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joined himself to an officer in the army, sitting in the forepart of the
coach. (The coach was divided into the forepart and inside.) This gave me
a blessed and most refreshing opportunity to pray for about an hour aloud
in the coach, which strengthened and refreshed my soul. It was
particularly kind of the Lord to give me an opportunity of praying aloud,
as, on account of having then already traveled forty-eight hours
uninterruptedly, my body was too tired to allow me to continue for any
length of time in mental prayer.--Yesterday afternoon, at Eisenach
(situated just under the hill on which stands the decayed castle called
the Wartburg, where Luther translated the Holy Scriptures), I saw fearful
scenes of profanity. How has the candlestick been removed!--This afternoon
I reached Halle, where it pleased the Lord to bring me to the knowledge of
Himself, having been graciously preserved hitherto, though a spring was
found broken when I got out of the mail. I greatly needed rest, but my
heart was too full. I could not sleep. I went first to the house of the
brother, where I was first impressed, and afterwards I called on my
esteemed tutor, professor Dr. Tholuck, counsellor of the Consistory, who
received me, after seven years' separation, with his former kindness and
brotherly love. (He made me lodge with him, and gave thereby a testimony
that differences of views, concerning certain parts of God's truth, ought
not to separate the children of God; for I had written to him my mind from
Bristol two years before.)

March 31. Today I rode with Dr. Tholuck and two young brethren to a
believing clergyman, living in the neighbourhood of Halle, where we spent
the day. Dr. Tholuck told me many encouraging things, particularly this,
that several of my former fellow-students, who, at the time when I was at
Halle, knew not the Lord, had been brought to know Him since, and are now
labouring in His vineyard. And further, that certain brethren, formerly
very weak in the faith, had been established, and are now going on well.
May this encourage the heart of the believing reader still to pray for his
unconverted friends, and may it strengthen him to hope for better days
concerning those of his brethren in the Lord who are now weak in the faith!

April 1. Today I saw a clergyman, in whom I recognized an individual who
studied at Halle, whilst I was there, living then in open sin, and who is
now, by divine mercy, pointing sinners to the