e, thou didst hide his
comfort, that I might, through thy written word, draw living waters
for him, and give him to drink. O the honor; O the negligence. Thou
didst send the call for thy disciple to come up to thee; in thy
providence thou didst make it first known to me, that I might be
instrumental in conveying to him, through the same channel, oil and
trimming for his lamp. Great was the honor; dignified the service; but
lost to me for ever. I passed by on the other side. Blessed, blessed
Jesus; thou good Samaritan, who pouredst the oil and wine into his
wounds, and tookest him, not to an inn, but to those mansions in the
skies which thou, with thine own blood, purchasedst for him; sanctify,
O sanctify to me this thy providence; pardon my neglect. Saviour, wash
me in thy blood, and sanctify and bring good out of even my
transgression. By thy grace, let it be a means of stirring me up to
more watchfulness, that I may meet the opportunities afforded me in
thy providence, to occupy till thou come."

"DECEMBER, 1802.

"The lovely plant which the Lord had blasted, which brought down
our hearts with grief, which he had restored and clothed with smiling
health and comfort, again sickened, declined, wasted; every means
proved ineffectual; the Lord refused the healing virtue. He was
brought to town to be near the physicians, but the Physician of Israel
aided them not. Disease increased; with pain, sickness, convulsion,
much he suffered, and long; he had a taste of the bitterness of sin,
but no part of the curse: _that_ the Redeemer drank and expended;
and having by his atoning blood purged this little one from his sins,
and perfected all his redeeming work in his soul, he received him into
his own heavenly abodes. It is well, all well. Amen."

Mrs. Graham lived alternately with her children Mrs. Bethune and
Mrs. Smith until 1803, when Mrs. Smith removed from New York. After
that time she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Bethune until her
departure to her heavenly home. They loved her not only from natural
affection, but for her superior worth. They believed that her prayers
brought a blessing on the family, as the ark of God did to the house
of Obed-Edom.

"MARCH, 1803.

"I read this day the 36th chapter of Ezekiel, and pleaded God's
promises from the 22d verse to the end, for myself, for my children,