ht, but
my feelings revolted. Nothing seemed so valuable as his life, and
I felt that I could make any sacrifice to prolong it, though it
were but for one hour. Still a desire to gratify him, if no higher
motive made me silent, though my heart ached to see him so ill in
such a wretched place, deprived of many of the comforts of life, to
say nothing of the indulgences desirable in sickness.

"The chapel was large, but open on all sides, excepting a small
place built up for Mr. Mason, and a room about five feet wide and
ten feet long, for the accommodation of Mr. Boardman and myself
with our little boy. The roof was so low, that I could not stand
upright; and it was but poorly enclosed, so that he was exposed to
the burning rays of the sun by day, and to the cold winds and damp
fog by night. But his mind was happy, and he would often say, 'If I
live to see this one ingathering, I may well exclaim, with happy
Simeon, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. How
many ministers have wished they might die in their pulpits; and
would not dying in a spot like this, be even more blessed than
dying in a pulpit at home? I feel that it would.'

"Nor was it merely the pleasing state of things around him that
filled his mind with comfort. He would sometimes dwell on the
infinite compassion of God, and his own unworthiness, till his
strength was quite exhausted; and though he told Mr. Mason that he
had not the rapture which he had sometimes enjoyed, yet his mind
was calm and peaceful; and it was plainly perceptible, that earthly
passions had died way, and that he was enjoying sweet foretastes of
that rest into which he was so soon to enter. He would often say to
me, 'My meditations are very sweet, though my mind seems as much
weakened as my body. I have not had that liveliness of feeling,
which I have sometimes enjoyed, owing to my great weakness, but I
shall soon be released from shackles, and be where I can praise God
continually, without weariness. My thoughts delight to dwell on
these words, _There is no night there_.'

"I felt that the time of separation was fast approaching, and said
to him, 'My dear, I have one request to make; it is, that you would
pray much for George, during