O, how uncomfortable do I feel when within its walls; but in its neighborhood there are a few friends to whom I am tenderly united in spirit.
He concludes this entry with an allusion to the homely and even hard manner of life to which many of these were accustomed.
To some of our Friends in England who are dissatisfied with their outward situation, I would say, Come and see how these live on the Continent.
The 29th of the Tenth Month was the anniversary of his wife's death.

His diary for this day is an affecting transcript of his feelings on the occasion.
The shock which my earthly happiness received this day twelvemonths has been, this evening, piercingly renewed in the recollection of almost every minute transaction which accompanied the awful event of the closing moments of my precious lamb.

For truly like a lamb she lived, and was well prepared to become an angel-spirit.

O, happy spirit, thou art at rest; then why should I mourn thy loss?
Surely He who knows the weakness of our frame will forgive, for he himself gave us the example in weeping over those he loved.

The Almighty has been very good to me; he has put it in the hearts of those with whom I reside to care for me with an affectionate interest.