Lines written by him on the Death of his Eldest

Brief Account of his Sister and his Second Brother,

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Account of his Early Days at School, by Mr. Grinfield

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Account of his College Life, and Three Years after, by

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CHAPTER IV.-(Written by his Widow.)

From after his Marriage till his first Dangerous

Circumstances of his Conversion

He desires to enter the Ministry; Difficulties

He at length succeeds; his labours therein

His last Sickness, and various circumstances during

that period

Remark, by Mr. Grinfield

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Epitaph on an unnamed Saint," written by his

Father-in-Law

CHAPTER V.--LETTERS TO VARIOUS FRIENDS.

1. To a Nephew, then only seven years of age, on the

Power of Early Habits

2. To the Rev. Walker Gray, an intimate College

Friend, on occasion of the great change in his

Views and Feelings

3. To a Friend: Desire to be personally useful to him

4. To the same: on practical Atheism

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105

5. To the same: Acknowledgment of the kindness of

God towards him in the circumstances of his re-

cent illness

6. To the same: Faith in the Divine guidance

106

7. To his Wife: One thing needful

107

8. To the same: on one of the children being taken

9. To a Nephew: on a young man's choosing his future

course in life

10. To Mrs. R.: The view of the irreligious world a
motive to gratitude and zeal

11. To a Friend: The will of God seen in disappoint-
ments

12. To Mrs. R.: Difficulty of preserving gentleness in
religious controversy

13. To his Wife: Faith in the presence

God

114

14. To a Friend: On the death of his Sister

17. To a Friend: On the Doctrine of a particular

Providence

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18. To the same: On his Ministerial Labours

19. To Mrs. R.: on living on the Promises

20. To a Friend: the perfectness of Heavenly Com-

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119

22. To the same: Comfort under continued Affliction

23. To the same: on trusting God wholly

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24. To the same: Earnestness in Religion
25. To his Father-in-law: Anniversary of his recovery

26 To a former Pupil: written at the beginning of his
last Illness

27. To a Friend: his Peacefulness of Mind
28. To one of his Nephews: on Self-knowledge and

Self-government

29. To his Mother-in-law: on the "desire to depart "
30. To the same: Reasons for wishing to live
31. To the same: Resignation to the Divine Will

CHAPTER VI.

CONCLUDING NOTICES AND REFLECTIONS.

1. On the Total Alienation of the Natural Heart from

God

2. Need of a Sense of Mercy through Christ

3. The Sovereign Power of the Holy Spirit

4. Alacrity of Mind in serving God

5. Hints to animate Parental Hopes, and to moderate

Parental Anxieties

6. Benefit of Early and Sound Scriptural Education

7. Folly of envying Affluence or Eminent Talents

8. Advantages possessed by the Youngest in a Family

9. Faulty Shades of Character

10. The mysterious Wisdom of God in the early removal

of his Servants

Memoir.