386 John Bachman. 



God has visited my people with His grace. Forty- 

 two were added to the Church lately, and twenty- 

 five are preparing to unite with us before next 

 Easter.. 



To MRS. EMILY E., A MEMBER OF ST. JOHN'S. 



I wish that your dear family had been left, to 

 solace me in my age and sorrow. True I am not 

 without a hope that we shall meet again even in 

 this uncertain world. If not, I trust that we shall 

 be prepared, through the mercy of a Saviour, to 

 dwell together in a land where there are no partings. 

 If the half hour spent with you all that I had to. 

 spare in the midst of many pressing engagements,, 

 was so delightful, how joyful it will be when we 

 meet to spend an eternity of bliss at God's right- 

 hand. 



I sometimes detect in myself a secret wish that 

 the journey was ended ; but then, I call to mind that 

 He who placed me here, has alone the right to re- 

 call me, and I try to be governed by His will and 

 say, " not my will but Thine be done.' 1 



In our congregation the chronic cases remain 

 about the same. Others are very low : Mr. C. is 

 dying of dropsy ; he is still much troubled in mind, 

 I see him every day. I have a group of new cases 

 out of the congregation, that you are not acquainted 

 with I am of course, very busy. * * 



Remember me kindly to your good husband. I 

 had hoped long before this, to have laid my hand 

 upon his head, but we must still live in hope and 

 prayer. Perhaps when he goes into the fields to- 

 meditate, like the patriarch, he may find the Saviour, 

 whom he did not acknowledge in the Church. I 

 pray God to instruct and bless him. * * * 



You see I write with a trembling hand, and not 



