6th. I will respect all men, especially Christians. 7th. I will pray for a revival. 8th. I will guard against all bad language and ill feeling. 9th. I will never speak rash to any man. 10th. I will be honest in all my dealings. 11th. I will always speak the truth. 12th. I will never contract a debt without a proper prospect of payment. 13th. I will read three chapters of the Bible daily. 14th. I will get all to class I possibly can. 15th. I will set a good example before all men, and especially my own family. 16th. I will not be bound for any man. 17th. I will not argue on scripture with any man. 18th. I will endeavour to improve my time. 19th. I will endeavour to be ready every moment. 20th. I will leave all my concerns in the hands of my God, for Christ's sake. All these I intend, by the help of my God, diligently to perform.' That he always carried out these resolutions is more than his diary will warrant us to say. He sometimes missed the mark, and came short of his aim. He suffered from a certain hastiness of temper, and ruggedness of disposition, which, to use his own words, 'cost him a vast deal of watching and praying. But the Lord,' he adds, 'has helped me in a wonderful manner, and I believe I shall reap if I faint not.' The following extracts from his diary will give some idea of his inner experience:-- [Sidenote: HIS DIARY.] [Sidenote: HIS INNER EXPERIENCE.] '_January 1850. 5th._--I feel the hardness of my heart and the littleness of my love, yet I am in a great degree able to deny myself to take up my cross to follow Christ through good and evil report. _7th._--I feel that I am growing in grace and that I have more power over temptation, and over myself than I had some time since, but I want the witness of full sanctification. _8th._--What is now the state of my mind? Do I now enjoy an interest in Christ? Am I a child of God? It is suggested by Satan that I am guilty of many imperfections. I know it, but I know also if any man sin, etc. _Feb. 18th._--I feel my heart is very hard and stubborn, that I am proud and haughty and very bad tempered, but God can, and I believe he will, break my rocky heart in pieces. _March 3rd._--This has been a good Sabbath; we had a good prayer meeting at 7 o'clock, a profitable class at 9, in the school the Lord was with us, and the preaching services were good. _4th._--Last night I had a severe attack of my old complaint and suffered greatly for many hours, but I called upon God and he delivered me. _16th._--I am in good health, for which, and the use of my reason, and all the blessings that God bestows upon me, I am thankful. I am unworthy of the least of them. O that I could love God ten thousand times more than I do; for I feel ashamed of myself that I love him so little. _19th._--I am ill in body but well in soul. The flesh may give way, and the devil may tempt me, and all hell may rage, yet I believe the Lord will bring me through.