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20. Blessed be the Lord for the mercies daily conferred upon me and mine.
Yesterday I was helped again twice to officiate, and my colleague also to preach
in the morning with improvement and satisfaction. Oh, may we be supported
graciously under trials and troubles, as well as in weakness and pains! I thank the
Lord for His grace yesterday evening, and for the opportunity of catechizing on
what I hope to have experienced this day 21 years ago, for which I desire to bless
and to praise His great and Holy Name. May my health be restored, and strength
given to be spent in the service of our God and Savior. I rejoice in the prosperity
of Zion, and could wish to continue the catechism. Oh, may God, of His infinite
mercy, pity and return in mercy, mitigating and removing pains and the causes
thereof. Fain would I go down to the Synod and be found doing something for the
Churches! May the Lord direct and prosper, and His presence go with us.
Blessed Jesus! I am at Thy gracious disposal! Spare and do not leave, but be with
me and all Thy servants every moment, and cause us to live to Thy glory. Amen.
23. Last evening we had a meeting of the trustees and determined to try a new
subscription on a plan, partly new and more extensive. The subscribers and
parents of the scholars will meet tomorrow, and I would humbly pray for a
blessing upon the infant seminary. May it continue to prosper, and the youth be
instructed and brought up in the fear of the Lord, and oh, may my poor endeavors
for Zion’s prosperity also be crowned with success, and we live to see the
salvation of our God in Christ Jesus. Amen.
28. Blessed be the Lord for all His mercies. Last Lord’s Day, though much
indisposed, I was graciously assisted and helped both to preach and to catechize.
May my poor labors be acceptable to God in Christ, and profitable to my dear
people. Oh, may many believe and receive the grace of God and the consolations
of His Spirit! I would also humbly pray for the prosperity of our land, and such an
election of officers as the Lord will be pleased to own and bless! Oh, may truth
with righteousness, and piety with peace prevail. The Father of mercies pity and
pardon a sinful, guilty people, and preserve the fruits of the land. May we also be
directed in the way of Divine providence with respect to our going down to New
York, and all our ways be acceptable to Him, in whom we live, move, and have
our being. O Lord, restore health, and grant patience and confidence, with a
sound mind, in Jesus Christ, who is our peace. Amen.
May ’89
26. Last evening, through Divine goodness, we returned safely home from New
York, where we have received many instances of mercy from the Lord, who has
preserved us, and from our dear friends. May the Father of mercies pardon our
sins, the vanity of our minds and conversations, and the many defects in patience,
confidence, zeal, and other duties of our station. I desire to bless the Lord for His
aid and strengthening poor, unworthy me in preaching at New Hempstead, 527
Tappan, 528 and New York, though in much weakness and diffidence. Oh, blessed
Jesus, I am nothing but sin and misery in myself, weak and desponding. Pardon
my innumerable sins and infirmities, and most graciously accept of my poor
527
Now West Nyack, NY, organized 1750. In 1789 Dominee Nicholas Lansing was minister there.
528
Tappan, NY, organized 1694. Also had Dominee Nicholas Lansing as minister then.
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