acquainted with the constitution, disposition, and temper of every
individual. He has made provision for each, all the journey through,
and given security that none shall suffer _real_ want.

"Bread and water are promised; nothing beyond these, though in
general he gives more; to each he gives a portion in hand, to some for
a day, some for a week, some for a year, which they calculate upon
with more or less probability: none with certainty. Your portion
is--for a year; take a view of those whom you know; one with another,
I am inclined to think the Lord has still given you your full share of
privilege. Look at the ordinary provision he makes for the ministers
of his gospel, most of them with large families; many of those in the
country have five hundred dollars, some four hundred, some three
hundred, generally ill paid. The Lord puts a blessing in it, he makes
it go far; they do what their hands find to do, and get along: so will
he do with you, my dear. He will put you upon methods of industry and
economy: your one chicken divided into six parts, with a little bit of
pork, with the fruit of God's blessing on your industry in the garden,
shall both taste sweet and satisfy for the time. Try to be thankful;
Moses said of the manna, 'This is the bread which the Lord your God
giveth you.' Pray and watch against dwelling on the plentiful tables
of others; and when bidden to a feast take your portion, and say, this
is from the Lord for the time. Do not let a thought of misery or
wretchedness dwell upon your mind. O no, God is good; you shall not
want. O, what sweet meals have I and my children made on hot potatoes,
nicely boiled and cracked, with salt--not merely content, but they
tasted good and savory. There are peculiar pleasures in a life of that
kind. You shall yet sing of it.

"Now, my dear friend, I have done with what I had to say on this
head. I have had great fears of wounding, lest you should reckon me
among Job's friends; but you call me mother, and it is required of a
mother to be faithful. I now leave it with the Lord. We are delighted
to find you girding up the loins of your mind and setting about active
duty. Let us meet at a throne of grace, and look to the course the
Lord marks out for us."

To Mrs. G---- Y----.

"MY DEAR MADAM--I have just parted with my dear afflicted friend
Mrs. C----; she left it in charge to me, that I should write to you in
the time of your