“’But he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.’  How wonderfully did our Lord fulfill his mission!  Even on the banks of the Jordan, when John had already expressed his unworthiness to untie the latchet of his shoe, still more so to baptize him, he said:  ’Thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.’  And the Father answered, and the Holy Spirit bare witness.  ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’  Brethren,
 our Lord’s maxim, expressed in these words, ’I came not to do mine
 own will, but the will of him that sent me,’ should be the watchword
 with every one of us.  And if the truth leads us through the waters of
 the Jordan, or into the fire of persecution, let us still deny
 ourselves, bear the cross, and say:  ’Thus it becometh us to fulfill
 all righteousness;’ and we, in heart, in a conscience void of offense
 toward God, will be sure to receive the heavenly recognition:  ’This
 is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’

“But it is not to be inferred from anything I may have said that a minister should not have a decent regard for the manner and the style of language in which he proclaims the Gospel of Christ.  The most faithful and skilled workmen in any craft are, as a rule, the most careful in regard to the quality and fitness of the tools they employ, as well as about the manner in which they handle them.  Paul instructs Timothy to ’study to show himself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.’  When a man seeks the honor, the wealth and general interest and success of his employer he gives proof of his honesty in the service, and also of love in his heart for him.  These two principles underlie all right work for the Lord,—­honesty and love; childlike simplicity and sincerity.  Brethren, let us not aspire to the high things of the world, but to the meekness and gentleness of Christ.”

I wish many more could have heard the brother’s edifying discourse.

After the forenoon meeting was dismissed, brethren Henry Kurtz, Shively, Christian Kline and myself start homeward, and come to Brother Daniel Kinsey’s, where we stay all night.

MONDAY, May 12.  We all get to Siler’s tavern, where we stay all night.

TUESDAY, May 13.  We pass through Lexington, Fairfield, Greenville, and on to Jacob Forrer’s, where we all stay over night.  We have fine weather.

WEDNESDAY, May 14.  We all come to Brother Abraham Garber’s, and after dinner go to meeting at the meetinghouse.  Hebrews 12 is read.  Stay all night at Brother John Myers’s.

THURSDAY, May 15.  All go to Brother Frederic Kline’s, near Dayton, Virginia, for dinner.  Call at Brother Daniel Garber’s, and in evening get back to my house.

FRIDAY, May 16.  In afternoon we have meeting in Brother Samuel Kline’s dwelling house.  Brother Shively speaks from John 4:14, 15.  Text:  “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.  The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.”