religion in those towns; also, my observations, during a late tour on the Continent. I have, besides these, more than one hundred letters, on various subjects;— fifty on revivals: but whether I shall remain long enough in this Country, to publish them before my return to America, is uncertain. You will perceive, I have taken the freedom, allowed in familiar correspondence, which might not be admissible in mere essays, or chaptered treatises.

I remain,

Your sincere and faithful friend,

HULL, January 30th, 1844.

JAMES CAUGHEY.

CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

Attachment to his Conference. Searching questions pro-
posed by a friend. Answered. Awful responsibility.

LETTER II.

An objection proposed and answered. Inclined to step out
of the order of Providence. Great gloom and distress of mind.
Submits his will to God. Access to the Almighty, in a solitary
place, assisted by Exod. xxxiv. 5-7. The manner of his re-
ceiving the call to visit Europe. Asks permission of his Con-
ference to visit Europe. Request granted. Interview with the
Bishop. Copy of his recommendation to the Wesleyan Con-
nexion in Great Britain and Ireland. Firm trust in God.

LETTER III.

Crucifixion to the world. Many prevented entering the
ministry, by premature marriage. History of two young men,
who were called of God to preach the Gospel. Reflections upon
late trials.

LETTER IV.

Leaves the United States for Canada. Commences preaching
in St. Johns. No success. Sore trials of mind.

Means of his
deliverance. Obtains an old Tannery, and prepares it for a
preaching place. A revival. Commences a subscription, to
build a Wesleyan Chapel. Departs for Montreal. A revival
begins, but the people are divided. Sails for Quebec. Pilot
deceived by a light-ship in lake St. Peters, and runs on the
shallows. Reflections. Remarks on the mariners' compass.

LETTER V.

Arrives at Quebec. Experience of a friend. Powerful and
protracted efforts for a revival successful. The British Officer's
narrow escape.
The devil outwitted.

LETTER VI.

Departure from Quebec. Temperance meeting. Inquest

in the conscience of a liquor seller. Awful death of a tippler.

Terrible statistics in Quebec. Reflections. The Legislators of

Vermont, and the law to punish drunkards. The almost tee-

totaller Farewell sermon. An extraordinary meeting, in the

backwoods of Canada. The sleigh capsize. Interview with

a very aged English clergyman. A rapid sleigh ride. Expert-

ness of Canadian driver, amidst snow drifts. Arrives at Mon-

treal. Efforts for a revival. Sudden death. The Rev. George

G. Cookman. His sermon and centenary address noticed.

Steam ship "President." Scene in the Hall of the House of

Representatives. Power of Mr. Cookman's eloquence. Striking

examples of his peculiar style. Vivid perception of the man-

ner of his death.

LETTER VII.

To a tempted Christian. Darkness and heaviness, difference
between. Effects of temptation. A beautiful extract.

LETTER VIII.

Lines on sudden death. Conversion of a backslider. His
death, with three others in a dreadful fire. Reflections. Hor-
rible imprecation, succeeded by an awful judgment. A sinner
suddenly awakened by Rev. xx. 11-13. Is converted. Back-
slides and dies.

LETTER IX.

Revisits St. Johns. Sinners hardened.

Temperance in
Montreal. Reasons for refusing an agency. Apology for
leaving a revival, to deliver a temperance lecture. Preaches
restitution in St. Johns. Effects of preaching on restitution
in Montreal. Striking case of restitution.

LETTER X.

A short tour in the United States. Extract from a German
author. Fruitlessness of forebodings. Poetry on resignation.

LETTER XI.

Near access to God, in a secluded place. Arrives at Quebec.
Cause of detention. Sore exercises of mind. Deliverance.
Falls of Montmorency. Astonishing appendage in the winter.
Plains of Abraham. Monument of General Wolfe. Wonderful
achievement of the English army. Quebec. Its walls, ramparts,

citadel, and public buildings. A visit to the Marine
Hospital. Affecting death of a sailor boy. Reflections. In-
dian encampment. A terrific thunder storm. Striking proofs
of the existence of a God. God revealed in Christ, influence of.

LETTER XII.

Sails from Quebec for Pictou, N. S. Kindness of the Quebec
people. River St. Lawrence. Its length. Scenery. Dreadful
shipwreck, and loss of life. Two soldiers drowned in a
drunken quarrel. The sot. A temperance anecdote. A mirage.
Island of Cape Breton. Its ancient Capital. Pictou. Pro-
ceeds to Halifax. Reflections on the abandoned hovels of the
new settlers. An amusing incident, which resulted in a home.
A temperance meeting in the Theatre Royal, Quebec. One
sin endangers the soul.

LETTER XIII.

Halifax, how situated. The citadel. Public buildings, har-
bour, islands, and fortifications. A visit to the ruins of Prince
William's Lodge. Scene in a temperance meeting. Singular
anecdote of a dog. Test of a true Christian in suffering.

LETTER XIV.

Sails for England. Bleak Saturday. Management of a
steam ship in a bad sea. Lessons to be learned in walking
the deck in a storm. Sea sickness. Milton. Controversy
with a Deist. His confusion and retreat. The card player
and the lxxiii Psalm. Preaches to the passengers, and again
to the sailors. Difficulty in teaching a German to speak
English. Land! Arrives at Liverpool. Desponding feelings.
His religious experience during the voyage.