76. To _Robert Gordon of Knockbreck_.--Benefit of Affliction, 161
77. To _Lady Boyd_.--Aberdeen--Experience of himself Sad-- Taking Pains to win Grace, 163
78. To _Lord Boyd_.--Encouragement to Exertion for Christ's Cause, 164
79. To _Margaret Ballantine_.--Value of the Soul, and Urgency of Salvation, 166
80. To _Marion M'Naught_.--His Comfort under Tribulations, and the Prison a Palace, 168
81. To _Mr. John Meine (jun.)_.--Experience--Patient Waiting--Sanctification, 169
82. To _John Gordon of Cardoness, Elder_.--Win Christ at all Hazards--Christ's Beauty--A Word to Children, 170
83. To _the Earl of Lothian_.--Advice as to Public Conduct--Everything to be endured for Christ, 174
84. To _Jean Brown_.--The Joys of this Life embittered by Sin--Heaven an Object of Desire--Trial a Blessed Thing, 177
85. To _John Kennedy, Bailie of Ayr_.--The Reasonableness of Believing under all Affliction--Obligations to Free Grace, 179
86. To _Lord Craighall_.--Episcopalian Ceremonies--How to Abide in the Truth--Desire for Liberty to preach Christ, 181
87. To _Elizabeth Kennedy_.--Danger of Formality--Christ wholly to be Loved--Other Objects of Love, 183
88. To _Janet Kennedy_.--Christ to be kept at every sacrifice--His incomparable Loveliness, 185
89. To _the Rev. Robert Blair_.--God's Arrangements sometimes Mysterious, 187
90. To _the Rev. John Livingstone_.--Resignation--Enjoyment-- State of the Church, 190
91. To _Mr. Ephraim Melvin_.--Kneeling at the Lord's Supper a species of Idolatry, 192
92. To _Mr. Robert Gordon of Knockbreck_.--Visits of Christ--The Things which Affliction Teaches, 195
93. To _Lady Kenmure_.--God's Dealings with Scotland--The Eye to be directed Heavenward, 197
94. To _Lady Kenmure_.--The Times--Christ's Sweetness in Trouble--Longing after Him, 198
95. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Christ's Cross Sweet--His Coming to be Desired--Jealous of any Rival, 200
96. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Christ all Worthy--Anwoth, 201
97. To _Alexander Gordon of Earlston_.--Christ Endeared by Bitter Experiences--Searchings of Heart--Fears for the Church, 202
98. To _Mr. Alexander Colville of Blair_.--Increasing Experience of Christ's Love--God with His Saints, 204
99. To _Earlston, Younger_.--Christ's Ways Misunderstood--His increasing Kindness--Spiritual Delicacy--Hard to be Dead to the World, 205
100. To _Lady Cardoness_.--The One Thing Needful--Conscientious Acting in the World--Advice under Dejecting Trials, 208
101. To _Jonet Macculloch_.--Christ's Sufficiency--Stedfastness in the Truth, 210
102. To _Alexander Gordon of Knockgray_.--Grounds of Praise-- Affliction tends to misrepresent Christ--Idols, 211
103. To _Lady Cardoness, Elder_.--Christ and His Cause Recommended--Heavenly-mindedness--Caution against Compliances--Anxiety about his Parish, 213
104. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Painstaking in the Knowledge of Christ--Unusual enjoyment of His Love--Not Easy to be a Christian--Friends must not mislead, 215
105. To _a Gentlewoman, upon the death of her Husband_.-- Resignation under Bereavement--His own Enjoyment of Christ's Love, 217
106. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Weak Assurance--Grace different from Learning--Self-accusations, 218
107. To _Lady Boyd_.--Consciousness of Defects no argument of Christ being unknown--His Experience in Exile, 220
108. To _Lady Kaskiberry_.--Gratitude for Kindness--Christ's Presence felt, 222
109. To _Lady Earlston_.--Following Christ not Easy--Children not to be over-loved--Joy in the Lord, 223
110. To _Mr. David Dickson_.--God's Dealings--The Bitter Sweetened--Notes on Scripture, 224
111. To _Jean Brown_.--Christ's Untold Preciousness--A Word to her Boy, 226
112. To _Mr. John Fergushill_.--The Rod upon God's Children-- Pain from a sense of Christ's Love--His Presence a Support under Trials--Contentedness with Him alone, 227
113. To _Mr. Robert Douglas_.--Greatness of Christ's Love revealed to those who suffer for Him, 229