ed, deeply affected my mind. I mourned the church's great loss. I loved her as a sister, and respected her as a mother, whose example was very precious.When I met her in a distant part of the continent, hundreds of miles from our dear connexions and friends, how did our souls rejoice in seeing and feeling each other in the precious life of Truth! Dear Edith, I have known thee, when under the direction of Him who raised thee up, and whom thou delighted to serve, to stand as upon the holy mountain; from whence thou hast sounded forth a clear and certain sound, in the strength and power of Him who clothed thee with majesty and zeal. Thou wast bold and undaunted in his cause; thou regarded not the face of man. How have the stout-hearted been made to bow under the power of the Word that flowed thro' thee! The hard and rocky heart has often been pierced, and obliged to confess that thou spake as one having authority. But to the tender babes and lambs of Christ, thy words dropped as the rain; yea, thy speech distilled as the dew,—as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. Oh! how sweetly comforting, strengthening and reviving, hast thou been instructed to hand forth doctrine to those who were inquiring the way to Zion! Surely, thou wast a well-instructed scribe; thou hadst the tongue of the learned; thy bow abode in strength, and thou wast enabled skilfully to handle the bright sword, and the glittering spear of Divine Truth.

O my dear friend, when I think of the loss sustained by thy removal from us, I weep, and my heart seems melted with sorrow;-but not on thy account; nay, verily. It is sealed upon my spirit, that the God whom thou didst serve, has taken thee to him

self, and that thou now enjoyest the blessed mansion of eternal glory. And though thou hast, as it were, stepped aside out of sight, yet I feel thy spirit near in the seed of life, and my spirit is as sensibly united with thine as ever it was when thou wast in the body. Had it been the will of God to have spared thee longer with us, how agreeable it would have been to have thy sweet and instructive company and service. But it is right for us poor worms in deep humility to say, Not mine, but thy will, O Father, be done.

She was justly ranked among the worthies in our Israel, and was worthy of double honour, for the work's sake in which she faithfully laboured. Surely, she will remain fresh on the minds of those who had an intimate knowledge of her, and were in some good degree acquainted with her worth: yea, as long as we remain here below, she will be present with us in endeared remembrance. David mourned over persons of less account in religious matters, and we may well mourn the loss of our dearly beloved friend, She is taken away from us in a low time in society; yet surely, He who has called her home to himself, knows best what is best for us. 'Twas his power that raised her up, and qualified her for usefulness in his church and family; and he can raise up others in her stead.

In the early part of the 2d month, I accompanied our beloved friend, John Townsend, of London, to Darby meeting; and the same afternoon we visited four families, to good satisfaction. Next day, we were at a meeting at Providence, and rode to Martha Sharpless's, where we had a favoured time with her family in the evening. The day following, were at the select Quarterly meeting at Concord, which was

small by reason of the wet weather. On first-day, we attended Chichester meeting; and in the evening, John Townsend had a meeting appointed at a Friend's house, between Concord and Chichester; to which a good many people came, considering the wetness of the evening, and John was favoured in testimony amongst them. He is an example of industry: the like I have not lately witnessed. On second and third-days, we attended the Quarterly and youth's meetings at Concord, which were solidly conducted. John Townsend came home with me, and next day was at our monthly meeting, where he had good service: Oh! that it may be blest to the people.

While I was from home, one of our children got badly burned; which had a humbling reach on my mind when I saw the dear, suffering babe. I was ready to think it was a lesson of reproof to me; for I had been for several days remarkably cheerful, and sometimes thought I carried it rather too far. There is a liberty in the Truth, and among the friends of it; yet I am very sensible at times, as Paul was, that there is need of care lest we abuse this liberty.

About this time, I wrote to my young friend, Thomas Byrnes, as follows:

Dear friend, Thou art still in my remembrance, and at times, I feel anxiously desirous that thou mayst be preserved out of the ways of folly. Thou seest, dear child, that many, yea, very many are walking in the broad way of libertinism; gratifying the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life; living as without the knowledge of God in the world, and neglecting the great concerns of the world to Oh! that thou may beware, lest through the power of persuasion thou shouldst be drawn aside in

come.

to things which will hereafter bring thee into anxiety and distress. I am in earnest, dear Thomas, when I put thee in remembrance, that thou canst not begin too soon to fear and serve him who made thee for a purpose of his own glory. Thy heavenly Father hath pronounced the man blessed, who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Mayst thou therefore be concerned to be of this number; knowing that it will be of more avail to thee when thou comest to the close of time, than ten thousand worlds. Farewell.

3d mo. 5th. How sweet to me is thy presence, O God of truth! I pray thee, continue thy loving kindness and mercy toward me. If the world frown upon me, leave me not: my soul trusteth in thee, let me never be put to shame; for thou art my God, my hope, and my song all the day. And, O Father of mercies, I beseech thee, look down upon the beloved youth of this place. Thou hast made them feel near to my spiritual life; Oh! enrich their hearts with thy grace, that so they may be willing to follow thee in the regeneration, not regarding what the world may say of them. O Father, I pray thee, stain the glory of this world in their view, and teach them to set a right value on thy manifold favours and blessings, both spiritual and temporal, that are bestowed upon them. Draw them, as with the three-fold cord of thy love, that with alacrity of heart they may run the ways of thy commandments, and become prepared to stand for thy great and holy name, when the heads

of those who are now concerned for the support of thy testimonies, may be laid low.

16th. Being in the mill at work, I wrote as I felt, thus: O God of love, mercy and truth, pardon all my iniquities, and forgive all my sins. Thou alone knowest my heart; it is naked and bare before thee; cleanse thou me from secret faults. O Lord, redeem me from all iniquity, and purge me from every sin. When I was in deep distress, I cried unto thee, and thou heardest my voice; thou sentest forth the arrows of thy quiver, and discomfited my soul's enemies; yea, when the floods of sorrow compassed me about, and my heart was ready to faint, thou girdedst me with strength and sustainedst me. Thy goodness and thy mercies toward me cannot be numbered; Oh! may a sense of thy loving-kindness dwell with me. continually; that I may praise thy name forever and

ever.

About the beginning of the 4th month, in company with Joseph West and James Robinson jun'r, I rode to a meeting at Chichester appointed for our friend Thomas Colley from England. He came home and took tea with me that evening; and on seventh-day the select Yearly meeting began at Wilmington at three o'clock in the afternoon. On first-day our meetings were both large; two public meetings were also held on second-day, one of which was silent;a remarkable circumstance, but all in wisdom, no doubt. Thomas Colley had very acceptable service in two of the sittings: he is a favoured instrument; being led in an especial manner towards people of other societies, but not in so close and searching a way to our own society, as some other Friends.— Herein the excellency of the gospel appears, as each