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for the recovery of my wife and the little boy, and whilst my daughter Catharina is
this day 12 years old, I desire to commit her in particular to the care and love of
the Lord. May she live before the Lord, and be renewed and made to receive the
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, blessed Jesus, our life, lay Thy hands upon her, and bless
her with a new heart and a new spirit. Spare us together with my son and other
children, and sanctify and comfort us in Thy blessed Communion. The Lord pity
us and also Mr. Lupton, whom I intend to visit this day with my colleague! Oh,
may we be found in peace and love and rejoice in hope, through our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
24. I desire this morning to bless the Lord, with heart and pen, for his peculiar
mercy, support and comfort to my younger brother, the Reverend Mr. Lupton.
Yesterday and also before, he, with much humility and seriousness and gratitude,
related to me the Lord’s gracious dealings with him. It has been about five years
since the Lord was pleased to change and renew his heart, and to bring him back
from an openly vicious and profane course of life, when he was enabled, through
free grace, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ, who has also received him and given
him many tokens and enjoyments of His peculiar comforting love. I know the
faith, whom I have believed, and believe him to be faithful. After some Christian
conversation, I prayed with and for him, and we went home, though sorry on
account of his increasing weakness, yet rejoicing in the Lord, who causes His
loving kindness to shine upon him. May the Father of mercies still restore and
change present distress of his family. I also wrote, on his and Dominee Bassett’s
recommendation, a letter to Mr. Watkins at the Halfmoon Point, 624 and if that man
be sincere and able to teach, I humbly pray for further direction and success to
have him there settled and serving in the Gospel ministry. May the Kingdom of
Christ come with power, and poor, weak, and painful as I am, may I be found
doing something for God in Christ to promote and establish the great and glorious
cause and interest of religion in this land of our pilgrimage. Amen.
28. This day my dear wife is 45 years old and, though at present indisposed, yet
most mercifully spared and recovered from her last fatal illness. The Lord please
to accept of our gratitude for all His mercies, and pardon all our innumerable sins
and shortcomings in the precious blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Father of mercies, pity us both in our present indisposition, and heal our bowels
and stomachs through Thy goodness! Rebuke us not in Thy hot indignation, but
return in mercy, and strengthen us in and for Thy service. May we live to Thy
glory, prepare for Thy day, and let the progress and close of this day rejoice! Pity
all the sick and the tempted, and make them and us more than conquerors through
Jesus Christ. Amen.
31. Last night and this morning also I feel much indisposed of wind colic in my
stomach and bowels, but I desire to wait on the Lord, with whom is mercy and the
issues of life. I have forfeited His sparing goodness through ingratitude and
unbelief, and deserve His indignation for my backslidings and many provocations.
Oh, may mercy be shown, and I still rejoice in a speedy removal of my present
disease! Fain would I be prepared for and engaged in the administration of the
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No Dominee Watkins served in Halfmoon (now: Waterford), NY. Following Dominee Lupton’s
death, it was not until 1796 that a new minister, the Reverend John Close, was installed.
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