thy health shall spring forth speedily; beams of hope and flames of love will rise within, and thy hard heart will melt like wax, when salvation comes to thy heart like a lamp that burneth. God knows that I lie not; for he daily sets thee before me in prayer; nor do I or can I, forget thee; indeed thou art generally the first in my mind, and I tell thee that thou wilt bless him for ever for these trials; for it is in faithfulness that he afflicteth thee, which keeps thee from going astray.

God tells us in such trials to be still, and know that he is God; he bids us watch his hand, wait for his counsel, and trust in his name; for "it is God who worketh in us both to will and to do." Faith is God's work; "This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent." And God tells us that "it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Those who are bowed down under the yoke of their transgressions are invited by Christ to take his yoke and his burden, one being easy and the other light; and so the wearied soul finds it.

I have of late been poorly, and am sure

race is run.

Farewell. Be of good cheer,

for he that shall come will come, and deliver thee. Dear sister, adieu.

Your affectionate friend and brother in Christ, and in the path of tribulation,

W. H. S. S.

My best respects to your spouse, mother and brother. Trouble not yourself about paying the post; your letters are always welcome to me; for many worse cases, and of longer standing, than yours have come under my inspection; and, though I could not help them, my Lord hath healed them all. Once more I say, God Almighty bless thee. Amen and Amen. So says-S.S.

thy health shall spring forth speedily; beams of hope and flames of love will rise within, and thy hard heart will melt like wax, when salvation comes to thy heart like a lamp that burneth. God knows that I lie not; for he daily sets thee before me in prayer; nor do I or can I, forget thee; indeed thou art generally the first in my mind, and I tell thee that thou wilt bless him for ever for these trials; for it is in faithfulness that he afflicteth thee, which keeps thee from going astray.

God tells us in such trials to be still, and know that he is God; he bids us watch his hand, wait for his counsel, and trust in his name; for "it is God who worketh in us both to will and to do." Faith is God's work; "This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent." And God tells us that "it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Those who are bowed down under the yoke of their transgressions are invited by Christ to take his yoke and his burden, one being easy and the other light; and so the wearied soul finds it.

I have of late been poorly, and am sure

race is run.

Farewell. Be of good cheer,

for he that shall come will come, and deliver thee. Dear sister, adieu.

Your affectionate friend and brother in Christ, and in the path of tribulation,

W. H. S. S.

My best respects to your spouse, mother and brother. Trouble not yourself about paying the post; your letters are always welcome to me; for many worse cases, and of longer standing, than yours have come under my inspection; and, though I could not help them, my Lord hath healed them all. Once more I say, God Almighty bless thee. Amen and Amen. So says-S.S.

DCXXXV.

June 23, 1800.

Dear Sister in the Lord Jesus Christ, grace and peace be with you.

HAVING for some time been very weak and poorly, and at my recovery being obliged to go for a fortnight into the country, is the reason why my dear sister has not heard from me; and I doubt not but Satan and unbelief have made a great hand of this, as if I had done with you; suggesting that I found no encouragement to pray for you, &c. But this is all false; for my soul travails for you: nor has my confidence of your future deliverance ever staggered, or been moved, or in any sense abated. God will never be unfaithful to his word of promise to poor and needy sinners; nor unrighteous in withholding the atonement and satisfaction Christ has made for those who feel and faint under the plague of their own heart.

No, dear sister, my hope of your future happiness is steadfast: and I find a sincere love to you, and union with you; and am fully persuaded that the Lord God of Israel