To be thankful is to feel a spark of heavenly flame; to be thankful is to increase the blessing already poured forth.

O that I possessed more of this blessed spirit; for truly it is angelic! * * * * * _A Testimony of Pontefract Monthly Meeting concerning_ JOSEPH WOOD, _deceased_.
This our esteemed friend was born at Newhouse, near Highflatts, within the compass of this Monthly Meeting, on the 26th of the Fourth Month, 1750.
His parents, Samuel and Susanna Wood, members of our Society, were concerned for the best interest of their children.

In his youth he gave way to some of the vanities incident to that period of life, but when approaching manhood he was happily brought under the restraining power of Truth, and often humbled in deep inward exercise.

Once being in the fields in the night season, he exclaimed, Lord what shall I do, or whither shall I go?
The answer in the secret of his own heart was as intelligible as if spoken to his outward ear,--Whither wilt thou go, Have not I the words of eternal life?
Soon after this he attended a neighboring meeting, when a ministering Friend, who was a stranger, stood up with the words which he had received as an answer to his inquiry, and enlarged upon the subject in a manner suited to his tried state of mind.
In the year 1779, in the twenty-ninth year of his age, was his first appearance in the ministry, in great fear and broken-ness of spirit: but being obedient to the manifestations of truth, he experienced an advancement therein, and was a good example, adorning his profession by a circumspect life.

His testimony was not with the enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.