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Savior. My Parents &amp; friends were much con-<br />
-cerned on my account, being apprehensive, <emotion>I<br />
should become melancholy.</emotion> They <abbr>endeavor&#39;d</abbr> by<br />
gentle &amp; severe means to reclaim me, and to<br />
rouse my Spirits; but the world &amp; its pleasures<br />
were become a burden to me, &amp; I only wished<br />
to be able to find <hi rend="underline">one</hi> person, to whom I could<br />
unburthen my mind. I got indeed acquainted<br />
with some awakened Souls: but as they were in<br />
a similar legal way, &amp; my Parents had forbid<br />
me all <sic>connexion</sic>&nbsp; <corr>connection</corr> with them, it was of no Com-<br />
-fort to me. Reading in the Bible proved often<br />
a blessing to me, but was productive of no abiding<br />
[?], because the important point of becoming<br />
a poor sinner was still a mystery to me. My<br />
Parents were much concerned at my still and<br />
reserved behavior, they wished to have me honora<br />
-bly settled in the world: but I found no freedom<br />
to accept of any of the frequent proposals of<br />
marriage made to me, however good &amp; religious,<br />
once, <emotion>when I was much distressed to know the<br />
will of God in this respect,</emotion> I opened the Bible,<br />
and reviewed these words: &quot;I will betroth thee unto<br />
&quot;me forever: <abbr>yea</abbr> I will betroth thee unto me in&nbsp;<br />
&quot;righteousness, Hosea 2.19&quot; upon which I could joy-<br />
-fully refuse every proposal of this kind &amp; devote