teacher here, has no small place in the regard and affection of the people.

First day, (6th mo.,) 4th, was one of peculiar favour. The meetings were held at the school; morning, ten o'clock; evening, six o'clock. Many, besides Friends, attended in the morning; it was a very weighty, anointed meeting, in which true solemnity was felt, and the freedom and spirituality of the gospel dispensation fully unfolded. Anna went afterwards to the Protestant first-day school. Otherwise we were quiet till the evening, when a large assembly were well accommodated in the three adjoining apartments at the school. I was enabled to preach at large, and with clearness, on Christ's being made unto us of God, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. It was a great favour to be helped through this service.

After detailing various other religious engagements at Nismes, and in its neighbourhood, Joseph John Gurney continues :

Fifth day. A most interesting morning. Our last meeting for worship with the Friends and the children of the school was truly memorable. I was led to unfold the nature and effects of our distinguishing principles, also the history of the first rise of the Society; and very solemn was the effusion of prayer at the close. This meeting leaves me without a burden as it regards this place. Since the meeting, we have been rambling over that astonishing relic of antiquity, the Roman Amphitheatre, with E. Frossard, who has been kindly explaining to us its several parts. What strange scenes have been enacted there! Sham sea-fights; gladiatorship; fights with wild beasts; cruel martyrdoms. What multitudes of the three classes, patricians, equites, plebeians, whose respective "loca" are still marked, as well as those in front for the familiæ insignes, ladies and gentlemen; while the common people, both male and female, thronged the galleries, and crowded the seats of stone. Twenty-three thousand could be seated at once; and the building is so constructed as to allow of their dispersing in a few minutes.

During our drive to Congenies our driver lost the control of his horses, as we were going down a hill, and we were in considerable danger for a few minutes, but preservation was round about us; and no harm occurred, either to ourselves or our carriage. Surely we have abundant cause for thankfulness! We arrived at Congenies in the evening, in time for meeting. It was large, attended by the Friends generally, and many others, some of whom were disturbing enough; but we had, nevertheless, a good meeting, in which we were both engaged in ministry. I was led to unfold the teaching of the Lord; by the Scriptures; by afflictions; by his Spirit. The simple hearted Friends crowded round us, and seemed delighted to see us, and we found ample, though humble, accommodation at the house of the Majolier family, where we are most kindly entertained. Much peace rested on our

settlement here.

Sixth day. A day of quiet repose at Congenies, without an attempt at any exertion beyond reading, writing, drawing, walking, and talking with the Friends. The weather was delightful; and it is interesting to find ourselves in the midst of the vine, the olive, the fig, the pomegranate, and the almond tree. The wine produced here is inferior, and is used almost entirely in the distilleries, for brandy. The vineyards at present pay badly, and I have been thinking that the soil might be turned, with advantage, to a better use. It produces wheat, barley, and oats, without difficulty. We enjoyed a fine view of the village, the surrounding country, and the distant mountains of the Cevennes, from the top of a rocky hill, which we climbed in the evening. On the whole, it was a day of inward peace, not devoid of its twin sister on earth, deep inward poverty! To this some of us are surely no

strangers.

Seventh day. We have begun our family visit in good earnest. Seven sittings this morning. I believe they were not entered upon by either of us without some preparatory baptism of secret depression; but so far we can acknowledge that the Lord has been graciously with us, on each successive occasion, not withholding a measure of his own anointing.

There are several simple hearted Friends here; but it was in a family of Methodists, father, mother, and six sons, (the aged grandmother, sister of the widow Majolier, being the only Friend of the party,) that there was the most remarkable flow of the heavenly oil. The eldest son was on his bed of sickness; once a soldier, now evidently a child of the Lord.

Whilst thus engaged at Congenies, Joseph John Gurney was attacked with fever, which, for a time, awakened considerable uneasiness. The symptoms, however, gradually subsided; and, after an interval of rest, he was enabled to conclude his labours in this part of France.

