On arriving there, he assured his master that he might with entire safety open his house, as he proposed, on the morrow; and Doctor Hodges, who visited the grocer the same evening, confirmed the opinion.

Early, therefore, the next morning, Mr.Bloundel summoned his family to prayers; and after pouring forth his supplications with peculiar fervour and solemnity, he went, accompanied by them all, and threw open the street-door.

Again, kneeling down at the threshold, he prayed fervently, as before.

He then proceeded to remove the bars and shutters from the windows.

The transition from gloom and darkness to bright daylight was almost overpowering.