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him in the day of trouble. But people like you, Mrs. Philips, who are, as I apprehend, rather inclined to be low ſpirited, are apt to forget theſe promiſes, eſpecially if they do not go to church, which perhaps is the caſe with you. The woman replied, that with three little children ſhe could not go to church. Well, replied the lady, I wiſh every poor woman had as good an excuſe to offer for abſenting themſelves from divine worſhip ; but I hope you find leiſure to read your Bible ; The woman replied, that ſhe had been in too much grief to read lately, but now ſhe was happier ſhe would certainly do ſo.
I no longer wonder, ſaid Mrs Andrews, at your great dejection of spirits, when I hear that you throw aſide the only cordial that can ſupport the mind under the trials you have lately met with : let me perſuade you for the future, to have immediate recourſe to the Scriptures whenever you are in any kind of affliction. I do not mean to recommend to you to ſpend ſo much time in reading as ſhall break in on your family employments, it will be ſufficient to read a ſmall portion of them at once. Many of the Pſalms of David are particularly calculated to afford comfort, and are in general very eaſy to underſtand ; and ſo are ſome of our Saviour's discourſes. You may alſo read in the Scriptures, of both the Old and
