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and we healed by His stripes. 71 Strengthen and comfort our hearts and let us live
to see the salvation of our God. Hear our prayers. Sanctify Thy dealings with us
to our souls, and teach us to number our days, that we may be made wise to
salvation. Prepare us for Thy will and Thy blessed self.
This day Grandmother Ten Broeck is to be buried, in her 91 st year. 72 May the
Lord impress our hearts with a humble sense of our own mortality, and we be
ready whenever called hence, dying in the Lord Jesus. Amen.
June ’83
7. This morning my dear consort was in my study, and hopes tomorrow to go up
to the House of the Lord to send thanks to our God for restoring mercy. The trial
has been long (more than twelve weeks) but mixed with comfort and now
terminating (we trust) in perfect health. May the Lord prepare our souls, and
enable us to walk before Him in Holiness and righteousness all the days of our
lives, and oh, may our children also be visited with his mercies in Jesus Christ our
Lord, that all their affairs may be directed from on High, and they serve the Lord
our God in their generation. The Lord establish the good tidings of peace among
us, and sanctify our rulers for the prosperity of Zion. May the spirit of all graces
and glory rest upon us and my people and family. Amen.
11. Blessed be the Lord our God and Father in Jesus Christ, who has heard our
poor prayers, and strengthened my dear consort to go up, last Lord’s Day and
Monday morning, to His House of prayer to pay our vows. May our thank
offerings have been accepted by the God of all mercies, and we with our family
experience His loving kindness in soul and body. O, Father of mercies, pardon
our unbelief and ingratitude and increase our faith, hope, trust, and confidence in
Thee under all troubles and trials, and be thou with us, wherever we are, our
guardian and guide. Let us rejoice in Thy gracious presence and blessed
Communion. May Thy love cherish our drooping spirits, and we see and taste that
Thou art gracious, faithful and kind. Pardon the sins of our children, and give
them Thy Holy Spirit. May the marriage of the oldest 73 have been directed by
Thy kind providence, and he with his consort be taught to fear and honor the Lord
and behave dutifully towards their parents and relations; and let this mansion
house not become a theatre of idleness and vanity, but may our poor supplications
at Thy Throne be fulfilled and granted in Thy own time. Be with Thy unworthy
servant and his family. Spare our lives, restore our health, and go with us, Father.
When moving in the midst of my congregation, may my dwelling be a Bethel 74
and my presence in town be blessed to the better discharge of my duty and the
enjoyment of other privileges. Let peace and prosperity be in the midst of us, and
we be prepared for every dispensation of Thy all wise and kind providence. Hear
us, Father, for Christ’s our Lord and Savior’s sake. Amen. [Added in the margin:
71 Isaiah 53:5.
72 Margarita Cuyler Ten Broeck (1692-1783) had been a widow for 32 years. She was Mayor
Abraham Ten Broeck’s mother. Abraham was one of Westerlo’s wife’s uncles, and legal guardian of
Stephen Van Rensselaer III.
73 Stepson Stephen Van Rensselaer III married Margaret Schuyler (1758-1801), daughter of General
Philip J. Schuyler, on June 6, 1783.
74 House of God.
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