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me with cards of love to himself. I longed but, as
it were, to touch the hem of his garment, & this
our Savr graciously granted me, & I felt, that he
owned me as his. About this time I lived with
my Sisters at Birkenshaw, where we were visited
by the Brn, my shyness towards them wore off
by degrees, & I soon had the favor to become a
member of the congn. Now a new school commenc
-ed in my heart, I learnt more & more to Know
my natural corruption, but my Savr likewise
granted me the grace to depend more & more upon
him, for which I have great reason to thank
him all my days. Soon after I went by advice
of the Brn to live at Mirfield with John Sheard,
where I staid nearly 2 years, & then spent 4
years agreably with the Brn at Wyke. Then I
moved into the single Brns choir house at Fulneck
but here I got into company with some of a reas-
oning spirit, whereby I suffered hurt in my soul,
& this provedthe occasion, that I left the Brn
for some time, & came to live at Wyke. Neverthe-
less my Savr held his hand over me, & in his
due time brought me back to his fold.
Thus far our late Brs own account.
He was received into the congn at Fulneck, Oct.
12th 1748 &^admitted to the H Comn in 1749. He married married to his late wife, Elizabeth whose
maiden name was Ubank in 1755, which marriage
was blest with 1 son & 2 daughters, of whom only
1 daughter has survived him, & is now married
to Br Wm Ellis at Hopton. In 1749 he was admitted. In 1789 he became
to the holy comn with the cogn
a widower. He has been for many years a respect-
able member of this congn, tho he ^had his weak-
nesses & singularities, which sometimes rendered
his course heavy to himself & others, yet amidst
all, it was evident, that his heart cleaved to
our Savr, & that he had sunk down upon him,
as the only sure foundation. It was always a
pleasure to him to be visited by the Brn & Srs
& ^he delighted to speak freely with them of what our
Lord had done upon his soul. He prized his
election of grace to belong to the Brns Congn, & there
was nothing he regretted so much, when confined
by sickness, as to be deprived of the opportunities
of blessing to be enjoyed by children of God in fel-
lowship. He however endeavored in some mea-
sure to make up for this loss by reading dili-
gently in the bible, & meditating daily in stillness