== 1881. == 10. MONDAY. [283 - 82 ] Cold stormy day with a few flakes of snow. Started for O.S. with 11 bags S.W. {illegible} to grind & 4 bags chop. Sold 8 bags at Mill @ 1.25 per bus Had 19 08/60 = 23.91. Bought 25 lbs 3 in nails 75c 12 lb Shingle nails 45c = 1.20. Beef 1.00 B. salt 80c Dinner 25 in all 3.25 Got home all right Clear frosty night 11. TUESDAY. [284 - 81 ] Finished digging out foundation of root house forenoon Afternoon shifted lane to let us a long back of old barn straight down to gate. Then drew some stones for root house from old fence bottom at Orchard, & some more from stonepiles in field. Paid boots to R Thompson $4. Had very hard frost this morning ground had quite a crust. 12. WEDNESDAY. [285 -80 ] Rainy morning started to groute we have the half of one side done now. Afternoon about 3 oclock went to Uncle W's got his tools & load of lime 20 bus @ 15c I was dark before we got home threw off load & covered part of it for later use with sand. 13. THURSDAY. [ 286-79 ] Took out all the sawdust soured some lime & started to cut out boards along the end of stable just below beam so that roof may get in below. Uncle came afternoon and got a good piece done by night. Clear and cold .Barley down to 65c it was 80c a week ago 14. FRIDAY. [ 287-78 ] Fine morning building the order of the day Mixing mortar drawing water wheeling stones. Willy was ploughing this afternoon learning by experience how to turn the stuborn gl{illegible} This has been a very pleasant day but is now raining 15. SATURDAY. [288 -77 ] Rainy morning & rained till 2 oclock Grouting stable afternoon drawing stone for building Evening hunting a lad to ploough but was not successful we should have looked out sooner Procrasting Too busy So on Go to bed 16. SUNDAY. [ 289 - 76 ] We were at our SS fine day and good afternoon. The text today Jer. 9:23rd & 24th with special reference to the last verse. Man worships something either the true or false gods. The Triune God of this world Wisdom, Might, Riches, we are to avoid glorying in these but rather (24 verse) to glory in understanding and knowing the true God. Notice first understanding that is hearing with the ear and having intellectual knowledge of the letter of Salvation will be to our condemnation if we do not know him practically experimentally spectacularly. The latter killeth Instance Columbus Theory of a western continent gave him no rest the fact underlying the theory convinced him of success. many accented to Col {illegible} but it did not move them. We must be moved to action. This is the knowledge to be gloried in. We have also to know him in a particular way. Not as the Creator but as he that exercises loving kindness towards man as manifested by his saving grace. And judgment His children rejoice in this Leaving the Judgment of their persecutors to him. Righteousness. Righteous in his loving kindness. With his stripes we are healed. Righteous in judgment always right. He delights in all these. Reasons why we should Glory Its intrinsic value, no knowledge like it, God's delightful character. It will never leave us The possessors supremely happy.---