She said there were those amongst us who would surely have to suffer deep affliction for not attending to the manifestations of truth within .-- I have been guilty of much levity and nonsensical conversation and have also permitted thoughts to occupy my mind which should have been far distant, but I do not consider myself as having committed any wilful offence.

Perhaps the reason I can not see my own defects is because my heart is hardened.

O, may it become more and more refined until nothing shall remain but perfect purity.
* * * * * 2nd mo.

11th day .-- First day evening Deborah came down and sat with us.

In a few moments she called for her Bible, and in a short time she read, "Jesus wept;" and then, after a long pause, she said, "There are those present who, if they do not attend to what has been said to them, will have their strings shortened, even as short as this verse." This she said after having inquired on what subject Abraham Loire preached in the morning and none of us was able to tell.
* * * * * 2nd mo.