whereby we are under greater danger and temptation: and have a greater cross to take up to be what we ought to be, than in humbler stations. It has not fallen to my lot to be much proved with trials of this kind, and I am led to believe that divine wifdom, who orders all things well, knew beft what was beft for me. For when profpects of things were pleafing, I was too prone to be too much elevated, and therefore needed to be brought and kept low: but in the midst of my difcouragement, a door of hope often opened to me, from the internal evidence and perfuafion of my being in my right place, and of faith that all things would work together for good, if we were preferved through all to love and fear the Lord, and so I humbly truft it proved. For my wife under the like difcouragement being brought low in her mind, it proved in the hand of God a good ftep to her to the more certain enjoyment of his bleffed prefence, and the comforts of his good fpirit: fhe meeting with the like precious vifitation here, as I had done before in Bristol, which made us partakers together of the fweet fenfe of the gracious regard of him that is above all, and clofely linked us together in true unity, and deep thankfulnefs, which often raifed in us, to our unfpeakable joy, the chearing hope of a dwelling

place with the fanctified of the Lord in the regions of blifs. May I never forget fuch feafons of unmerìted mercy and goodness.

In the fpring of the next year, my mind was again drawn to vifit fome parts of Cumberland and Weftmoreland. John Pim of Lackah and his wife, offered me their eldest fon Mofes for a companion, which I accepted. We met at his brother-in-law Samuel Neale's at Chriftian's-town. Thence we went next day, some miles out of our way, to see our dear friend Mary Peisly being at that time in affliction.

She had been a gay young woman, but in the youthful years of her gayety, fhe was favoured with a powerful and prevailing visitation of divine love, and giving up faithfully to the heavenly vifion, fhe became a veffel of honour in the master's house, receiving a gift in the ministry, and being reverently, watchfully, and livelily exercised therein to the edification of friends where her lot was caft. She was indeed an useful member and a fhining ornament to the church.

I am ready to conclude, that none in our day, from the time of this the effectual visitation of

Chrift to her foul, adhered with more steadiness to his guidance, through a variety of probations. She was most part of her time a member of the fame monthly meeting with myself. Often were we together in public meetings; often in family vifits.

She vifited friends in England, Ireland, and North America pretty generally; and foon after her return from her last journey married our friend Samuel Neale, and in a few days after departed this life. I attended both at her marriage and her funeral, and am fatisfied that fhe is gone to enjoy for ever the reward of a well-fpent life, very much devoted to the fervice of God, and the promotion of truth upon earth.

After this vifit of friendship, we got to Dublin on seventh day evening, and there on enquiry I was informed at several places, that the whole fleet of Whitehaven ships had gone off that day; but in my return from the quay, accompanied by my kind landlord Thomas Strangman, met à man who told us there was one prevented from getting off. Sò I stayed the two meetings in Dublin the next day, and had a fatisfactory time with my dear friends there. After dinner on fecond day we embarked, and on third day about noon landed at Whitehaven.

That afternoon I went to John Harris's, and next morning fet off with him and his wife, a valuable minister, to the quarterly meeting at Carlifle.

One thing appeared to me pleasingly remarkable at that time. By reafon of wet weather, people there were backward at their country work, and then very bufy, yet feveral of the men, put forward their wives to go to the quarterly meeting, as they intended themselves to the northern yearly meeting to be at Kendal about two weeks from that time. We were

that day pretty many in company, but more women than men, though both the roads and the weather were but indifferent. Hence I concluded that no other motive, but that of religious defire drew them from home. It affected my mind, and made me hope for a good meeting. The widow of our worthy friend Robert Atkinson, then about eighty years of age, and two other elderly women, walked on foot eight miles to it.

On fifth day the quarterly meeting began, and on fixth day ended, and was a large and good meeting. On seventh day I reached Kendal, and visited meetings thereaway till the yearly meeting; and

after it spent a few days thereabout, took leave of my poor mother, and never faw either the place of my nativity or her any more. She lived only about two or three years after this, and was favoured in her latter days with peace and quiet; which was mercifully continued to her laft end.

;

This journey began well, like all my others but, alas! it did not fo continue and end, for want of my steadily adhering to the all-wife guide in my whole conduct. Yet I received inftruction from it, and learned to exercise more care in fome things, wherein I faw I had missed my way.

I embarked at Whitehaven for Dublin; but we were driven to the north, and put into Carlingford about fifty miles from Dublin. The paffengers were three men and three women, and this being a poor place, we could only get two mean wretched horfes, on which we helped the women by turns to Dundalk about eight or ten miles. From Dundalk we hired three horses, which carried double well to Drogheda where we lodged. Here were no horfes to be met with. So meeting with a return chaife I agreed for the three women to go in it, and myfelf fetting forward on foot in company with one of the