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Saviour did not quite desert me, for he led
me to acts of kindness and benevolence and
to pursuits which had morality for their aim
and extensious usefulness for their basis.
mencement of my deism, I began to think
that prayer was an insult to a good God, and
therefore abstained from all prayer, but suppli-
cation for resignation to the divine will, and
purity of heart - and I ? retained the
Lord's prayer. Why I continued to use
this prayer, I do not know, but I recollect
something of a feeling of not daring to reject it.
regard to prayer, and it became my solace
in affliction. I
mission, whilst I looked on my many
sorrows as atonements for sin and my
good works as offerings to God, and
the means of my salvation, by and through
which I was accepted. I was somewhat happy,
yet my heart wanted something to [?]
I was [?] resigned - but not comforted -
I was afflicted, but I could not discovery
discover