In a note after the date June 1 1845, Thomas writes
“The last Sermon was the last I preached for 15 weeks,
the longest interval from preaching for three & forty years. The
most dire attack & scene of personal affliction prevented my
engaging in my long accustomed work for so many weeks my recovery was
the wonder of all around me. “Bless the Lord O my soul, etc. Ps
ciii.1-5” At the end of the year he writes “Thus ends another in the
Summer of which the writer was wonderfully restored to health. Lam
III.22."
