“At length the clouds rolled away. The heavens had never seemed so beautiful and radiant. An unspeakable peace and confidence filled my soul. The assurance of victory was perfect, and tranquillity blossomed into joy at every step. The first day was one long struggle of prayer. The second day was one long ecstasy of joy and thanksgiving! I need not say to the wise that the fire of my heart kindled in the church, and for months the genial warmth brought forth a spiritual summer, so that flowers and fruit abounded in the garden of the Lord. “And now in this three-hour midnight ride, amid outward storms but inward joy and thanksgiving, I recalled the old days, and mingled their light with the gladness of the passing hour.” Referring to a revival at Terre Haute—perhaps the one just mentioned—Dr. Lyman Beecher wrote: “The revival here under Henry’s administration and preaching was, in the adaptation of means and happy results, one of the most perfectly conducted and delightful that I have ever known.” We can get some slight idea of the hard physical labor he endured in his ordinary home preaching by quoting a single page of his “Sermon Record Book”—a not unusual record: “Oct. 22. Rode 36 miles; Adams’ neighborhood by noon. Evening rode five miles to Franklin; preached on Faith. “ 23. Rode back to Adams, and at 10½ preached ordination of Stimson: Duties of Pastor. “ 24. Sunday morning and evening, our church. “ 26. Funeral of Mrs. Jennison. “ 31. Twice—once on Baptism. Nov. 7. Morning, baptism; P.M., funeral. “ 11. Rode 8 miles to Brewer’s and preached; home again. “ 12. Rode 8 miles to N. Prov. Ch.; preached, and home. “ 13. Preached morning and night, and rode 5 miles to M———; P.M., 10 miles, preached 3 times a day.” At this time he undertook a minute and careful analysis of the Gospels: “I took the New Testament, I read it diligently, I made myself familiar with the life and teachings of Christ, I became saturated with the spirit of the four Gospels, I obtained all the helps I could get for their interpretation, and I have now in my drawer a heap of manuscripts in which I have condensed and compiled these Gospels, everything in them being conveniently arranged for use. It was an immense work. These four Gospels had, as it were, been eaten and digested by me and gone into my blood and bones.