In glancing at their wasted frames and noting their short cough and laboured breathing, what cause for gratitude. should I feel for my partial recovery and freedom from pain. Goodness and mercy have followed me all my days. Tuesday, 10th . Witnessed off Innerstrahall about the most magnificent sea-sunset I ever saw, with two or three vessels hovering between the sun and us, and lending an additional charm to the scene. Passed Tory Point about eight o'clock, P.M., likely the last visible spot of the British isles.
Books are our only resource, or, on the whole, our least unwieldy companions.
I know I am not forgotten by many a christian brother and dear relative. I. They may have been called to their account while we remain to sing of mercy and judgment. Never were David's words in the 29th Psalm so forcibly illustrated to my mind. We are laying nearly becalmed, with nature still smiling above and around us. Tis with you quarter past 11, and in all probability you are now joining with saints in the lower sanctuary, aye, and in the upper one too, in singing your opening anthem of praise to the God of the universe, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.