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commune with God any where, yet I certainly find it difficult to enjoy such Sabbath of the heart, when entirely removed from the usual & appointed means of grace. There are many professors of religion here, perhaps nearly as large a part of the population as in New England. They are mostly Methodists and various sorts of Baptists, but mostly very ignorant; Quite a large part of the old settlers here cannot read or write; and many of them, judging by their conduct & habits, we should think hardly half Christianised. The customs of the country are so different, and the mode of life and the necessities of the case so strange, that they must be looked upon with much clarity. Here at Mr Root's place, which is my home here, there is a regular Episcopal Service every Sabbath, Mr Root being what they call a "Lay Reader." I can enjoy his service & sermon pretty well in lack of any better suited to my taste. Since I wrote before I have had various Sabbath experience. The first Sabbath in Aug. I believe I wrote you. I was here. The second, I was down in Jackson Co. and went seven miles to Vergennes, where is a Presbyterian Church, but found the minister sick and no preaching. There was however a Prayer Class Meeting, which I attended. I had never been at one before. I rather liked it. Did you ever attend one? It seems to me the institution rightly managed may be a beneficial one in many cases. I judge it might have all the good there could be in a Roman Catholic Confessional, and some more. On the whole, I enjoyed the Sabbath much, though there was a violent shower in the Afternoon, and I was obliged to ride back through woods & Prairies without road in the very dark night. However, being an Engineer I found the way without difficulty. The next Sabbath, Aug. 17, the day you were writing to me, I was at the Presbyterian Church in Du Quion in this county. The 24th I was at this place. Aug 31st & Sept. 7 I was in Grand Prairie Jefferson Co., 10 miles from Meeting, and most sick