“_Sunday 13._ I conversed with one to-day, who told me, that for fourteen years last past, she never found any unhappiness, but always rejoiced in the love of God. Before and after sacrament, I found such desire, as almost made my heart break. My soul and flesh cried, mourned and wept for the perfect love of God. There is a beauty and excellence in holiness, which has quite won my heart.” “All day, both in reading, prayer, and conversation, I felt something of that promise, John iv. 14. I look for religion to possess, and entirely change me. I see and feel, that Christianity is something divine, living, generous, powerful, and internal. It is _God dwelling in the soul of man_, 2 Corinthians vi. 16.” *“_Friday 18._ I prayed, and read till twelve. My body began then to complain. It does not like fasting; but my soul did banquet on the rich delicacies of the love and promises of God. I am in the way to heaven; but I want a heavenly nature, heaven _within_ me. My soul can be satisfied with nothing less than God. Jesus, my dear Jesus, let me ever esteem thy blood, and righteousness above the whole world! Through thee I come to God. By thee I enter heaven. Thou art heaven.” “My heart was penetrated with the goodness and love of God. I see still more clearly, that love is the fulfilling of the law――supreme, constant, and perfect love of God, and pure benevolent love to the whole of human kind.” Happy soul, when once renew’d, God in thee, and thou in God, Only feel’st within thee move Tenderness, compassion, love. Love immense, and unconfin’d, Love to all of human kind, Love, which willeth all should live, Love, which all to all would give, Love, that over all prevails, Love, that never, never fails: Stand secure, for thou shalt prove All th’ eternity of love. “There is, there _can_ be no higher, no better, no sweeter divinity than this, _My beloved is mine, and I am his_! O my soul rest in this! Be satisfied, and safe in the protecting, sanctifying, and reviving love of _Immanuel, God with me_.” “The 33d chapter of _Exodus_ came in my course of reading to-day. And O what pleading and communion between _Moses_ and his God. Happy man! who conversed with the glorious Jehovah, face to face.¹ And yet St. _John_ seems to express something higher and sweeter than even this, 1st Epistle i. 3. For certainly internal union with God, and a fulness of his spirit, are more excellent than any external manifestation can be.” ¹ That is with a degree of familiarity and access, which was not allowed to any of the other patriarchs or prophets. For _strictly_ speaking, _no man hath seen God at any time_.