ect for prayer and
consideration to us.

September 16. We came this morning to the conclusion to leave Portishead
today, and that I should go to the Isle of Wight; but we saw not how my
wife and child and our servant could accompany me, as we had not
sufficient money for traveling expenses; and yet this seemed of
importance, as otherwise my wife would be overburdened in my absence, and
my mind would not be sufficiently free; and besides this, she also seems
to need change of air. The Lord graciously removed the difficulty this
evening; for we received most unexpectedly and unasked for 6l. 13s., which
was owed to us, and, also, when we had already retired to rest, a letter
was brought, containing a present of 2l. How very, very kind, and tender
is the Lord!

September 19. This evening we arrived at our friends' in the Isle of
Wight, by whom we were most kindly received.--September 21 to 26. Nothing
remarkable has occurred. I feel very comfortable in this place, and find
my stay here refreshing to my soul. My health is about the same. I am not
fit for mental exercise, and am soon fatigued even by conversation. I have
read during the last days, with great interest and admiration of the
goodness of God, and to the refreshment of my soul, the life of John
Newton, and the lives of some of the English martyrs at the time of the
reformation.

Sept. 27. Today I am thirty years of age. I feel myself an unprofitable
servant. How much more might I have lived for God than I have done! May
the Lord grant, that, if I am allowed to stay a few days more in this
world, they may be spent entirely for Him! September 29. Last evening,
when I retired from the family, I had a desire to go to rest at once, for
I had prayed a short while before; and feeling weak in body, the coldness
of the night was a temptation for me to pray no further. However, the Lord
did help me to fall upon my knees; and no sooner had I commenced praying,
than He shone into my soul, and gave me such a spirit of prayer, as I had
not enjoyed for many weeks. He graciously once more revived His work in
my heart. I enjoyed that nearness to God and fervency in prayer, for more
than an hour, for which my soul had been panting for many weeks past. For
the first time, during this illness, I had now also a spirit of prayer as
it regards my health. I could ask the Lord earnestly to restore me again,
which had not been the case before. I now long to go back again to the
work in