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was blessed to my soul; my heart was warmed, and my soul engaged to live to God; so that I longed to exert myself with more vigour than I ever had in his service; and those words were quickening to me, herein is my Father glorified, that ye bring forth much fruit.' Oh! my soul wished, and longed, and prayed, to be enabled to live to God, with constancy and ardour! In the evening, God was pleased to shine upon me in secret prayer, and draw out my soul after himself; and I had freedom of supplication for myself, but much more in intercession for others; so that I was secretly constrained to say, 'Lord, use me as thou wilt, do as thou wilt with me, but oh, promote thine own cause! Zion is thine! Oh, visit thine heritage! Oh, let thy kingdom come! Oh, let thy blessed interest be advanced in the world!""

"May 23.-The glory of Christ's kingdom so much outshone the pleasures of earthly accommodations and enjoyments, that they appeared comparatively nothing, though in themselves, good and desirable. My soul

was melted in secret meditation and prayer, and I felt myself separated from any part in this world; so that in those affairs which seem of the greatest importance in this life, I could only say, the will of the Lord be done! I felt great freedom in prayer for the people of my charge, for the propagation of the gospel among the Indians, and for the enlargement of Zion in general; and longed to burn out in one continual flame for God. In the evening I was visited by my brother, John Brainerd; the first visit I have received from a near relative since I became a missionary. Blessed be God! if ever I filled up a day with studies and devotion, I was enabled to fill up this day."

"June 7.-I rode to Freehold to assist Mr. Tennent in the administration of the Lord's supper. In the afternoon I preached, and God gave me some freedom and warmth in my discourse. I trust his presence was in the assembly. I was comfortably.composed, and enjoyed a thankful frame of spi rit; and my soul was grieved that I could not render something to God for his benefits

bestowed. Oh, that I could be swallowed up in his praise! The next day, (June 8,) I was agreeably entertained in the forenoon by a discourse from Mr. Tennent, and felt melted and refreshed. In the season of communion I enjoyed some comfort, and especially in serving one of the tables. Blessed be the Lord, it was a time of refreshing to me, and I trust to many others. A number of my dear people sat down by themselves, at the last table, at which time, God seemed to be in the midst of them; and the thoughts of what God had done among them, was refreshing and melting to me. In the afternoon. God enabled me to preach with uncommon freedom, from 2 Cor. v. 20. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.' Through the great goodness of God, I was favoured with a great flow of matter, and proper expressions. In the evening, I could not but rejoice in God, and bless him for the manifestations of his grace in the day past. Oh, it was a sweet and solemn day! a season

of comfort to the godly, and of awakening to other souls."

June 9th, I preached the concluding sermon from Gen. v. 24. And Enoch walked with God.' God gave me enlargement and fervency in my discourse, so that I was enabled to speak with plainness and power: and, praised be God, it was a sweet meeting, a desirable assembly. To-day a considerable number of my people met together early, in a retired place in the woods, and prayed, sung and conversed, of divine things; and were seen by some of the white people to be affected and engaged, and many of them in tears. Afterward they attended the concluding exercises of the sacramental solemnity, and then returned home, rejoicing for all the goodness of God which they had seen and felt."

"June 13th.-This day I baptized five persons; one of them was the very aged woman mentioned in my journal, Dec. 26. She now gave me a very rational and satisfactory account of the remarkable change she experienced some months after the beginning of

her concern; and although she had become so childish, through old age, that I could do nothing in the way of questions with her, yet when I let her alone to go on with her own story, she could give a very distinct relation of the many and various exercises of her soul; so deep were the impressions made on her mind by the influence she had been under. I have great reason to hope that she has been born anew in her old age; she being, I presume, upwards of eighty."

"June 19. This day makes a complete year from the first time of my preaching to the Indians in New-Jersey. What amazing things has God wrought in this time for this poor people! What a surprising change appears in their tempers and behaviour! How are savage pagans transformed into humble and affectionate Christians; and their drunken and pagan howlings turned into fervent prayers and praises to God! They who were sometimes darkness, are now light in the Lord. May they walk as children of the light, and of the day.' And now to him that is of power to establish them according to

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