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interested in our cause - had a delightful ride and a delightful interview with the ladies at the house of a Mrs. Gardner. Feel quite happy to night. Last night I felt quite low spirited - received a letter from Mother to day - from Douglass 19. Present of a grammer by the author G. B. Peirce - called on a Mrs. White who was the daughter of Elisha Putnam - she wishes to find out our connexion - Her father has sev. broth 0 in N. Y.? John - in Chesterton Vt. 20. Visited Gallery of Fine Arts to day. Some most exquisite painting - a few by a Roman painter - Signore Narducci. Hardly dare to 'look ahead" - sometimes feel that I have undertaken more than I shall accomplish. The work grows longer & larger as I view it, but there is help in one. May 23 Sunday. Baptist meeting in the forenoon. Text Psalms 96-6. Presbyterian in P.M. 1st. Tim 1-11. Oh that my stony heart bight be softened by divine grace - that I might feel as well as know the infinite benevolence of God. the love of Ch. and my need of the influence of the Holy Spirit.