"He really seems to be one of those whom Satan designs to have, that he might sift them as wheat.

I sadly fear that he is given over to a hard heart, and a perverse mind--one predestinated, to evil from his birth.

Ah me! Have I not done, and am I not still doing everything to restrain him and save him! But precept, admonition, and punishment, all seem, thrown away.

Even my daily prayers for him remain unanswered.

They rise no higher than my head.