Cold east wind. Divine service as usual. Evening at home.

I occupied most of my leisure hours today in writing upon the Essay which I promised to Mr. Hunt. To this end I devoted the hours of the evening which I have formerly spent in the family.

Attended divine service and heard Dr. Frothingham preach from Luke 6. 19. “There went virtue out of him and healed them all.” Also from 1. Corinthians 1. 27. “God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” This last very good discourse, I have heard before.

Read also a Sermon in the English Preacher by from 2. Samuel 19. 34. “And Barzillai said unto the King, how long have I to live that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem.” My mind was perhaps too much occupied with matters wholly foreign to pay so much attention as I should have done.