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? to Monday. Nov. 25- yesterday my school closed- thanks to God for his goodness to me - truly I ought to be grateful for so many favors shown by my heavenly Father- O let me not forget his benefits.

    I think I have today, been enabled to think less than usual of the power of this world and more of the aprobation if heaven may it ever be thus.

Dec. 20 - the last Sabbath in the year 1849 - O how many serious thoughts rush to the mind as the coming of this day tells me that the year is almost spent. One day more and its precious hours will all be gone. It seems but a moment since we wrote 1840 and now ten years are added to the No. and ten more will pass as rapidly away to join their fellows. But I may not behold their close. O let me ask what is my state of preparation to enter upon an endless eternity?. Am I any nearer to a heaven of joy than I was one year since? This heart is very full of sin. I feel more than ever that nothing but the grace of God can save me. I have for some time been endeavoring to correct some bad habits - to exercise kind feelings always never to suffer one angry passion to rise - but