desperately wicked heart to think a good thought. My desires and affections have been fixed too much on this fleeting, transitory world. Oh! that I could leave all in the hands of my great Creator, who cannot err, do what He will, and not perplex myself with any vain foolish desires. "September 8.-Yesterday I began again to read that interesting volume, the Memoirs of Mrs. Newell, and this morning I have perused many of its pages. Oh! that, like her, I may die the death of the righteous, and be worthy of such a crown of glory as she now possesses. She was, indeed, a child of God. It dispirits me much when I think how superior she was to me at my age,* and particularly with regard to her advancement in a religious course of life. Oh! what coldness of heart, what sad indifference, reigns within How often do I take upon my lips that namet which ought not to be pronounced without the deepest reverence. 0, my blessed Lord, pardon me for all that I have done amiss, and help, oh help me to do those me. * Sixteen years and seven months. + Never but in prayer, or on solemn occasions. G things, and only those, that are pleasing to thy pure sight. Jesus, my Saviour! open my eyes, that I may see the blackness and depravity of my heart. My mind is beset with clouds of the deepest dye, and my God seems at an immeasurable distance. Oh! that I could pierce them through, and get one glimpse of my Redeemer's countenance to cheer my comfortless heart. Cut me not off, thou merciful Father, in this my sad state of darkness; but, oh my God, before thou remove me hence, let that radiant hue of joy and gladness, which thou sheddest upon thy favoured few, shine abundantly upon me. "For some days past my spirits have been much depressed; I believe it is partly owing to the conviction I am under of my great ignorance of those subjects with which I ought to be well acquainted, and which are well known to girls of my own age. I have breathed out a prayer which, I trust, the Lord has graciously heard, for his assistance in all my undertakings that are pleasing to him; for I know that unless he help me, I must remain in the same state in which I now am, which is grovelling indeed. I find it extremely difficult to attend to my studies as I ought; but if the Lord, who is of infinite wisdom and greatness of mind, strengthen me, and give me understanding, what more can I require. My God and my Father, instruct me in the way in which I should walk, and suffer me not to go to the right hand or to the left; be thou ever nigh, and that to bless me; and do all according to thy good pleasure. Amen. "September 11.-This day finds me under an extreme depression of spirits; but I have been enabled, through God's mercy, to repair to the throne of never-ending mercy, there to lay before my Almighty Father the sorrows and distresses of my heart, and I earnestly hope that he has heard me, and that he will be pleased to answer my petition. My prayer has been for his assistance in my earthly duties, for daily I feel more conscious of my need of the aid of him who is all wisdom and understanding, to guide and direct me in my pursuits; to enable me to perform them with alacrity and diligence. I am so well aware of my inferiority of mind and extreme ignorance, that in the society of those whose minds are cast in a superior mould, I am uneasy, and am too apt to wish myself away, lest any subject should be introduced with |