Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq.

I 710.] COL. BLACKADER's PAPERS. I 35
and that he gives a meek and quiet fpi-
rit. I had a ferene thankful temper
through the day. I went into Doway,
and viewed all our works, and the French
works, and there I fet up my Ebenezer.
MeTcyand goodnefs have remarkably fol-
lowed me at this liege.
25. This day is kept, by orders, in our
army, a day of thankfgiving for the re-
duction of this town. None have more
reafon to keep it with a thankful cheer-
ful heart than I have. No one has been
more followed with fignal meicy and de-
liverances, attended with difting aiming
marks of the divine care.
26. Now we are going to march again.
The Lord direct us what is next to be
done. Thy pretence go with us. I com-
mit myfelf and all to thee ; as thou haft
been with me during the fiege, fo thou
wilt be with me during the campaign,
and thy grace be always fufficient for me.
I depend upon thee alone, come battles
or what elfe thou pleafeft.
July 2. Sabbath, but forced to do
many .things foreign to a Sabbath, by pre-
paring for a review to-morrow. Enga-
ged in company and idle converfation,.