SUNDAY, May 5.  Meeting in our meetinghouse.  Romans 6 is read.  Joshua Wampler and wife, Hannah Sites, Mary Miller, Hetty Showalter and Mrs. Eaton were baptized by me to-day.

TUESDAY, May 7.  Perform the marriage ceremony of John Tussing and Susan Watkins.

MONDAY, May 13.  Visit Mary Wampler, who is very sick.  Give her a course of medicine.  Then go to see Christian Fulk in the Gap.  He is very sick.

TUESDAY, May 14.  Visit Christian Fulk again.  He appears some better, but his case is very doubtful.

NOTE.—­This brother, after a severe illness, in which he was assiduously attended by Brother Kline, was buried June 9 following.

THURSDAY, May 16.  Attend an evening meeting at John Zigler’s in Timberville.  Brother George Shaver is there.  He speaks from Acts 2.

Substance of what he said:  The day of Pentecost witnessed the establishment of the first Christian church on earth.  The wonderful prophecy of Joel received its fulfillment on this day.  The sun had been darkened and the moon turned into blood, or darkened so as to appear like black blood; volcanic fire and the vapor of smoke had attended the earthquake while the Lord of glory hung upon the cross; the baptism in the Spirit and in the fire was now present; the apostles were induced with miraculous gifts to speak with other tongues; and when Peter and the rest set forth the Lord Jesus in his resurrected glory and power, the Jews there assembled, being cut to the heart, cried out:  “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” The answer which Peter gave then and there is the true answer to that all-important question.  I sincerely desire that every unconverted man and woman in this house will duly consider the answer, for it may redound to the salvation of his or her soul.  I will therefore give it in the exact words we find recorded.  They are these:  “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”  Notice here, obedience comes first.  The repentance and the baptism precede the gift of the Holy Spirit.  God is holy; and the sanctuary must be cleansed before he is willing to set up his glory there.  The Temple had to be dedicated before the Lord could dwell in it.  This gift of the Holy Spirit, by which we are to understand his entering into our hearts and making his abode with us, is the beginning of a heavenly life in the soul.  The fruit of the Spirit, as it appears in the life of its possessor, is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, kindness, meekness, temperance, brotherly kindness, charity.