never want a friend to sympathize with you "when adverse fortune frowns," or to rejoice with you, when "life's vale is strew'd with flowers fresh." If the remaining days of my short pilgrimage are to be spent in sorrow, Oh that Heaven would grant C. peace and happiness, and a sure pledge of joys to come. Where my future lot may be cast, time only can determine. If I can but maintain a firm and unshaken confidence in God, a humble reliance on his blessed promises, I shall be safe, though temporal comforts languish and die. I am now calculating upon a life of trials and hardships; but the grace of Jesus is sufficient for me. The friend of sinners is able and willing to support me amid scenes of danger and distress. When I bade you a parting adieu, my mind was in a state of agitation which I can never express. Dejected and weary, I arrived at the dear mansion where I have spent so many happy hours. My dear mamma met me at the door with a countenance that bespoke the tranquillity of her mind. The storm of opposition, as she observed, had blown over, and she was brought to say from the heart, "thy will be done." Yes, C. she had committed her child to God's parental care; and though her affection was not lessened, vet, with tears in her eyes, she said, "If a conviction of duty, and love to the souls of the perishing heathen, lead you to India, as much as I love you, Harriet, I can only say Go."-Here I was left to decide the all-important question. Many were the conflicts within my breast. But, at length, from a firm persuasion of duty, and a willingness to comply, after much examination and prayer, I answered in the affirmative. I wish to tell you all the motives that have actuated me to come to this determination; likewise, how all the difficulties, which applied to me particularly, have been removed. But this I cannot do, until I see you. Why cannot you make it convenient to spend three or four weeks with me this summer. To assure you it would afford me happiness, would be but what you already know. Write to me, C. next week if possible. Let me know when I may expect you, and I will be at home. Perhaps we may go and spend a day or two with our friends in N. I am very lonely. N. H. has been visiting at S. ever since I returned from C. Mr. Newell has gone to Philadelphia, where he expects to continue until a short time before he quits his native country. He is engaged in the study of physic, together with Mr. Hall. How has your mind been exercised of late? Are you living in the enjoyment of religion? C. we must live nearer to God; we must be more engaged in his cause. We are under the most solemn obligations to be active in the Redeemer's service. Let us not calculate upon a life of idleness and ease; this is not the portion of the followers of the Lamb. They must expect tribulations and crosses in their way to the kingdom of heaven. But let us ever remember, that if we are the believing children of God, a rest awaits us in heaven, which will doubly compensate us for all the troubles of this life. When interceding at the mercy-seat, O for t not, C. to pray for the salvation of the benig' ed heathen, whose souls are as precious as our With them remember your friend vn. HARRIET." June 30. Mr. D. preached from this text, "and as he drew nigh to the city, he wept over it, saying," &c. My whole soul was melted into compassion for impenitent sinners. Can I ever again feel regardless and unconcerned for their immortal souls ? Did Christ for sinners weep, 1 Did Jesus say to sinners, "Oh that thou hadst known, in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace," &c. and shall I smile upon them, while in the road to ruin? July 15. The long expected letter has at length arrived. How can I wish for a friend, more worthy of my love, more deserving of my heart? But my heart is already his. A friend, how rich the treasure; If an earthly friend is thus dear to my heart, how strong should be my attachment to a holy God, whose friendship to his children is lasting as eternity! How can I love him sufficiently? How can I take too much delight in honoring him before the world, and in promoting his cause? Extracts of a letter to Mr. Newell, then in Phi ladelphia. you Haverhill, July 16, 1811. "WITH respect to the mission, my mind has never been so solemnly impressed as since left me. Various indeed have been my feelings. I fear I have not thought enough of the most important qualification of all, viz. a heart wholly devoted to God. Sometimes, when reflecting on this subject, I think I shall welcome the day, which E* will land me on India's shores, that I may have an opportunity of telling those dear benighted females, what I have felt of a Saviour's love, and of the worth of his blessed gospel. At other times, a sense of the dangers and hazards of a missionary life quite depresses my spirits, and deprives me of every enjoyment. Is it a delusion, or do I really feel willing to sacrifice the pleasures and comforts of life, which I might enjoy in my native country, and unite with the few dear brethren and sisters, in using my feeble efforts to christianize the heathen ?-But I cannot bear the idea. that my going should be attended with so many anxieties on your part.* * You fear I shall lose my courage, and look back with longing desires toward America.--This I likewise fear. But that God who has said that his grace shall be sufficient for his children, will, in answer to sincere prayer, grant me new resotion, and fresh supplies of strength. "From ou is all my aid." O pray for me, that I may be furnished with every needful qualification." July 23. I have just read a passage in Thomn's Seasons, which I thought I could adopt as my own language. ་་ The following note to this letter, written lately by Mr. Newto his friends, explains the language here employed. My mind, you all know, was much tried on this subject bee we left America. I once communicated my anxieties on this oint to a confidential friend, to which he replied in these words: "A little slender female, may endure losses and sufferings as cheerfully and resolutely as an apostle. The lovely humility and meekaess of a christian woman, are sometimes connected with a tranwillity of mind that no calamities can ruffle, and a firmness that no sanger or distress can subdue. The time may come when YOUR Courage will sink, and when the cheerfulness and resolution of your Harriet will at once astonish and animate you."--I have to knowledge that these predictions, (if I may so call them,) have on more than once literally fulfilled." "Should fate command me to the farthest verge In the void waste as in the city full, And where HE vital breathes, there MUST BE JOY." Extracts of a letter to her sister M. at Charlestown. August 1, 1811. "SHOULD I tell you there is a prospect of my spending the remaining part of this short life in a land of strangers; should I tell you I do seriously think of leaving my native dwelling, my friends and my companions, forever, would you upbraid me? Could you attribute it to want of attachment to the friends of my youth, or to entire ignorance of this great undertaking ?-You would not, you could not, did you know the conflict which almost rends my heart. Never before did my dear mamma, brothers and sisters, appear so dear to me. But God commands me! In his holy providence he now offers me an opportunity of visiting the heathen. While many of my female friends, who are far more adequate to the important employment, are permitted to enjoy the society of their earthly relatives through life, I am called to quit the scenes of my childhood, and go to a far distant country.. How can I ever pray for the promotion of the gospel among the heathen, if I am unwilling to offer my little aid when such an opportunity is given? I know what to expect from a gay and thoughtless world. But I have this consolation, that ridicule cannot injure my soul. I have this consolation, if the motives by which |