First, Resolve Upon, And Daily Endeavour To

God Designs That Those Whom He Sanctifies...shall Tarry Awhile In This Present Evil World, That Their Own Experience Of Temptations May Teach Them How Great The Deliverance Is, Which God Has Wrought For Them.

Oh That I May Never Loiter On My Heavenly Journey.

The Whole World Appears To Me Like A Huge Vacuum, A Vast Empty Space, Whence Nothing Desirable, Or At Least Satisfactory, Can Possibly Be Derived; And I Long Daily To Die More And More To It; Even Though I Obtain Not That Comfort From Spiritual Things Which I Earnestly Desire.

I Longed To Be A Flame Of Fire Continually Glowing In The Divine Service And Building Up Of Christ's Kingdom To My Last And Dying Breath.

This Morning About Nine I Withdrew To The Woods For Prayer. I Was In Such Anguish That When I Arose From My Knees I Felt Extremely Weak And Overcome. ...i Cared Not How Or Where I Lived, Or What Hardships I Went Through, So That I Could But Gain Souls For Christ.