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ever, having a good guide, we passed it withoutmuch difficulty. I found Sir Lodowick Grant almost worn out. Never was a visit more seasonable. By free and friendly conversation his spirits were so raised, that I am in hopes it willlengthen his life. Sun. 9.-I preachedto a small company at noon, on, "His commandments are not grievous." As I was concluding, Colonel May, 1784.] JOURNAL . Grant and his Ladycame in: For whose sake I began again, and lectured, as they call it, on the former part of the fifteenth chapter of St. Luke. We had a larger company in the after- noon, to whom I preached on "judgment to come." And this subject seemed to affect them most. Mon. 10. I set out for Inverness. I had sent Mr. M'Allum before, on George Whitfield's horse, to give notice of my com- ing. Hereby I was obliged to take both George and Mrs. M'Allum with me inmy chaise. To ease the horses, we walked forward from Nairn, ordering Richard to follow us, as soon as they were fed : He did so, but there were two roads. So, as we took one, and he the other, we walked about twelve miles and a halfof the way, through heavy rain. We then found Richard waiting for us at a little ale-house, and drove on to Inverness. But, blessed be God, I was no more tired than when I set out from Nairn. I preached at seven to a far larger congregation than I had seen here since I preached in the kirk. And surely the labour was not in vain : For God sent amessage tomanyhearts. Tues. 11. Notwithstanding the long discontinuance of morning preaching, we had a large congregation at five. I breakfasted at the first house I was invited to at Inverness, where good Mr. M'Kenzie then lived. His three daughters live in it now ; one of whom inherits all the spirit of her father. In the afternoon we took a walk over thebridge, into one of the pleasantest countries I have seen. It runs along by the side of the clear river, and is well-cultivated and well-wooded. And here first we heard abundance of birds, welcoming the return of spring. The congregationwas larger this evening than the last : Andgreat part ofthem attended in the morning. We had then