against him with his own weapons. Yet he was pleased to follow me with the calls of his grace, till, at last, he made them effectual, and brought me home to himself. To the King eternal, immortal, invisible, be honor and glory for ever. Amen."

"Sabbath, July 15, 1694. I did not awake with thoughts suitable to the day. Is my Lord risen, and is my heart so low and cold? I was lately refreshed by reading, in the family, Daniel xii, 15. How comfortably does that book close! The good man had great revelation of things to come, and he seems,by the story, to have desired earnestly to see the coming of Christ, and the accomplishment of the great things he had been told of, (verses 6, 8.) But observe, how God answers him-Go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Thy body shall rest in the grave; thy soul, in heaven. As if he had said, Let it suffice thee it shall be, though thou dost not live to see it. I believe God hath great things to do in the world; perhaps, shortly, in the destruction of antichrist, root and branch-and the advancement of the gospel-kingdom of Jesus Christ. Though I may not live to see it, yet, I trust, I shall rest with that good man, and all the dear members of that great body, and stand in my lot at the end of the daysin the resurrection of the just."

"January 11, 1708. This week I am reading, in course, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, wherein, I see more excellency than ever heretofore. The eighth chapter is concerning the everlasting covenant. I will make a new covenant. The Exposition especially observes-that pardon of sin seems to be the foundation of the rest. I will do so and so, For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. And, methinks, the manner of the expression is exceedingly sweet. In the Old Testament it used to be "If they will walk in my statutes, and do them, and be obedient, &c. then I will be gracious." But, here are no ifs and ands. I will and you shall is the language. This is, indeed, Gospel-good news. Enough to make one's heart leap for joy. He works all our works in us, and for us. Oh, this everlasting covenant has that in it which is "all our salvation, and all our desire." It was that which my dear and honored father had his heart much upon.

"In the ninth chapter, as all along, he is preferring the Gospel before the Law-the New Testament before the Old. But, that which most affects me is the last verse, where, speaking of Christ's second coming, the true saints are described to be such as look for him. This the wicked do not. They would be glad if he would never come. But the real Christian looks, nay longs, for his

coming. As the mother of Sisera-Why are his chariot wheels so long in coming? I desire to be always found in a praying, waiting frame, and in the way of my duty, because he will come suddenly, and find many sleeping. Therefore, Oh my soul, watch. Watch."

It is in the records of inspiration, that the Christian beholds wisdom clad in her loveliest attire-and finds truth "unmixed with error." The Scriptures are the map by which he travels Zionward-the fountain, by whose streams he is refreshed-the armory from whence his spiritual weapons are supplied. As such they are inexpressibly precious. But is it not to be feared, that professions of exclusive attachment to revealed truth, are, by some persons, converted into an asylum for sloth, or prejudice, or pride? Despising the usual methods of instruction, and the productions of all uninspired writers, they arrogate to themselves the wisdom which must be derived from reading the Bible only. Mrs. Savage, however, thought otherwise, and without undervaluing the Bible, highly esteemed the pious labors of good men; especially such books as were best calculated to strengthen the understanding, to quicken devotion, and excite to holiness. Alleine's Letters, Polhill's Precious Faith, the Works of Owen, Hopkins, and Howe, Flavel, Baxter, and Watts, with other writings of a similar description, were the subjects of patient, and regular perusal.

She delighted much in Biography, and her Diary manifests the interest with which she read Clarke's Lives, Mather's History of New England, and the Lives of Mrs. Bury, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Walker, and Mr. Reynolds. She likewise transcribed several manuscript memoirs for the use of herself, and her family. On retiring to rest, she commonly placed good books near the bedside, to prevent an unprofitable employment of her waking thoughts.

The application which has been noticed was not instituted to equip a pedant, or to furnish matter merely for discourse; but for personal benefit, and to subserve, by holy practice, the divine glory. "Saturday morning," she writes, "I was refreshed in reading the Exposition on Hosea v, 14.Tear, and go away; though God tear, yet if he stay-if he tear, and tarry-there is some hope; but if he tear, and go away, 'tis sad indeed. Oh the cheering, comforting influences of the divine presence! "Tis that to the soul, and much more, which the refreshing dews of heaven are now to the thirsty earth, which is parched and dry. In the evening I read in Mr. Alleine's Life, (that pattern of piety,) some of his letters. I met with many heart-warming expressions. Persuading to preparedness for trials, he remarks"How sad is it with them that are called to part with all for Christ, and are not sure of him neither;" "therefore," he adds, "what

ever you do, get, and keep, your evidences for heaven clear." He would admire the mercy of God in every meal, and say to his wife, "I live a voluptuous life, but it is upon spiritual dainties, such as the world know not, nor taste of." Another saying-When I look back upon the gentle dealings of God with me, I often think he has brought me up as indulgently as David did Adonijah, of whom it is said, his father had not displeased him. I have received nothing but good at the hands of the Lord all my days." The same may I say. What a good master have I served, or rather, a tender, indulgent Father. He hath followed me with mercies all

my days."

She made extensive, and useful collections from the books she read, and by writing the sermons she heard preached, and copying others from manuscripts which appear to have been borrowed for the purpose, transmitted to posterity much treasure. She did not repent the toil. Her pleasure in perusing such papers has already been hinted at, and the advantage she found in having heard, to adopt her revered father's expression, for the time to come,' is visible in almost every part of her Diary. Thus she wrote in the year 1727: "Sabbath day, Oct. 29. We read, at noon, a good old sermon of my dear father's, (as long since as January, 1687,) concerning those things that pertain to godliness. He mentions ten, which, he said, no