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an excellent and earnest sermon on the character of God and took as his text the 139" Psalm to the 12th verse "O Lord Thou hast searched me and known me." We went again this evening to hear Mr. Stonebridge but it was a talk to the children on Missionary work, good in its way but not particularly interesting to me. Marian and I walked out to the cemetery after dinner. Little Charley has been here all afternoon his father and mother having gone out to Flatbush. He is a very interesting, pretty little fellow. Miss McAdam left this evening in the Baldwin. I have written to Mrs Taylor today about the prescription in Mr Sawyers letter.

Sunday Dec. 2. 1878. My father and mother went to New York by the 7.30 train this morning. It was raining quite hard and I took them down and did some shopping, among other things bought the Indian Hemp recommended by Mr. Sawyer, for Bayard Taylor, which as soon as I got home I boxed up neatly with a package of Calabar grains and shall send them by express to him and a letter to Mrs. Taylor. It has rained very violently with a gale from the East all day until about 4 o'clock when it cleared off so that my father + mother will have a good evening to go to see Hamlet. I painted Jamies wagon and came to my room to write some letters but the wind blew so violently that the rain poured in at my windows so that I was forced to close the blinds as we were also in the parlor and sitting room. I wrote to Hubbard, to Joe [[Warren?]], to Dr. Holland, to John Duran + Mr. Cranch. This evening I have been committing to memory Bryants "Future Life" beginning

How shall I know thee in the sphere which keeps
the disembodied spirits of the dead
When all of thee that time can winter sleeps
and perilous among the dust we tread.

It has cleared off mild and warm and there were some beautiful effects along Hurley Hill and beyond as the storm cleared. There seemed a great river in the valley at the foot of Hurley Hill. I felt very sad as I eat alone in the parlor after all had retired.