Lord’s day, March 9. I preached from Luke x. 38‒42. The word of God was attended with energy. Numbers were concerned to obtain the _one thing needful_. Several that have given good evidences of being truly converted, were much affected with a sense of their want of spirituality; and saw the need they stood in of _growing in grace_. And most that had had any impressions of divine things in times past, now felt those impressions revived. In the afternoon, I proposed to have catechised in my usual method. But while we were engaged in the first prayer, in the Indian language, (as usual) a great part of the assembly was so much moved, that I thought it proper to omit the questions, and insist upon the most practical truths. There appeared to be a powerful influence in the congregation. Those truly pious, were so deeply affected with a sense of their own _barrenness_, and their unworthy treatment of the blessed Redeemer, that they _looked on him as pierced_ by themselves, _and mourned_, yea, some of them were _in bitterness as for a first-born_.――Some poor awakened sinners also appeared to be in anguish of soul to obtain an interest in Christ. So that there was _a great mourning_ in the assembly: many heavy groans and tears! and one or two persons newly come among us, were considerably awakened. After public worship many came to my house, where we sung and discoursed; and the presence of God seemed here also to be in the midst of us. *While we were singing, there was one (the woman mentioned in my journal of February 9.) who, was “filled with joy unspeakable and full of glory,” and could not but burst forth in prayer and praises to God before us all, with many tears, crying sometimes in English, and sometimes in Indian “O blessed Lord, do come, do come! O do take me away, do let me die and go to Jesus Christ! I am afraid if I live I shall sin again! O do let me die now! O dear Jesus, do come! I cannot stay, I cannot stay! O how can I live in this world! do take my soul away from this sinful place! O let me never sin any more!”――In this ecstasy she continued some time, uttering these and such like expressions incessantly.