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either bodily health, or spiritual life, with this exercise ? And if he is but half alive, what will the people be ? Just so it is at Greenock too. Wed. 18.-I went to Edinburgh, and on Thursday to Perth . Here likewise the morning preaching had been given up : Con- sequently the people were few, dead, and cold. These things must be remedied, or we must quit the ground. In the way to Perth, I read that ingenious tract, Dr. Gre- gory's " Advice to his Daughters." Although I cannot agree with him in all things ; (particularly as todancing, decent pride, and both a reserve and a delicacy which I think are quite unnatural ; ) yet I allow there are many fine strokes therein,. and abundance of common sense : And if a young woman followed this plan in little things, in such things as daily occur, and in great things copied after Miranda, she would form an accomplished character. Fri. 20.-1 rode over to Mr. Fraser's, at Monedie, whose mother-in-law was to be buried that day. O what a difference is there between the English and the Scotch method of burial ! The English does honour to human nature; and even to the poor remains, that were once a temple of the Holy Ghost ! But when I see in Scotland a coffin put into the earth, and covered up without a word spoken, it reminds me of what was spoken concerning Jehoiakim, " He shall be buried with the burial of anass !" Sat. 21. I returned to Perth, and preached in the evening to a large congregation. But I could not find the way to their hearts. The generality of the people here are so wise that they need no more knowledge, and so good that they need no more religion ! Who can warn them that are brimful of wisdom and goodness, to flee from the wrath to come ? Sun. 22. I endeavoured to stir up this drowsy people, by speaking as strongly as I could, at five, on, "Awake, thou that sleepest ; " at seven, on, " Where theirworm dieth not ;" and in May,1774.1 the evening, on, " I saw the dead,small and great, stand before God." In the afternoon ayoung gentleman, in the west kirk, preached such a close, practical sermon, on, " Enoch walked with