were in a degree straingers to. yet
I am thankful that mostly I en-
joy a quiet resigned mind, and have
not in the most trying dispensations
I have experienced since being here,
thought my lot hard, nor dare indulge
one murmering thought. -- my relish
for reading and meditation is much
increased, and can truly say that ma
ny comfortable hours have been sacri-
ficed to these desires-- Altho I
often feel poor and striped yet as
patience is abode in the comfort-
able belief, will prevails that the streams of Divine
love are extended, to all the sincere hearted
wherever scatter'd or how ever far remote from
the bosom of society. will prevail.
The query the yong man put to his Lord
has of late affectingly accompanied my
mind. “Good Master what good thing shall
I do to inherit eternal life-” after enumerat-
ing several things he added “go sell that thou
hast and come & follow me.” this was a hard