he would repeat his visit & that in the mean
time he would find enough to employ his thoughts
in reflecting on what had passed and contem-
plating the objects around him as soon as our
Lord withdrew & his mind was more composed
he observed the room was hung around with
pictures & examineing more attentively he
discoverd to his great surprised that they contained
the History of his own life the most remarkable
scenes he had passed through these represented in
a most lively manner it may esily be imagined
how much this would effect his mind the
many temptations & trials he had been exposed
to & the signal instances of the divine goodness
to him in different parts of his life which were
by this means all represented at once to his view
excited the strongest emotions of Gratitude
esspecially when he reflected that he was
out of the reach of any further danger & that
the purposes of divine love & mercy towards him
were at length so happily accomplished, the
exstacy of joy and thankfulness into which these
reflections threw him were so great that He
awoke but for some considerable time after
he arose the impression continued so lively
that tears of Joy flowed down his cheeks and
he said he never on any occasion rem[em]bered
to have felt sentiments of Divine love and
Gratitude equally STRIKING
I copied the above from a written Parphment in LONDON
he would repeat his visit & that in the mean
time he would find enough to employ his thoughts
in reflecting on what had passed and contemplating the objects around him as soon as our
Lord withdrew & his mind was more composed
he observed the room was hung around with
pictures & examineing more attentively he
discoverd to his great surprise that they contained
the history of his own life the most remarkable
seenes he had passed through these represented in
a most lively manner it may esily be imagined
how much this would effect his mind the
many temptations & trials he had been exposed
to & the signal instances of the divine goodness
to him in different parts of his life which were
by this means all represented at once to his view
excited the strongest emotions of gratitude
esspecially when he reflected that he was
out of the reach of any further danger & that
the purposes of divine love & mercy towards him
were at length so happily accomplished, the
exstacy of joy and thankfulness in to which these
reflections threw him were so great that he
awoke but for some considerable time after
he arose the impression continued so lively
that tears of Joy flowed down his cheeks and
he said he never on any occasion remembered
to have felt sentiments of Divine love and
gratitude equally STRIKING
I copied the above from a written Parphment in
LONDONFeb 1st 1841
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