Since I was last here I have passed through much; nevertheless the Lord has guided my steps, and I have cause to give Him thanks.
They visited Minden and the little meetings around, bestowing much labor on them; but at Pyrmont, to suffer, rather than to do, was their allotted portion.
It sometimes seems to me, writes J.Y., that we have in this place little to do and much to suffer.

I am often cast down, and have to sit in silence and darkness.

This state of mind is an exercise of faith and patience, through which much may be gained if it is turned to right account.
Of the Two Months' Meeting, he says: On the whole a favorable time.

But I am not without my fears that the little Society in this place will lose ground, in a religious sense, if more faithfulness is not manifested in little things.
Soon after their arrival in Germany they turned their steps towards the north-west corner of that country, and the borders of Holland.

The object of this journey was to visit some places on the shores of the North Sea, near Friesland, where the inundations of 1825 had caused great desolation, and where a new colony had been formed by the government from among the ruined families.