I am entering on a visit to the families here with my dear friend T.S., whose company I have had since the 23rd ult.

This service is to me a very important one.

It is an easy matter to say to a brother or a sister, Be comforted, be strengthened; but it is no light matter to dip so feelingly into the state of our fellow-mortals, as to feel as though we could place _our_ soul in their soul's stead, in order that they might be strengthened and comforted.
8 _mo_.

20 .-- The visit has been got over to our great satisfaction.
In some sittings, deep exercise and mourning; in others, cause of rejoicing over the precious seed of the kingdom, which is alive in the hearts of some.

There seems to be a remarkable visitation once more extended, especially to the youth.
In conjunction with Thomas Shillitoe he proposed to the Friends, as only one meeting was held on First-days, to have one in the evening for religious reading, holding it at Friedensthal in the summer, and at Pyrmont in the winter.