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wished. However, may I become more and more submissive, and patiently
waiting on the God of our salvation in Christ. Oh, blessed Jesus, I thank Thee for
Thy death and the remembrance thereof at Thy Table. I would again and most
freely, with true repentance and sincerity, of my whole heart receive Thee as my
God and Savior, and accept of Thy salvation for body and soul, purchased by Thy
obedience unto death as the only and all-sufficient meritorious cause of our
redemption. May what I preached from Romans 5.10 407 graciously be granted
unto me and all mine, and we experience what we heard in the afternoon from
John 17.19, 408 the sanctification of Thy Spirit in heart and life, as a fruit of Thy
sacrifice finished on the Cross. May we become more and more Holy. Increase
our spiritual knowledge, and strengthen our weak faith in God as our reconciled
father, and let the love of God be shed abroad upon our souls, under our sufferings
here below, and we be enabled to love the Lord our God, and to glory in Him and
in the hope of glory unto Thee, my faithful Savior. I most humbly commit my all,
in time and to eternity, my wife and children also. Spare us together if it be for
Thy glory, and cause us to glorify Thee, but above all prepare us for Thy blessed
self. Oh, may we be one in Christ, and made meet for the inheritance of the Saints
in light. I thank the Lord also for the prosperity of the Academy, entrusted to our
care, and particularly for the pious education which the scholars enjoy. May the
Father of mercies spare my dear brother, and endue him more and more with His
Spirit from on High. Strengthen us both in our respective stations, and may other
schools become more and more subservient to the interest of Thy Kingdom and
the advancement of religion among us. The God of peace and love reign and rule
in and over us, and grant us to see peace upon all Israel, upon us and our children
and children’s children, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is our
peace and the hope of glory. Amen.
6. Last night, and also yesterday, I was afflicted with colic pains and the piles.
Oh, may the Father of mercies pity poor, sinful me, and spare me yet a while for
my family and to my people. This morning I feel a little better through mercy of
Him, who chastens in measure. May I be taught to deny myself and to take up my
cross every day in dependence on Christ, our strength in and with gratitude for
past mercies and deliverances. I desire to lament my obstinacy and the hardness
of my heart. Oh, may the Lord grant a broken heart for my offenses and a contrite
spirit, and I be restored to former tender mercies! – Blessed Jesus, be Thou my
compassionate Savior in every time of need, and sanctify my whole nature in
submission to the will of the Lord. May I be delivered from all murmuring, and
be silent, waiting on the God of our salvation, and be doing something in Thy
service and for Thy glory. I rejoice in the prospect of the establishment of our
Churches. May means and ministers be graciously provided, and many precious
souls be brought to the saving knowledge of God in Christ. O, that the Spirit of
all grace be pleased to spare, strengthen, and prosper all His faithful servants, and
preserve them from sloth and negligence, carnality and earthly-mindedness,
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For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more
surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
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And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.
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