my head with joy, and say, Lord, thou deliveredst to me-and behold, I have gained! O, of thine infinite grace, assisting me all the while, let me hear at last, a Well done, good and faithful servant; and free grace shall forever be my song.

Thou hast said, Unto him who hath shall be giy29 en, and he shall have abundance. I humbly plead for more grace to exercise grace.

Let me not at last be cast, with the unprofitable 30 servant, into outer darkness; where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth-nor any dear to me, by the bonds of nature or friendship.I would beg for all, as for my own soul. Go forth with me this day, and let my petitions be answered for the great Intercessor's sake alone. Thanks be to God for the assistance of his Spirit with his word, which is indeed of use to direct us in prayer. Prepare me, Lord, for that grand and awful mo

ment, when thou who hast taken on thee the 31 human nature, shall come in thy glory, and all

the holy angels with thee: And thou shalt sit 32 on thy throne of glory; and before thee shall

be gathered all nations; and thou shalt separate 33 them one from another, as a shepherd divideth

his sheep from the goats. O then let me stand 34 on thy right hand, and not on the left. O then,

unworthy as I am in myself, let me, of thy boundless, sovereign grace, hear thee bid me come -hear thee pronounce me blessed of thy Father; and called to inherit the kingdom, prepared for thine from before the foundation of the world. Will thou then remember, and mercifully accept what

poor, imperfect services I am now, by thy own 35 grace, enabled to do to any of thine? Whether

to relieve the hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, 36 sick, or in prison.. Lord, it is so little I can

do; and that little so polluted with the dreadful nature of sin, that I dare not plead any thing I have done, or ever can do. Yet make me more than ever sincere, in aiming at doing as to thyself. Let love to thee be the motive and spring of all my actions; and then I shall never grudge my utmost to any of thine.

O Lord, I beseech thee enlarge my heart; for 37 I am heart sick of all I do. I fall so infinitely short, that I may well cry out with astonishment at the thoughts of acceptance. Lord, when saw I thee, and did any kind offices to thee or thine? Alas! my poor, poor, little, little, is not worthy of notice Yet, wilt thou, of thy free grace, say to us

at last, In as much as ye have done it unto one 40 of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. O amazing condescension and goodness! And thine shall be the glory forever. Only let me now own and honor thee more before men, than ever I have done, and cheerfully depend on thy gracious acceptance, and owning me at the last day.

And, Lord, have mercy on those who will not own thee, or thine, or do as thou hast commanded. Bring them into subjection to thyself now, Lest they

hear the dire anathema, Depart from me ye 41 cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels. O let not poor souls be

44 deceived by their acts of charity, while they proceed from self-love only, or grudge to do for 45 the relief of thine here, and be discovered by

thee, and sent away into everlasting punish46 ment; while the righteous shall go into life e-ternal.

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PART IV.

The Conclusion of her Life.

THE bodily infirmities of Mrs. Osborn increased so much; and her eyesight failed to such a degree for above twenty years of the last part of her life, and her whole bodily frame was so weakened and worn out, that she was obliged to give up her school, and was not able to do any thing to support herself. And as she had nothing laid up to live upon, she was wholly dependent on Divine Providence and her friends for daily supplies, during the whole of this time; and was, the greatest part of it, confined to her room. This was in many respects the happiest part of her life. She was free from worldly anxiety and care. She enjoyed a calmness and serenity of mind, the attendant of resignation to God, and humble trust and confidence in him, contented with the allotments of Divine Providence, seeing the hand of God in every thing which took placeconstantly thankful to him for the mercies she was daily and every hour receiving-full of gratitude to those whom God inclined to show kindness to her-spending the chief of her time and strength in devotion, in contemplating the divine perfections manifested in his works of creation and providence, and in his word—adoring and praising the Father,

Son, and Holy Ghost, praying to him for the church and the world; for her acquaintance, relations, friends, benefactors, and for herself; with constant, humble confession of unworthiness, aggravated sins, and depravity of heart, making the daily occurrences respecting herself, and others, the matter of prayer and praise.

She enjoyed an almost uninterrupted assurance of her interest in the divine favor through Jesus Christ, and longed to be perfectly holy. The thought of dying was pleasing to her :-And when any particular disorder, or pain of body, came upon her, which seemed to indicate a speedy dissolution, it would commonly give a spring to her mind and excite pleasure and joy. Thus she appeared in this last part of her life in a measure to enjoy the happy consequence and reward, of the sore trials, labors and conflicts, through which she had passed in former years. Something of which the reader has seen in that part of her diary which has been -transcribed.

Mrs. Osborn often said to her friends in this time, that she considered her situation and circumstances in life, to be the best for her; and that she knew of none, with whom she could wish to exchange outward circumstances, were it left to her option.→ She expressed a particular satisfaction in living sensibly dependent on the providence of God, for daily supplies for the body, living with God by the day, as she used to express it, having no store of her own, and not able to do any thing to supply her returning wants, and not knowing how and by whom