The glorious Gospel exhibits the eternal love of the Father, the freeness of divine grace, and the pardon of the vilest, through the blood of the Lamb. These immortal truths, accompanied by the power of the Spirit, begot in his mind a pleasing hope of salvation. Love operated in his heart as faith was led to eye the Saviour, and by waiting on the Lord his faith grew strong in the doctrines of the Cross, so that he gradually experienced the joys of salvation, which did not leave him, but for a season, till his dissolution. Through a variety of trials and wants his health began rapidly to decline, and soon baffled the use of medicine: but as the body was thus gravitating to its own center, the dust, his soul was happy in a good hope, through grace, the love of God, and the precious Person of Jesus. When confined to his bed I had occasion to visit him often, and generally found him happy. I must confess I staggered a little at his felicity, but I knew the Holy Spirit was a Sovereign, and had a right to do as he pleased. But I apprized our Friend, that I doubted whether he would go quite so easy to heaven, without a cloud, without an assault, without a temptation: not but he was deeply afflicted in his body; and it is the mercy of God’s elect to experience this grand truth, _He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the East wind_.—In a few days time my prediction of his troubles came to pass. He was tried and tempted indeed. His body getting worse, Satan took occasion from some trying circumstances which occurred, to distress his mind, which absolutely deprived him of his rationality for some few days and nights, with very few intervals of sanity. But while in this afflicted state Prayer was made for him constantly among us, and by the kindness of the Church, especially the younger brethren, who were assiduous in their attention to him, we had the happiness of seeing him restored, and once more composed, and happy in Jesus. But the time drew near that he must die: the Lord dealt very graciously with him in that solemn period, for which we have much cause to be thankful.