Mild rain until twelve when it cleared off and by evening became cold. Attended divine service all day and heard Mr. Frothingham 260preach two very good Sermons. He has a finished and elegant style, and though it is a little too studied and laboured for general comprehension, yet I think it has much merit. I am more pleased as I know more of the man, for his social qualities are very creditable to him. Mr. Brooks goes on much as usual, his spirits a little revived perhaps. I find myself able to do little or nothing on Sundays, and must bend my mind down to be satisfied with the waste of time. Tried to read two or three Essays of Vicesimus Knox but with very little success.1 Evening a short walk with Mr. Brooks and Mr. Frothingham along the Canal and returned to talk away the evening.