Between this time and the first day of August, Brother Kline went on another tour to the county of Hardy, in which he attended several meetings; baptized Rebecca, wife of Elijah Judy, on Saturday, July 11; and performed the marriage ceremony of George Runion and Susan Aubrey, on the thirteenth.

SUNDAY, July 26.  Meeting at Jacob Whetzel’s.  Matthew 24 is read.  I baptized Jacob Pope and his wife.

SUNDAY, August 2.  Meeting at our meetinghouse.  Samuel Kline and Samuel Roller and his wife are baptized.

MONDAY, August 10.  This day Brother Kline started on a journey to Ohio, in company with George Hoover, Joseph Miller, Katy Hoover and Benjamin Wampler.  They went in two carriages across the western part of the State of Virginia (now West Virginia) into Pennsylvania, and through the western part of that State into Ohio.  As this trip was made specially memorable by a very severe spell of sickness which Brother Kline passed through while making it, as well as by the sad effect it had upon his beloved wife, Anna, at home, the editor will be very particular in giving, from the Diary, all the points of interest connected with it.

The second day they crossed the South Branch mountain by what is called the Howard’s Lick road.  The view from the top of this is perhaps unsurpassed by any point in the entire range.  A very large part of Hardy County, with its magnificent streams and rich bottoms, is visible to the eye.  The town of Moorefield from this view reminds one of a child sleeping in its cradle.

Brother Kline, as usual, had a line of appointments for meetings by the way, and he met them as regularly and timely as a train of cars gets to its destined stations.  He must have had the name and address of almost every prominent member in the denomination, and they must have had implicit confidence in his word; for the Diary nowhere intimates that he was ever disappointed by not finding the expected congregation when the weather permitted.  Nothing of any special interest occurred until the night of Saturday, August 15, at which time we find the company at Colley’s tavern in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  At this place Brother Kline complains of being sick.  He takes some medicine and is able again to travel on through the next three days, and fill one appointment.  But on

WEDNESDAY, August 19, there is an appointment in waiting for him which he cannot attend.  He says:  “I am sick.  Cannot go.”  Bowling Green was the place.  He is now at John Shelly’s.  Notwithstanding his illness, he, with the company, traveled thirty-one miles the next day; and the day after attended a love feast at Brother Daniel Wise’s.

His next appointment was at Brother Shively’s.  He requests George Hoover and Joseph Miller to go on to that place, while he remains at Brother Wise’s with Benjamin Wampler and Katy Hoover.  He says again:  “I am sick.”  On the evening of

SUNDAY, August 23, we find him at Brother Hershey’s, near Lewistown.  He says in the entry for that evening:  “I am still sick.  Take more medicine to-night.”  On