end of all your trials! May you come out of them, like gold out of the fire!

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I hear you have a present exercise, viz. your young and beloved Isaac to be parted from you. There is grace sufficient even for this. not love your son more than I did mine. not, cross your will more than it did mine: but my son went into the army, and I do not repent; it was his choice. He has been kept, as far as I know, from army sins: and the same good God may also keep your son. Trust him in his loving and careful guidance; and the Lord will do what is best both for him and for you.

your one business is to trust your ALLĒ in the hands of Christ. Having received him, then to live upon him. Remember, he is to answer every purpose, body and soul. You and yours: earth and heaven. You are not living up to your privilege, if there be any person or thing that you keep back from Christ, and do not leave to his absolute management. The command runs. -Trust in HIM at all times, ye people. Pray him to make you willing to part with your son, as he did Abraham. Pray him to give you more faith to trust him in the Lord's hand: and then follow him with your daily prayers, that the good Lord may keep him from all evil. When you have

done this, the rest must be left. The Lord will do what seemeth him good: yea, he will enable you to say, Come what may-ALL is well.

In a bond never to be broken, I am yours in Christ. My Blessing on your dear son, and prayers for him.

W. R

POSTSCRIPT.

As it is possible the foregoing excellent let

ters may fall into the hands of many, who have not read any account of the glorious triumphant departure of their blessed Author; it has occurred to the mind of the Editor, that such of his readers would rejoice to hear the Lord's dealings with this, his distinguished servant, in his last illness. For their information, therefore, and above all, for the glory of his Divine Master, he has inserted the following particulars.

Indeed it seemed, as if the blessed Mr. RoMAINE had a presentiment the day before he was taken ill, that his end was approaching; for, on going to the house of a friend, whom he often called upon, and who lived in his neighbourhood, as soon as he was seated, he said, without any introduction, "Set thine house in order, for thou "shalt die, and not live" When his friend asked him if he dad any particular meaning in addressing him thus at that time, he answered, "No:" but

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said he, "these words are much on my mind, and they are a call to all, especially to those in business;" or words to that effect.

The day after, which was Saturday, June 6th, when he was first taken ill at Mr. W's house, at Balaam-hill, near Clapham, he said he was very sick; and at family-prayer was observed to request the Lord, "that he would favour them with grace sufficient to fit them for, and carry them through the trials of that day, which might be many." During the same day, he spoke familiarly on his approaching death; which he seemed to expect soon; and so did the family where he then was. However he wished to return to his own house that day, which he did; but was so weak that he never appeared in the public congregation afterwards.

His friend above-mentioned, calling a few days after to enquire how he did, said to him, "heavi"ness may endure for a night, but joy cometh "in the morning." To which he replied, “It had "been a night indeed; but he had a blessed prospect of death, and a joyful hope of eternity, full "of glory and immortality."

To a beloved brother in the ministry, who was soon after journeying through London, and calling upon his dying friend, he said, “that he did