of colour walking towards the house. When they came opposite the window, one of them flashed a gun which he held, in the face of the other two. Upon this, Mrs. Waters with her characteristick courage, rapped upon the window with her hand, and reproved him by her looks, for what he had done. He seemed very angry, but passed on. In a few moments she rose to get something from the other side of the room, and scarcely had she reached it, when she was startled by the report of a gun, and by the ashes and smoke which flew from the fireplace before her. Looking round, she saw the glass directly opposite to the spot in which she had been sitting, broken; and the same man whom she had reproved, but a few yards from it, loading his gun again. She immediately informed a Mr. Low, who lived in the adjoining house; but before the villain could be apprehended, he had fired a second time, and mortally wounded one of his own colour who was carrying a child into a confectioner's shop. Several large shot, the contents of the first gun, were afterwards found in the ashes,

within an inch or two of the place where she stood when the discharge was made.

Soon after this, the hand of God was again made bare in her behalf. The circumstances of the case were these. In 1756 a tumour originated in one of her breasts, which the most skilful physicians, after frequent and thorough examination, pronounced to be cancerous. In a few months, it put on a decided appearance; and they unanimously advis, ed to an excision, as the only means of preserving her life. To this she consented; and the day of the operation was assigned. Accustomed to carry every case of difficulty and danger to Him who hath said, "Call upon me in the time of trouble and I will answer thee," the little praying band convened, and "full of faith and of the Holy Ghost" presented the case of their beloved sister before the throne; praying that she might be saved from, or supported under, and carried safely through, the trying scene, as would be most for the divine glory. The surgeons met at her house, the day and hour appointed. On examining her side, they perceived an

alteration had taken place; and after due deliberation, concluded to defer the operation for a few days; in the mean while, prescribing a course of regimen, which they hoped might supercede the necessity of undergoing it. On a second examination, between which, and the first, prayers, as in behalf of Peter, were made without ceasing by the society for her; they gave it as their opinion, that there would be no occasion for the knife at all. From this period the cancer continued gradually to diminish, till at length it wholly disappeared. While looking forward to the day of expected trial, she received the following letter, which from the excellent spirit that it breathes, and the peculiarly Christian consolation it imparts, cannot fail to be interesting and acceptable to the pious reader.

C―n, April 8th, 1757.

My dear sister Waters,

Since it has pleased my Heavenly. Father, to whom I have dedicated myself, and my all, and in whose wise disposals. I desire most dutifully to acquiesce, in his infinite sovereignty, to deny me the

privilege, once and again, of meeting and joining with my dear associates in a very important errand at the mercy-seat in your behalf; I take this opportunity to assure you of my most sincere amen to their general. voice-earnestly imploring that direction, assistance, and support, which may be needful for you, and all who may be called to perform or aid in the operation, should Infinite Wisdom confirm you in your resolution to undergo it. And surely we, of all Christians on the face of the earth, have the highest reason to trust, and hope, in a prayer-hearing God, who has so often, so very often lent a most gracious ear to our poor supplications. O, while we have a being let us use our praying breath. While we live let us honor God, and our Divine Redeemer, by admiring at, and abounding in, the power of prayer. Surely we have had the most abundant experience/of its wonderful ef ficacy.

Indeed my dear sister, your case lies much on my mind by way of tender sympathy and affectionate commiseration; motives, which excite me as I

hope most unfeignedly to carry you daily in my arms to the Great, the Compassionate Physician. His merciful inclination for the relief of his poor dependant creatures, is every way equal to his almighty power. But more especially does his unwearied faithfulness stand engaged for his own chosen, redeemed ones that precious remnant on whom he hath set his everlasting love. From them, He will withhold nothing that he sees requisite to purify and fit them, for the complete, eternal, uninterrupted enjoyment of himself-their only felicity. And have not you, my friend, the most abundant reason to admire and adore the riches of sovereign grace, which has distinguished you among this happy number? And have you not much for faith to act on, for extraordinary assistance in the greatest extremity, from what you have already experienced; and from the assurance which you have, that as your sufferings abound, so your consolations also shall much more abound

that though the old man will rebel, and the flesh shrink back, yet the renewed part will be breathing after a still