are not at home.

Get ready to go, when your Father calls for you. Some body must follow Miss Who can tell, but God, whether it be O be pre

you, or some of her sisters pared. The door is open, step into the ark. There death cannot hurt or. frighten. St. Dunstan calls!-farewel. Blessings on you and yours. Thank Mr. for all his kind expressions. I gave them their value. Pray for yours in Jesus.

W. R

LETTER XXXIX.

March 30, 1773~

MY DEAR FRIEND,

ALTHOU

LTHOUGH I have but time to write a line,. yet I could no longer forbear acknowledging your favour. My whole time has been employed this

Lent with preaching and printing. My first volume is finished, and I hope to

who is in town.

send you one by

The report you

Mr. heard of my mother's death is true: she is gone a little before, and I shall soon follow. The goodness of God to her was very great, all her life, was extraordinary to the moment of her death: so that we sorrow rejoicing. I really thank you for interesting yourself in any of my concerns. As to my usual summer journey one great motive has ceased. I can say nothing at this distance of time. I leave the Lord to plan for me and I wish to follow no will, but his. Where I shall go next summer I have not so much as a hint yet.

My kind love to your vicar, I hear good of him. The Lord bless him in all his designs for the glory of Jesus. I desire to be remembered by you all în your prayers. Every good wish I heartily offer I am yours in Jesus.

in

for Mr.

W. R.

LETTER XL.

August 20, 1771%

MY VERY DEAR FRIEND,

I HAVE sent you, in a parcel directed to your

brother

come to

three volumes of the second

part of the Walk of Faith as before, unbound, with one set bound for yourself, another for Miss - a third for the Rev. Mr. -theywith many prayers. I have prayed it over in writing; and I am daily begging the free giver of every good and perfect gift, that he would go out with it, and own it to the hearts of his dear people. My design in writing the book was for his glory, and their good. The plan is simple:-it was to shew, that christian principles are sufficient for all the purposes of christian practice; so that whenever we fail in practice, we have first failed in principle. How should it be otherwise? Since the principles are

MIGHTY THROUGH GOD,-the same grace, which teaches them, as the truth of God, gives also the experience of them, as the power of God. If, therefore, peace rules the conscience, and love in the heart, the effect will follow, as light does, when the sun is risen. There will be a dependence on the promised power of God to do, and to suffer his will; and this power will as certainly be put forth, as God is true; so long as peace and love are maintained. Try yourself. Observe narrowly, how it is that you fail in practice; and you will always see your faith gave way, and you were not living up to your privileges. I know not how I have succeeded, in describing this grand mistake in the christian walk, or in rectifying it; but this I know well, that the salvation of Jesus, is absolutely, infinitely, everlastingly perfect in every part, and at the very given moment, and the belief of it will produce an even, holy, happy walk, and if this belief was perfect, (as it should be,) an enjoyment of this salvation would be upon earth, what it is in heaven. I pray God to carry. you and me on from faith to faith, that we may daily bring greater honour to his word, and to his work.

If my light, or love, or joy, warm your heart in reading, remember me. My trials are very

great: I have the old burden, very heavy indeed -a vast body of sin, under which I groan, and great bodily pain, hard to bear. I have been to the sea for relief: but my Lord thinks proper to refuse it. When I had other trials, he spared me and never let me know what bodily pain was; but now outward trials are in a great measure removed; this is my cross. He is merciful in all his dealings: blessings on him for his KIND ROD! you will find in the second volume, a chapter on the outward cross, and another on the inward; they are the longest chapters, because I felt what I wrote, and because all God's children carry these two crosses to the grave. I beg your attention to the inward cross, and when you have read the chapter, be so good as to tell me how you live it. To manage it well, is the greatest lesson in the school of Christ: O that he may teach you as you read, and be your prophet to enable you to live upon him as your priest.

Many years ago I chose my motto-CEASE YE FROM MAN. You see how needful it is. Place your happiness on any thing but the heavenly lover, it makes itself wings and flies away. How many sweet hours, (the remembrance is sweet) have I spent at yearly visits, pleasing and ---? profitable; but I am debarred this enjoyment I