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full tide of gospel privileges, who call " Christ, 

 Lord, Lord, while they do not the things that 

 he says." I found, however, in this solitude, 

 Christians fearing the Lord, who implore a 

 gospel ministry, " that the things which re- 

 main," and appear almost ready to die cc may 

 be strengthened." These bear the reproach of 

 the world, and are called by the false appella- 

 tion of 6 New Lights ; ' but the general tenour 

 of their lives is the best testimony that they 

 are walking in that light which Abraham saw 

 and was glad ; the rays of which cheered the 

 way of the prophets and apostles, guided the 

 feet of martyrs through the flames, and which 

 now brighten the prospect of all true believers, 

 in their journey of life towards the kingdom of 

 heaven. 



I was greatly delighted during the toils of 

 the wilderness, in meeting with an aged Chris- 

 tian pilgrim, who would have me remain for a 

 day at his hospitable though humble habitation. 

 The next day, being the Sabbath, he accom- 

 panied me over the Blue Mountains, where a 

 number of settlers were located back in the 

 woods, and who had never before been assem- 

 bled in their infant settlement for divine 

 worship. We met in a barn, which to the 

 eye was in a solitary situation, but so great was 



