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sprung up in Yale College. In this Revival a large 

 number of persons became deeply interested, of 

 whom Mr. Silliman was one. During the progress 

 of the Revival* he writes to his mother as fol- 

 lows : 



YALE, June 11, 1802. 



IT would delight your heart, my dear mother, to 



see how the trophies of the Cross are multiplied in this In- 

 stitution. Yale College is a little temple : prayer and praise 

 seem to be the delight of the greater part of the students, 

 while those who are still unfeeling are awed into respect- 

 ful silence. Pray for me, my dear mother, that while I am 

 attempting to forward others in the journey to heaven, I 

 may not be myself a castaway. I send you one volume of 

 Pope's Letters, also a most excellent new publication 



On the 5th of September, 1802, he united with 

 the College Church. The following memorandum, 

 written on that day, is found among his papers, to 

 which is appended a record of a similar nature, made 

 a year later. 



NEW HAVEN, Sept. 5, 1802. 

 Morning, 9 o'clock. 



Sabbath and Communion Day. This day I intend, with 

 the permission and assistance of the good Spirit of God, to 

 give myself up publicly in a perpetual covenant with God 

 as my Father, with Jesus Christ as my Saviour, and with 

 the Holy Ghost as my Sanctifier. O Thou Triune God, 

 my Creator, my Redeemer, and my Sanctifier, accept me 

 in the Covenant of Grace ; dispose of me according to thy 

 own good pleasure ; employ me in thy service ; save me in 

 thy own way ; and enable me to perform with sincerity the 

 solemn act of publicly committing my soul into thy hands. 

 Not because I am assured of my soul's health do I thus 

 resolve to profess and promise. I am not without hope 



