n the
evening we reached Brunswick, from whence we started the same night.
During the night I heard a fearfully wicked, most profligate, infidel, and
scoffing conversation between the conducteur and a student, and the only
testimony I gave was, complete silence all the time. I arrived here this
morning at eight, and have been here all the morning, as the mail will not
start for Hamburg until four this afternoon. It has been far from well
with me in my soul today. That awful conversation last night has been
spiritual poison to me. How's very soon do we, even unconsciously, receive
evil!

April 10. Hamburg. I arrived here at ten this morning.--April 11. I went
on board last night, and at twelve we sailed. This morning at half-past
eleven we arrived at Cuxhaven, where we cast anchor, on account of a
strong contrary wind.--April 13. Though I desired as much, perhaps, as any
of the passengers speedily to get to the end of our voyage, longing to get
back again to my work in Bristol, and also to my wife and children, yet I
was kept in peace; and whilst some murmured at the contrary wind, the Lord
enabled me to lift up my heart in prayer that He would calm it, if it were
His holy will, and, accordingly, after a delay of about nineteen hours, we
plied again yesterday morning, at seven. At ten I was taken with sea
sickness, from which I had been kept during my four previous short voyages
in answer to prayer; but this time I on purpose refrained from praying
about it, as I did not know whether it was better for my health to be
seasick or not. The sickness continued the whole of yesterday. Today I am
well. We have fine and calm weather. I consider it a mercy that the Lord
has allowed me to be sea-sick.

April 15. Bristol. Yesterday at one we landed in London. In answer to
prayer I soon obtained my things from the Custom-house, and reached my
friends in Chancery Lane a little before two, where I found a letter from
my wife, stating that brother Craik is ill, having an inflammation in the
wind-pipe, and therefore, humanly speaking, will be unable to preach for
some time. In consequence of this I started immediately for Bristol, where
I arrived this morning. I found brother Craik better than I had expected,
though completely unable to attend to the ministry of the Word.

April 16. Today brother Craik and I received 11l. 15s. 9d. each, being a
legacy left to us some time since. We said once or twice to one another,
that perhaps this