One of them has been here to see me lately, and I hope he is in a good way for his own soul, and brings up his children in the fear of God." "Have you any worldly cares upon your mind ?" "_Not one_, sir.

I am come to this house, I plainly see, to end my days; for this mortification in my leg must, before it be very long, bring me to the grave.

And I am quite willing, sir, to go, or to wait the Lord's own time.

I want nothing, sir, but more grace to praise him." Which last words he often repeated in the course of the conversation.
"You have reason," I said, "to feel thankful that there is such a house as this for poor and sick people to be brought to, for both food, lodging, and medicine." "That I have, indeed, sir; it is a house of mercies to me, and I am ashamed to hear how unthankful many of the patients seem to be for the benefits which the Lord provides for them here.

But, poor creatures, they neither know nor love him.