as particularly, whilst praying, impressed on my mind, and
therefore we intend to name the child Elijah, i. e., my God is Jah,
Jehovah. May the Lord in mercy grant Elijah's spirit and Elijah's blessing
to our little one!

May 4. Today 15l. more was given to me towards furnishing a house. Thus
the Lord has now graciously supplied our need in this particular also. May
13. Today 2l. more was given to us towards furnishing the house, and also
some carpet. May 15. Today we moved into our house, having lived nearly
two years with brother and sister Craik.

June 4. Today a sister called on me, and I felt irritated at her staying,
after having given her to understand that I had but a few minutes time. I
sinned thus against the Lord. Help Thou me, blessed Jesus, in future!

June 8. Lord's day. I obtained no text yesterday, notwithstanding
repeated prayer and reading of the Word. This morning I awoke with these
words:--"My grace is sufficient for thee." As soon as I had dressed
myself, I turned to 2 Cor. xii. to consider this passage; but in doing so,
after prayer, I was led to think that I had not been directed to this
portion for the sake of speaking on it as I at first thought, and I
therefore followed my usual practice in such cases, i. e., to read on in
the Scriptures where I left off last evening. In doing so, when I came to
Heb. xi. 13-16, I felt that this was the text. Having prayed, I was
confirmed in it, and in a few minutes the Lord was pleased to open this
passage to me. I preached on it with great enjoyment, both at Gideon and
at Bethesda, particularly in the evening at Bethesda. This help was
evidently from God. May He fill my heart with gratitude, and encourage me
by this, to trust in Him for the future! I now understand why those
words, "My grace is sufficient for thee," were brought to my mind when I
awoke this morning.--[It pleased God, as I have heard since, greatly to
bless what I said on that passage, and at least one soul was brought
through it to the Lord.]

June 25. These last three days I have had very little real communion with
God, and have therefore been very weak spiritually, and have several times
felt irritability of temper. May God in mercy help me to have more secret
prayer!--Let none expect to have the mastery over his inward corruption in
any degree, without going in his weakness again and again to the Lord for
strength. Nor will prayer with others, or conversing with the brethren,
make up fo