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strengthened out of weakness. The Lord spare His servants and His people, and
prepare us for all His will concerning us. Father of mercies, look to our present
state and situation, and carry us savingly through. Oh, may Thy grace be given
and Thy mercy and peace be multiplied unto us and to all who call upon the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ, in all places. Amen. The Presbyterian brethren
have their Sacramental feast, and I went to hear both Reverends Messrs. Young
and McDonald preach the fast and preparation sermon. May the Lord increase
His Churches and true worshippers throughout the land, and we love one another
in the bonds of Christian brotherly love. I would lament our sins and
shortcomings in regard to mutual Communion, and humbly pray that the Father of
mercies, as a God of love and peace, be in the midst of all His people, and unite
them more and more into one body to help and promote the common cause and
interest of pure and undefiled religion. The Lord restore His servants who are
sick, and spare us graciously for a blessing and comfort to our respective families.
Oh, most merciful Father, unto Thee and the Word of Thy grace I commit my all
and all mine, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, now and forever. Amen.
20. Blessed be the Lord, who has brought me to the close of this day, and
preserved me and my friends on our way to the New City, 605 where I went this
morning, with Dr. Stringer and Mr. Bassett, to visit Reverend Mr. Lupton, a
young minister, but much afflicted in health insofar that even his recovery appears
doubtful, while a consumptive complaint seems to hang upon him for several
weeks. We have prayed for and with him, and would humbly entreat the Father of
mercies to spare and restore him for a comfort to his young family and
congregation, and prepare us all for all His will concerning us. I thank the Lord
for what I hope He has done unto my soul this evening 22 years ago. Oh, may it
appear more and more to have been His own good work, and be finished in one,
even to perfection and glory! May that life which is in Jesus more abundantly be
communicated unto me, and I also be restored to more ease and strength in the
inward parts, both of body and soul. The Lord keep and bless and be gracious
unto me and all mine. Pardon my sins and shortcomings, and accept of this my
evening sacrifice in Jesus Christ. Amen.
27. I desire this morning to thank the Lord, who has preserved me and blessed
poor, unworthy me and mine with many of His choicest mercies, and the bounties
of His kind and rich providence, but I would also humble myself on account of my
ingratitude and sinful complaints, especially when afflicted. Oh, may I obtain
mercy in this time of general sickness, while so many are afflicted and some taken
away by various kinds of diseases! I took, yesterday, when attending two funerals
of two old members of the congregation, it seems, a fresh cold, and feel at present
affected by the consequences thereof. What is man, exposed to the inclemency of
changeable weather almost every day, especially when not careful of himself, as I
have not been. May the Father of mercies pity me and all others, and we learn
more prudence and also patient submission. It is by His mercy that we are not
consumed. Oh, Lord, spare Thy servant and Thy people, and heal our sicknesses.
Be gracious unto us, and restore for Thy service, and grant that all things may
work together for our good! What I have been conversing on with some when
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