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certificate, and convened my consistory and other gentlemen to meet this evening.<br />
Oh, may the Lord direct and prosper, and this be a token for good to our youth, I<br />
would fain wait for Mr. Wilson, but this may do well in the interim. Blessed be<br />
God, who heareth prayer. Lord, support and strengthen. Amen.<br />
P.S. The gentlemen met, and many did immediately subscribe for scholars, and<br />
appointed trustees, who have already employed Mr. Oliver Tiffany! May the Lord<br />
incline also Mr. Wilson to come and help us.<br />
December ’86<br />
5. Blessed be the Lord, our most merciful and faithful God and Father in Jesus<br />
Christ, for His help and strength to perform the duties <strong>of</strong> His House last Lord’s<br />
Day. Though painful, yet I was strengthened in the inner and outward man, and<br />
helped to <strong>of</strong>ficiate on the pulpit and at the <strong>Table</strong>, with some success, I humbly<br />
hope, to my people. I felt somewhat <strong>of</strong> that joy (<strong>of</strong> which I preached from Isaiah<br />
64.5 269 ) in the Lord and His service and the hope <strong>of</strong> glory. Oh, may my dullness<br />
and indolence be forgiven and removed, and the Lord restore unto me the joy <strong>of</strong><br />
His salvation. I desire to follow the Lord and to remember Him in His ways and<br />
walk as He hath walked. Oh, may I obtain mercy and help in every time <strong>of</strong> need.<br />
Blessed Jesus, be Thou always near and more and more precious unto me, poor,<br />
unworthy, sinful, backsliding, diffident, unbelieving me. Oh, may I know Thee<br />
more and love and serve Thee better! Spare my life and restore (if it may be)<br />
health and strength to my body and mind. Oh, make me more sincere and fervent<br />
in spirit, also humbly confident and waiting on the Lord. May I remember with<br />
deep-felt gratitude Thy former mercies, and take encouragement from Thy<br />
promises and assistance to undeserving me. Lord! Thou knowest my infirmities,<br />
my despondence and my troubles. Oh, increase my patience and confidence, and<br />
cause me to cleave unto Thee, my life, my strength, and peace. O, do not leave<br />
me, and let my enemies not rejoice, but lift upon me and all Thy people the light<br />
<strong>of</strong> Thy countenance, even when we walk in darkness, in weakness, painfulness,<br />
and distress, and prepare me for more usefulness and service. Pity my bowels,<br />
Lord, and heal me. O, spare me yet a little for my infant family and my consort.<br />
May the Lord bless and keep us, and unite us together in love through faith in<br />
Jesus Christ. Peace with piety, wisdom and prudence. Dwell in my house, restore<br />
my poor servant girl, and give her Thy grace. Hear, Lord, and help and let me be<br />
Thine, now and forever. Amen.<br />
27. I desire to bless the Lord for all His mercies from day to day. The infant<br />
seminary is already begun with success, and both the parents and children appear<br />
to be well pleased with my inspection. May it please the Father <strong>of</strong> mercies further<br />
to prosper my poor attempts for the reforming <strong>of</strong> the schools and the establishing<br />
<strong>of</strong> His Church doctrine and discipline. I was strengthened to preach four times on<br />
the day <strong>of</strong> Christ’s birth and the preceding Lord’s Day. May the gospel <strong>of</strong> peace<br />
be glorified! But yesterday I was rather too much indisposed <strong>of</strong> colic and other<br />
268<br />
There were at least three siblings Tiffany in Albany at the time, and maybe all three were at some<br />
point linked to the Church Academy. Here Westerlo meant Oliver Tiffany.<br />
269<br />
You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways.<br />
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