Heard Bedell of Philadelphia,
from Ezekiel 37.3— [“]And he said unto me, Son of Man, can these bones
live? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.”— An emphatic, and
eloquent, but illiberal and bigoted discourse— In two divisions—first a
type of the condition of the Jewish Nation at the time of the prophesy—
Secondly a type of the condition of the world at this time—with an
episode of invective upon the unitarian heresy. Mr and Mrs
Frye— W. S.
Smith, and Eugene and
Aaron Vail came as visitors.
Afternoon at Dr
Balch’s Church at Georgetown— Reunion of the Sunday
Schools, 15 in number; near 800 children of each Sex— Second annual
Report read— Prayer by Dr Laurie. Sermon by Dr
Staughton, from Galatians 6.9. “And let us not be weary in
well-doing; for in due Season we shall reap if we faint not.”— Address
by Mr
Bedell— Told the Story of Moses saved by Thermutis, and uttered a philippic against the unholy
league— Psalm read by Mr Baker—dismissing benediction
by Dr. Balch— Church crowded—past six when I
came home. Mrs
Sullivan dined with us— Mr Sullivan and Elizabeth C. Adams went this morning
to Baltimore. I read Colman’s
Sermons 5 and 6. on the miraculous character of Jesus and that
Christianity is a divine communication— His
doctrine seems to be Arianism—