“Gives exercise to faith and love;
  Brings every blessing from above.”

If this dear Christian friend is in darkness as to the nature of obedience and its blessed fruits, himself misled and misleading others, I pray that the scales may drop from his eyes, that he may see clearly the whole truth which God has placed in the line of our duty to do and teach.

SUNDAY, July 18.  Friend Henry Brown preached to-day.  He is a very clear and pleasant talker.  In his discourse, however, he made me think of some beautiful birds that hop over what they do not wish to touch, and take hold gracefully of what they are pleased to alight upon.

THURSDAY, August 12.  This day Brother Kline moved back home.  He says:  Anna much improved in health.  The season at the Springs has been quite pleasant, with the exception of atmospheric dampness from the abundance of rain we had while there.

MONDAY, August 23.  This day Brother Kline started on another journey to Pennsylvania.  It may be irksome to the general reader to follow his daily steps from this date to the thirteenth of September, the day on which he returned home, so I will only name the families he visited or stayed with all night, in the order given in the Diary.  His habit on this was the same as on other journeys of like motive; he preached as he went, and never failed holding family worship where he stayed all night, when well enough to do so.  Few of those that were fathers and mothers then are living now; but their children and grandchildren may be living, to whom these reminiscences will, doubtless, be pleasant.  Reflections like these instinctively impress us with a consciousness of time’s rapid flight; and make us, who were young then, realize, with more or less acuteness of perception, the impressive truth that we, too, are growing old.  To such of my readers as find no pleasure or profit in things of this kind I gently say:  Pass over it as you would an advertisement in which you feel no interest, in a newspaper you may be perusing:  Daniel Fahrney’s; John Shank’s, near Greencastle; William Etter’s; Allen Mohler’s; John Sollenberger’s; George Copp’s; Dr. Fahnestock’s, in Middletown, Pennsylvania; Abraham Gipe’s, near Lebanon; Jacob Gipe’s; Abraham Balsbaugh’s; Peter Miller’s, this side Harrisburg; George Deardorf’s; Daniel Longenacre’s; Widow Bowman’s, near Middletown, Maryland; John Garber’s, Jr.; John Garber’s, Sr.; Jacob Rupp’s; Nathaniel Bondsack’s; Jacob Saylor’s; William Deahl’s; David Reinhardt’s; Sherk’s, near Sharpsburg; Fahnestock’s, near Winchester, Virginia; George Shaver’s, in Shenandoah County, Virginia.