Had I been immersed in water, I could not have been more wet than I was, from the sweat produced by the terror of my mind from the former part of my dream.

What was manifested in this dream, hath been realized in my heart since, from the following truths, "Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou holdest me by my right hand" (Ps. lxxiii. 23). "But rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven" (Luke x. 20)." And I will not blot his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels" (Rev. iii. 5). "There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Rev. xxi. 27).

This dream made a very deep impression on my mind. I considered it as a warning from the Lord, to cease from my evil course of life and to live to his glory; that if I neglected this I should have no more offers of mercy, as they are called: and if I attended to this warning and lived accordingly, I concluded that I should certainly go to heaven. Such were my thoughts on the subject. I now set about the old work of reformation, and made some progress in it. I was very diligent, and. in this way of working continued several weeks; but alas! after some time, the subject and importance of the dream, together with my feelings under the same wore off: I began to neglect my religious duties, and at last was so overcome by the remembrance of my former delights and sinful pleasures, that I launched out into the depths of them with a seeming determination to damn my soul. I again made sport of the Bible, and was fit company for any infidel. I eagerly pursued my former practice of card-playing, and could lie and cheat without any remorse of conscience: I speak this to my shame. What a long-suffering, wonder-working, loving Lord, the God of my mercies is, that he cut me not down

as a cumberer of the ground! O my soul! He only is worthy.

Bless and praise him

I write not these things to encourage any one in such diabolical practices, but to testify of the Lord's boundless compassion, tender mercy and sovereign grace towards a rebellious sinful wretch, in bearing with my manners and open contempt of his word! Surely this doth prove, "that he is in one mind and none can turn him" (Job xxiii. 13); " and that the purpose of God according to election must stand" (Rom. ix. 11). I now sing "Sovereign grace o'er sin abounding:" "God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ: by grace we are saved" (Eph. ii. 4, 5).

My fort, as I call it, consisted of music, singing, ringing, and card-playing; yet I always attended the church when it was open, and many times I have secretly wished I was as good as my father; for he seemed to have such a veneration for the sabbath and church, that I firmly believed he would go to heaven. But the set time to favour me was not yet come. Work was now very plentiful, I got good wages, saved money, and went on in that delusive happiness which must end in death and damnation, unless saved therefrom by grace.

Amidst all my mad career of sin, I can trace the Lord's mercy towards me, and his watching over me for good; for I formed an acquaintance with a young woman, which I now see was a preventive to many evils I otherwise might have fallen into. I spent many of my leisure hours with her, which would have been otherwise spent in evil. I believe the Lord's hand was in it, though it was not his will she should be my wife. When we parted there was no guilt

contracted on our consciences.

There are many things prior to my marriage that I could relate which I pass over, lest I should swell my little narrative to too great a length; but this I

must say, the Lord mercifully preserved me from many evils; therefore, to him be praise, honour and glory. Amen.

But to return. In the year of our Lord 1810, at Lady-day, Mr. J. Blackler came from the parish of Ermington, to live at the farm called Scobbiscombe belonging to T. Bulteel, Esq.; he had many sons and daughters, with whom I had no acquaintance; but, as the Lord had fixed the bounds of my habitation, so he had also the guiding of my affairs in life according to his purpose.

The family had to pass my little mud palace in going to and from church; and one Sunday after the service, I returned to my dwelling much sooner than usual, and having laid down my fiddle and books, I returned to the door, and when standing there, I saw Mary, the eldest daughter of Mr. Blackler, pass by: this was the first time I had ever seen her, and my mind was so fixed on her, that I thought if ever I was married she should be my wife, although there was much disparity in circumstances between a farmer's daughter and a poor mason. Yet I believe the hand of the Lord was in all this, for it was not from luck, chance, or fortune, which are the trinity of fools, but founded by the Lord in his own purpose and grace; for what God hath joined together no one. shall put asunder: and I believe that all marriages in the Lord are made in heaven. I remember calling to my mother, as Mary Blackler passed by, to come to the door and see the object of my choice; and I may now say, the wife the Lord had chosen and ordained for me. My mother came to the door, and I said to her (pointing to my wife that now is), " If ever I am married, that is the woman, or I will never be married." Whereupon my mother upbraided me, and said I was foolish to think of such a thing; but it was so rooted in my mind that nothing could remove it.

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I devised many ways to obtain the object of my

affections, but in vain. When there appeared no way open for me, the Lord accomplished the same in the following manner :-I was repairing the slating of a house at the north end of the village, when the steward of T. Bulteel, Esq. rode by; he was going to the public-house to see the man (who was a carpenter) that kept it, about the repairing of the house at Scobbiscombe. The steward inquired of him who I was, and sent for me. I went and he said to me, "It is in my mind to let you have the mason's work at Scobbiscombe." I replied, that others were working there, He said, that was nothing to do with me: "Will you do the work? for it was impressed on my mind when I saw you, that I must give it to you to do." I thanked him, and said, I would undertake it. So he appointed a time to meet him at the house, which I attended to, and agreed to do the work. Will any say this was by chance? I say, "Let God be true, and every man (that imputes it to chance) a liar" (Rom. iii. 4).

On June 4, 1810, I went to do the work, where I hoped to have an opportunity to declare my mind to one, who was more to me than a world. The 16th of July was the first opportunity that offered, when I disclosed to her my regard: and however strange may appear, she has told me since, that her mind was fixed upon me the first time she saw me in the church, so that our minds were previously fixed upon each other: and I can attest the truth of Solomon's words, that "a prudent wife is from the Lord" (Prov. xix. 14). Our attachment to each other soon became manifest, and every effort was made by her family to prevent it, but we were of one mind: nothing could prevent what God had determined should come to pass; all their strivings and sayings failed; whom God had joined together in purpose, nothing in time could separate. And therefore, it came to pass, according to the will of the Lord, that we were married in Kingston Church, Feb. 15, 1811. Since

that time, the Lord hath in tender mercy given us to know and believe, what it is to be "married to him that was raised from the dead" (Rom. vii. 4); for he. that is our "maker is our husband: the Lord of Hosts is his name; and our Redeemer the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called" (Isa, liv. 5). My wife has brought forth ten children, and I never could say they were too many. be the Lord our God who doth all things well!

Blessed

My first habitation was one room in a house at Walk's-pool, as suited to our then situation; from thence we removed, at Michaelmas, to a little cottage of two rooms, called the King's-corner; and on November 24, 1811, my wife brought forth a son whom we called John. Things went on smoothly, for her parents seemed a little reconciled; and as a person who kept a shop in the village was dead, we were offered money on loan, that we might open a shop in the drapery and grocery line; for which purpose, a house was taken near the church; this house consisted of three rooms, to which we removed Lady-day, 1812. We began business; every thing went on well, money turned in plentifully, the world smiled upon us, we had all that heart could wish; but we were living without God, and without Christ. The house we had taken was not calculated for the business, I therefore bought the leasehold interest of one in the village, about two doors from the methodist chapel. I concluded that riches and pleasure would be our constant portion; but the Lord soon shewed me the uncertainty and emptiness of all earthly things. We went to our new habitation, Michaelmas 1813, it consisted of four rooms; my readers will see by this, I had, as it is called, got up in the world, from one room to four. But, two sabbath days before Michaelmas, the Lord was pleased to quicken my soul from death to life. About eleven o'clock in the morning, I was going to take the Bible to read, as was my usual custom, the lessons for the day, when on a sudden, I felt a distressing