Second day, 6th mo., 26th. We are now at Nismes. The complaint gradually subsided on fifth and sixth days, and yesterday the way opened unexpectedly, for attending the meeting of Friends of Congenies, which was a time of much quiet and satisfactory feeling. Notwithstanding my weakness, I felt constrained to appoint a public meeting at Calvisson, a neighbouring town, for the evening; a concern in which my wife was evidently a deeply-feeling partner; hundreds of people met; many of them rough and ungodly in a high degree. But strength was given me to deliver the gospel message, and my dear wife was afterwards memorably engaged, partly in the language of awful warning. Christine performed her part well as interpreter, and we returned to Congenies, unhurt, and in peace.

We came forward to Nismes, with little fatigue, yet I am but very feeble. Sweet and solemn was the stamp of divine love and peace which rested on our departure from Congenies, where we have been most kindly and generously treated, and where I feel that our work is done. The Lord keep our dear Friends of that meeting under the shadow of his wings. The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon them, and give them peace!

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JOURNEY THROUGH SAVOY INTO SWITZERLAND; CHAMBERRY; ANNECI; GENEVA; COUNTESS DE SELLON; LAUSANNE; NEUFCHATEL; ZURICH; BASLE; STRASBURG; STUTGARD; VISIT TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF WURTEMBERG; BRUSSELS; CALAIS.

PROCEEDING by easy stages Joseph John Gurney pursued his journey by way of Savoy towards Switzerland.

Grenoble, 7th mo., 1st. We have been travelling through a lovely country and have enjoyed a sense of true peace. In the afternoon of fifth day, we drove about thirty miles through the valley of the Isere, a beautiful river, now very full from the late rains, to St. Marcellin; distributing on our way numerous tracts and little books. Our drive yesterday morning, of four stages, through a still more picturesque part of this lovely valley, was really charming. The richness of the valley, the occasional catches of the broad silver stream of the Isere, and the noble mountains on either side, not to mention the neat houses, and pleasant, prosperous-looking population, gave us real pleasure. We conversed at Tullins with one of about thirty converts from Popery, who have lately been brought, with little of human instrumentality, to the knowledge of the truth,-Martinez, a flax-dresser, and were pleased with his spirit and appearance. We arrived at this beautiful place in time for dinner. In the evening we walked out to the quai, where a splendid, and not-to-be-forgotten view of the snowy Alps, their tops illuminated by the sun, burst unexpectedly upon us. This

morning my dear wife and I have been again feasting on these delicious views. This apparently thriving town on the Isere, of nearly 30,000 inhabitants, is environed with mountains. Some of these are always snow-capped; but after a wet and cold spring, this is more than usually the case at present; and glorious in the view of those who can say, "My Father made them all," is the aspect which they present.

Chambery. 7th mo.. 3rd.

Soon after the last entry Pasteur Bonifas called; a man of somewhat advanced years; very kind and agreeable, and devoted to the cause of Christ. His wife is a cousin of Guizot's, and they have the care of nine young ladies, with the assistance of an English governess. It was finally agreed, that he should give notice at the close of his morning worship, of a meeting to be held by me, after the manner of Friends, in the afternoon. Yesterday morning, first day, we sat down to our little private meeting, which was a time of true refreshment. I was much engaged in prayer. About two o'clock we went to the " Temple." Somewhat more than one hundred persons present, including about twenty soldiers, perhaps more. The pulpit was delivered up to me; and I believe a meeting was truly held, after the manner of Friends. I explained our views of worship; and, after a solemn silence, rose with the words, the "Sceptre shall not depart from Judah," &c.; on which I was enabled to preach fully, declaring the glorious gospel at considerable length. Afterwards solemn prayer ensued. At the close I ventured to give notice of a meeting to be held in the evening, at our hotel; half-past seven. We returned home in a good degree of peace. To our comfort, a large and most desirable assembly met in the evening, a larger meeting in a private house than had ever before been known at Grenoble. We read part of Romans viii; explaining that Scripture reading was our constant practice on a first day evening. After a solemn silence, my dear wife addressed the assembly in a close, searching, but truly evangelical discourse. The lady who kindly undertook to interpret failed in her attempt,