=== SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1870. === The past day very rainy so much so that mother and I have neither of us been able to leave for Divine Service. Notwithstanding this it has been a day of considerable proffit to my poor soul. I have been reading the Memoir of Father Reeves, the Methodist Class Leader. His first written covenant is as follows. "O Lord, I am thine, save me. If thou sparest me this year, help me to glorify thy name; and if thou takest me, take me to thyself. If thou I am thy unworthy servant--W. Reeves. These words I can also subscribe as the expression of my inmost heart. C. C. Olds. === MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1870.=== Again we have had another stormy day. But instead of rain we are now having snow. The weather has also become a good deal colder. Charley and I have been sharpening axes and my carpenter tools this afternoon &c. Too-night I went down to Smith's. We arranged our School accounts satisfactorily, with but little trouble. I have too-day been somewhat tried, and tempted but in going to the Lord with my difficulties, I was not only delivered, but He gave me a glorious victory over my enemies. Lord help me to be steadfast & immoveable.

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