altogether a new man.

"I fear I have been tiresome; but I will now soon conclude. I was
proposed at the local preachers' meeting, accepted, preached several
times before the brethren, with some degree of acceptance; and after
remaining about four months in Y----, from the period referred to, my
health being re-established, I again removed to the metropolis, where my
name was regularly inserted on the plan. Having passed my examination in
the usual way, I was received into full connection as a local preacher. I
need not tell you that I am now fully occupied in this blessed work; that
my happiest hours are those spent in it; that, were it the will of God,
I am willing to live and die in the work."

Thomas is now a local preacher in one of the London circuits; and
although by his occupation he is necessarily prevented from much study,
being in business, as unfortunately most young men are, from early in the
morning till late at night, he is, nevertheless, an acceptable, and, it
is hoped, a useful preacher.




CHAPTER IV.


HISTORY OF GEORGE.

The third brother, George, remained in M---- school for some years after
the elder brothers had left. As a scholar he was well-behaved and
attentive; and after conducting himself with propriety for a considerable