of this Narrative were
in the press, and before the reception of the last proof sheet for
correction, the same friend who gave me on May 24, 1837, Forty Pounds for
the orphans, and whom up to that time I had never seen, gave on July 12,
1837, Four Hundred and Sixty Pounds more, being altogether Five Hundred
Pounds.]

REVIEW OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE TIME THAT I HAVE

LABOURED IN BRISTOL WITH BROTHER CRAIK.

JULY, 1837.

I. Some of the mercies which the Lord has granted to us during this period.

Concerning all this time I have most especially to say, that goodness and
mercy have followed me every day. My blessings have been many and great,
my trials few and small. To the praise of God I will mention a few of the
many mercies which He has bestowed on me.

1. I consider it one of the especial mercies that, amidst so many
engagements I have been kept in the ways of God, and that this day I have
as much desire as ever, yea more than ever, to live alone for Him, who has
done so much for me. My greatest grief is that I love Him so little. I
desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to
have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal
attachment to Him.

2. I consider it likewise a great mercy, for which I can never
sufficiently praise God, that, whilst during these last five years so many
of His children have fallen into great errors, and even those who once ran
well, I, who am so faithless to Him, should have been kept from them.
There is scarcely one point of importance, comparatively speaking,
respecting which I have had scriptural reason to alter my views, since I
have come to Bristol. My views concerning the fundamental truths of the
gospel are the same as they were at the end of the year 1829 though I have
been more and more established in them during these last five years, and
have seen more minutely the mind of God concerning many truths. My relish
for the study of the word of God has not decreased.

3. I consider it further an exceeding great mercy, that I have been kept
in uninterrupted love and union with my brother, friend, and
fellow-labourer, Henry Craik. Very few of the blessings that the Lord has
bestowed on him, on me, and on the two churches, whose servants we are,
are of greater importance. There is not one point of importance, as it
regards the truth, on which we differ. In judgment, as to matters
connected with the welfare of the saints among who