bless God, he still keeps me passive in his hands. O that he may more and more mould and fashion me after his own image and likeness! I long to be more like Him. I thank thee, O God, that I bear any resemblance at all to thee: there was a time when I did not. And when I look within, and see the change which thou hast effected, I discover that I have a meetness for, as well as a title to, that heaven of bliss which thou hast prepared for all thy faithful people. O my heavenly Father, may I ever hold fast whereunto I have attained, and still be found going on perfecting holiness in thy fear. May I still and for ever abide in Christ, as the branch abideth in the vine. I have felt much of the love of God. May my love to him increase! Praise God, I do love him, yea, with my whole heart. He manifests himself, and I know that he loves

me.

"Monday, 7th.-Hardly able to hold the pen; so a word or two must suffice. My affections are still all set on things above, where is my heart, and my treasure, and my abiding home. O, yes, and I believe I shall soon, very soon, be there. God is my Father,

whose love to me is very great: on him will I ever trust, and only by faith in Christ be saved. I still love God with my whole heart. Saved now,-all of grace, from first to last: I am very unworthy. To God be all the praise. Thank God, he still keeps my will resigned, and enables me to receive from his hands all things as being for the best. The Lord is very very good to me, and I can praise him for all that is past, and trust him for all that is to come. God is love.

"Tuesday, 8th.-Praise the Lord, I am saved now; all by the free mercy of God in Christ Jesus. I feel I have no stock of grace; but it must be a coming by the moment, an abiding in Christ. I have seen and felt much of the love of God this day. God is love; and to his love and faithfulness I commit the keeping of my soul.

"Wednesday, 9th.-I see and feel abundance of reason to praise God for -, but I am unable to express it. My heavenly Father knows my heart; and that is enough. All is well: I am saved now, waiting my Father's time. I am still a child of God, and an heir of glory. I have the witness of God's Spirit that I am a child of God, and

have the fruits thereof within;-all of grace. And I have a strong confidence in my heavenly Father, and do believe that I shall be saved to the end. Christ is all. God is love; and I feel I love him with all my heart.

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Thursday, 10th.-Just able to get into my parents' room. My body seems to sink into the grave, and my soul soars to the heavenly world. To say all I feel and enjoy is impossible; but my heavenly Father knows it all: it all sprang from him, through faith in Christ. Thank God, I am saved now, saved from the fear of death, saved from my sins, from all guilt and condemnation; assimilated to the divine image and likeness; I mean, bearing some resemblance to it in a very faint shadow,-for God is infinite."

Such is the conclusion of this interesting record. There is little to be added to its details. During the two days following the above date, Mr. Trezise remained without any remarkable change, either of body or mind. His soul was continually filled with gratitude and love. Despite his great physical weakness he could still occasionally

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converse with his pious friends, and that in the most calm and collected manner. Indeed it was observable, that there was never any giving way of the mental powers, or even momentary failure of recollection. And though he was evidently sinking into the grave, no apprehension was entertained but that he yet might linger out for many days.

The midnight of Saturday was past, and his mother, before she retired to rest, proposed that he should take some refreshment. To this he readily assented, and she went below to prepare it. One of the family, who stood at his bed-side, observed a slight but peculiar movement in the lower part of his face, and called the rest. There was one gentle sigh, and all was over. The happy spirit had escaped to its first Sabbath in paradise.

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