_June 12._--I have peace in my soul to-day. My remembrance of
God's dear saint in India is frequent, but I am still in this
affair, and expect to know more of the infinite power, wisdom,
and goodness of our God in it and by it than I have heretofore.
My prayer for him constantly is that he maybe supported, guided,
and made in all things obedient and submissive to the will of
his God.
Henry Martyn seems to have written again to Marazion, at this time, a
letter which has not been preserved, for Lydia Grenfell thus refers to
it:
_August 29._--Heard of my absent dear friend by this day's post,
and was strangely affected, though the intelligence was
satisfactory in every respect. I sought deliverance in prayer,
and the Lord spoke peace to my agitated mind, and gave me what I
desired--liberty of soul to return to Himself, and the
contemplation of heavenly things, though a sadness remained on
my spirit. Heard three sermons, for I thought it best to be less
alone than usual, lest my thoughts should wander. Found great
hardness of heart in the services of the day, but I doubt
whether my affections were spiritual or not, though they arose
from a longing to be in heaven, and a joyful sense of the
certainty that God would bring me there.
_September 11._--After some days of darkness and distress, sweet
peace and light return, and my soul rests on God as my
all-sufficient help. Oh, the idolatrous state of my heart! what
painful discoveries are made to me! I see the stream of my
affections has been turned from God and on.... An exertion must
be made, like cutting off a right hand, in order to give Thee, O
Lord, my heart. I must hear neither of nor from the person God
has called in His providence to serve Him in a distant country.
Oh, to be resolute, knowing by woeful experience the necessity
of guarding my thoughts against the remembrance of one, though
dear. As I value the presence of my God, I must avoid everything
that leads my thoughts to this subject--O Lord, keep me
dependent on Thee for grace to do so; Thou hast plainly informed
me of Thy will by withholding Thy presence at this time, and Thy
Word directed me to lay aside this weight.
_October 30._--Thought of my dear friend to-night with
tenderness, but entire resignation to Thy will, O our God, in
never seeing or hearing from him again; to meet him above is my
desire.
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