If I err in sometimes asking for a sign, I trust it will be forgiven, because it is done in the simplicity of my heart, to know my Father's will, and we have examples of this having been granted to the worthies in times of old .-- (12 _mo_.

8.) In the Twelfth Month of 1819, John Yeardley attended the Quarterly Meeting at York, and has some religious service on the way.

His account of this little journey is preceded by some instructive reflections on his own infirmities and lack of ready obedience.
9 _mo_.

15 .-- I feel exceedingly discouraged at my own obstinacy in not keeping more humble, watchful, and attentive to the inward monitor.

I am sensible loss is sustained in a religions sense by giving way too much to an airy disposition.
12 _mo_.