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 entirely to God. My Sabbaths on earth will soon be ended; but I look forward with joy unutterable to that holy day which will never have an end.

March 25— Humility has been the subject of my meditations this day. I find I have been greatly deficient in this Christian grace. Oh, for that meek and lowly spirit which Jesus exhibited in the days of his flesh.

March 25.— Little B.'s birth-day. Reading of these children who cried Hosanna to the Son of David, when he dwelt on earth, I ardently wished that this dear child might be sanctified. She is not too young to be made a subject of Immanuel's kingdom.

May 1,— Where is the cross which Christians speak of so frequently? All that I do for Jesus is pleasant. Though, perhaps, I am ridiculed by the gay and thoughtless for any choice of religion, yet the inward comfort which I enjoy doubly compensates me for all this. I do not wish for the approbation and love of the world, neither for its splendour or riches. For one blest hour at God's right hand, I'll give them all away!

1809. July 1. God has been pleased in his infinite mercy, again to call up my attention to eternal realities. After spending more than a year in the vanities of the world- thoughtless and unconcerned respecting my eternal welfare, he has, as I humbly trust, showed me my awful backslidings from him, and my dependence upon his grace for every blessing.

Aug. 6 Lord's-day morning.—Upon this sacred morning, Oh that the Holy Spirit of God would enliven and animate my cold and stupid affections. Oh that I might this day enter his earthly courts, worship him in an acceptable manner, profess his