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service of His Sanctuary, by preaching in the afternoon from Hebrews 4.11, 256 and
also by agreeable spiritual conversation on things Divine concerning our own
experiences, and the truth as it is in Jesus Christ. May our hearts be more and
more united, and knit together in the strongest bonds of tenderest love, and we
both with others of the Lord’s servants become more humble, faithful, and
fruitful, trusting and rejoicing in the Lord I found through mercy, uncommon
strength of body and spirit, on the pulpit and at the Table, and desire to look out
for pardon of all my imperfections and other sins, which have attended the duties
of the day. Oh, may I become more serious, composed, and spiritually minded.
Father, I desire to live in Thy service, Communion, and to Thy glory. O, preserve,
strengthen, sanctify, and comfort us, with the consolation of Thy Spirit also by
means of the Sacrament, which we have received. Oh, may the blessed Jesus
become more precious in the power of His death and we be made more and more
like unto Him in patience, resignation, and confidence, that we also shall reap the
fruits of His dying love. May the Lord remember His covenant, and cause us to
keep and perform our vows, that the spirit of glory may rest upon us and our rest
be glorious, a rest from prevailing iniquities, tormenting fears, and anxieties from
sore temptations and assaults of the Wicked One, a complacency in Christ
crucified, and able to save to the uttermost faithful also and ready to protect and
carry us safely through, and a glorious hope of everlasting life. May also my
bodily pains be removed, strength restored and my life be spared in Thy service,
and for the benefit of my family and flock. The Lord remember and do well unto
Zion, and prosper our labor for Zion’s establishment and the erecting of schools
throughout the land. O, Father of mercies, pity and pardon the sins of my family,
and convert the unconverted, for Christ’s sake. Amen.
17. Blessed be the God of all our mercies for His peculiar assistance to unworthy,
sinful me at the meeting of the Classis, and especially in the obtaining of liberty to
call a president 257 in communion with our Church and congregation. May the
Lord prosper this project, for His own glory and the edification of my people. I
desire to be fervent, but also peaceable and faithful to the interest of Christ’s cause
and Kingdom, and, though I am convinced of the necessity of English service in
our Church, yet I also intend the advantage of the Academy at large, by
introducing religion among the scholars, and propagating thereby throughout the
land the truths of the gospel, so necessary to be inculcated in the public schools.
Oh, may the blessed Jesus unite our hearts to the promoting of His glory both in
Church and state, and bless the union of the Corporation with our consistory, that
the person nominated may be made willing to accept of the call, and become more
extensively useful among us. Restore poor me, Lord, and prepare for Thy Day
and work. Amen.
20. I desire to bless the Lord for the success hitherto given to the project. My
consistory has resolved to try another subscription to the obtaining of another
minister, and to begin this day. May the Father of lights direct their steps, and
prosper the work by inclining the hearts of my people to liberality for Christ. I
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Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such
disobedience as theirs.
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A president for the Church Academy in Albany, that is.
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