degree a loser in acting
according to the dictates of my conscience; and, as it regards spiritual
things, the Lord had indeed dealt bountifully with me, and led me on in
many respects, and, moreover, had condescended to use me as an instrument
in doing His work.

On January 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1831, I had repeatedly asked the Lord for
money, but received none. On the evening of January 8th I left my room for
a few minutes, and was then tempted to distrust the Lord, though He had
been so gracious to us, in that He not only up to that day had supplied
all our wants, but had given us also those answers of prayer, which have
been in part just mentioned. I was so sinful, for about five minutes, as
to think it would be of no use to trust in the Lord in this way. I also
began to say to myself, that I had perhaps gone too far in living in this
way. But, thanks to the Lord! this trial lasted but a few minutes. He
enabled me again to trust in Him, and Satan was immediately confounded;
for when I returned to my room (out of which I had not been absent ten
minutes), the Lord had sent deliverance. A sister in the Lord, who resided
at Exeter, had come to Teignmouth, and brought us L2. 4s.; so the Lord
triumphed, and our faith was strengthened.

Jan. 10. Today, when we had again but a few shi