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June 19 Still lingering in Chicago. feeling | June 19 Still lingering in Chicago. feeling haste to get to my home. hope the Ornes will speedily make arrangements for us to leave. In the evening went to convention heard Reverend speak for the Tract cause. Mr. Kent of Galena spoke. He was formerly a tract distribution. Mr Montgomery spoke & Mr Peabody who displays a German Tract wh he found in a [[?ristine}} family, more than 300 years old, by Luther, I believe. | ||
June 20 1847 Sabb. The morning is glorious. it seems as if all nature keeps Gods holy day So calm and still is all around. And yet man keeps it & not man breaks Gods Sabbath. This forenoon listened to a sermon from Rev. | June 20 1847 Sabb. The morning is glorious. it seems as if all nature keeps Gods holy day So calm and still is all around. And yet man keeps it & not man breaks Gods Sabbath. This forenoon listened to a sermon from Rev. 2. 4. by Mr. Montgomery {This is my finest Sabbath in Illinois} One remark was that I be part? of the hr. has its meridian but it has no setting sun. Therefore if you know that a Christian has left his first love, you so not prove as some suppose that it is the natural course of things or that God expects it but you know that man is a wretched, unfaithful, short sighted being. After noon. Mr Mervin or Merwin from Isiah 9 - 6 "His name shall be called wonderful. Have enjoyed the day much and hope I have gained some things in the chr counsel. God be praised for all & that I was less worldly. this is one of my transgressins? | ||
June 21 This evening reached safely my western home at Yankee settlement. Left Chicago in the stage about half past eight. reached Mr. | June 21 This evening reached safely my western home at Yankee settlement. Left Chicago in the stage about half past eight. reached Mr. Knapp's residence about eight in the evening. Kindly received. Have'nt felt such a sensation of lonliness since I left home as I did when Miss Weller left me at the tavern at Lockport to arrive by private conveyance here while she went on to Wilmington. I was left alone, my companions all gone, I was a stranger in a strange land emphatically, so totally unknown to all about me When I reached home and found myself kindly received, it took somewhat from the sadness of my feelings | ||
June 22. Mr. | June 22. Mr. Knapp took me to day to visit a school about two miles form here in a nother part of the settlement taught by Miss. Cook. She has about 50 scholars and is a superb teacher. | ||
June 23 School began with ten scholars. It does not seem possible that I am at the west teaching. That I have begun my two years task - and yet perhaps not hard years for they may become tired of my company and dissatisfied with me in some way and then I must take my departure | June 23 School began with ten scholars. It does not seem possible that I am at the west teaching. That I have begun my two years task - and yet perhaps not hard years for they may become tired of my company and dissatisfied with me in some way and then I must take my departure | ||
June 24 15 scholars to day June 25 16 today Oh!may my Savior assist me to do my duty and guide | June 24 15 scholars to day June 25 16 today Oh! may my Savior assist me to do my duty and guide me in every step for [[unclear]] | ||
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June 19 Still lingering in Chicago. feeling haste to get to my home. hope the Ornes will speedily make arrangements for us to leave. In the evening went to convention heard Reverend speak for the Tract cause. Mr. Kent of Galena spoke. He was formerly a tract distribution. Mr Montgomery spoke & Mr Peabody who displays a German Tract wh he found in a [[?ristine}} family, more than 300 years old, by Luther, I believe. June 20 1847 Sabb. The morning is glorious. it seems as if all nature keeps Gods holy day So calm and still is all around. And yet man keeps it & not man breaks Gods Sabbath. This forenoon listened to a sermon from Rev. 2. 4. by Mr. Montgomery {This is my finest Sabbath in Illinois} One remark was that I be part? of the hr. has its meridian but it has no setting sun. Therefore if you know that a Christian has left his first love, you so not prove as some suppose that it is the natural course of things or that God expects it but you know that man is a wretched, unfaithful, short sighted being. After noon. Mr Mervin or Merwin from Isiah 9 - 6 "His name shall be called wonderful. Have enjoyed the day much and hope I have gained some things in the chr counsel. God be praised for all & that I was less worldly. this is one of my transgressins? June 21 This evening reached safely my western home at Yankee settlement. Left Chicago in the stage about half past eight. reached Mr. Knapp's residence about eight in the evening. Kindly received. Have'nt felt such a sensation of lonliness since I left home as I did when Miss Weller left me at the tavern at Lockport to arrive by private conveyance here while she went on to Wilmington. I was left alone, my companions all gone, I was a stranger in a strange land emphatically, so totally unknown to all about me When I reached home and found myself kindly received, it took somewhat from the sadness of my feelings June 22. Mr. Knapp took me to day to visit a school about two miles form here in a nother part of the settlement taught by Miss. Cook. She has about 50 scholars and is a superb teacher. June 23 School began with ten scholars. It does not seem possible that I am at the west teaching. That I have begun my two years task - and yet perhaps not hard years for they may become tired of my company and dissatisfied with me in some way and then I must take my departure June 24 15 scholars to day June 25 16 today Oh! may my Savior assist me to do my duty and guide me in every step for unclear