402 MEMOIRS OP PERIOD X71. murder ; and accordingly in the prayer immediately following, begged the Lord would not impute it to the congregation. The [Ailment was adminiltered June 13. quite beyond my expeaatioaAgiraving laid my account with the firft Sabbath of that month:, But from that event, together with the former of April i 3. I thought God had fomething comfortable to bring out inmhat matter; andt I rejoiced that the Lord himfelf led, and letis;,me to follow. He carried on the work with much of his coon nance to his fervants, and refrefhment to his people ; and that in the way that by his providence he himfelf had deter- mined. The diftributing of the tokens was moll orderly: and as external decency in management, with favour in.the wea- ther, were fought of the Lord, we got the fame to a pitch. My children were kept up in health for the time. Ifabel Biggar was healed on the faft-day at night : but Rachel Grieve's daugh- ter continued ill ; only in the time the was eafier than after. It happened hat there was but one fingle perfon at the latt table. Mr Wilfon was gone away, and Mr Davidfon declined ferving it. Whereupon I addreffed myfelf to that work. I [hewed the people that our Lord Chrift received every one that came to him; that the aétion was one continued aétion, and not then clofed; and fo proceeded as ufual, without any variation. The tokens diflributed to communicants were about 777 ; the colle&ion on the three days L. 77 : 13: 4 Scots. There were about nine fcore ftrangers in Midgehop ; fourfcore of them William Blaik, hufband of Ifabel Biggar aforefaid, entertained, having before baken for them half a boll of meal for bread, bought 4 s. 10 d. Sterling worth of wheat bread, and killed three lambs, &c. made thirty beds. And I believe their neigh- bour Robert Biggar, Ifabel's brother, would be much the fame. This I record once for all, fora fwatch of the hofpitality of the parifh for. God bath given this people a largenefs of heart, to communicate of their fihbftance, on thefe and other occafions. alfo. And my heart has long been on that occafion particularly concerned for a bleffing on their fubftance ; with fuch a natural emotion, as if they had been begotten of my body. Thofe within a mile of the church [till had the far greater weight on folemn occafions. - Being juft fettled to bufinefs in my clofet, on Tuefday, June 22. I was called to fee Rachel Grieves child aforefaid in Ramfy- cleugh, a-dying : and before I could get away, I was called to fee..a woman, a communicant a-dying too. The child was juft expired when I got to the place. From thence I went to Glen- kirry to the woman whom I found in a moil dangerous condition, all means proving ineffecîual. Thus the Lord feemed to refufe to be intreated : and I thought that woman was gone too. Wherefore l went back on the Thurfday, judging the could not lait at that rate: but when I came thither, I found her fitting at the fire, pretty well recovered; and they thought themfelves
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