"Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing."-- (Luke xii.

42, 43.) Tenderly mindful of the religious wants of those whom they had lately left, so early as the Seventh Month John and Martha Yeardley revisited the several congregations in Pontefract Monthly Meeting.

They were both humbled and comforted in the course of this visit.
We were, says J.Y., united in sympathy to many dear friends within the circle from whence we have removed, and I was strengthened to labor according to the ability received from day to day.
Since this little journey, he continues, we have been pretty much at home attending the meetings in course in the neighborhood.

We are comfortably settled in our new abode, which feels to us really a home as to the outward in every respect; and in a religious sense we entirely believe it is our right allotment for the present.
In this new halting-place of his earthly pilgrimage, John Yeardley experienced an increase of freedom, of spirit, and of faith and joy in his Saviour.
10 _mo_.

7 .-- For a few days past I have felt my mind raised above the earth and fixed on heavenly things.