p454 Dear C McAdam, - I have heard of dear -'s death, but no particulars. The brethren at - will feel it much, and that out of love to him, for some time he had little part in the work, but the Lord will help them on. What is of Him lasts, and they begin to find the fruit of this. He does not at once light up the candle He has put out or removed, but He works always faithfully. - says that he had conflict towards the end. No doubt there was a Why, but it may be there was honey in the sacrifice, he was so kind and loving a man; but God has always His own ways and always in love and right. If all is judged according to His mind - but that is saying much, and He alone knows when it is - then all is peace. But His nature is eternal and does not change, and we must be so dealt with that nature is satisfied and enjoyed, but always in perfect love. And our path here so little realises His presence when we take in the holiness of His nature, that though full of tenderness - and it is not surprising, if there be the least self-satisfaction or carelessness, that - His hand takes the matter up. This is what we learn in Job. One thing is a rest and comfort, that your dear brother is in rest where nothing is wanting and nothing to grieve, though he must wait for a glorified body: yet that is the world of God's purpose, this, of experience and exercise.

I am here for a short time, or in the neighbourhood; have been at Elberfeld, Barmen, Frankfort, Stuttgart, and had, I trust, a profitable time in all. My German, though of course incorrect when it was hurried conversation and questions, stood me in good stead for all practical purposes, and in lectures, etc., I had little difficulty. Here, as a good many Methodists have lately come in, we are on somewhat more elementary ground. The presence of the Holy Ghost come down from heaven has been everywhere before us, for which I am thankful, and in more than one place, the Lord's coming. Though there is a great deal to do there is much to thank God for, and I am thankful to have been able to come, and I trust there has been profit to the brethren, and the truth helped on. I hope to go (D.V.) to Lausanne in about ten days, where they have a conference. I have had meetings every day (when not two or three) except when on the rail.

Zurich, June, 1878.

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