== 1881. == 31 Days. AUGUST.

8. MONDAY. [220-145]

Put off load of fall wheat then pulling peas. They will keep us pulling till noon on Wednesday I guess. Crop clean + evenly ripened but do^not appear to be very richly poded. Peas small being so hurriedly ripened. Cool day with signs of more rain. The 8th of August Well, Well [?]

9. TUESDAY. [221-144]

Pulling peas all day except an hour in the morning when it was raining. Cleared up a fine day + every thing is dry again.

10. WEDNESDAY. [222-143]

Pulling peas forenoon afternoon took in four loads of peas + put off last one as I will need waggon to Mr. Duncan's thrashing tomorrow.

11. THURSDAY. [223-142]

Trashing at John Duncan's barley + fall wheat. Had horses on machine. Willie was at J. McInnis he is coming to reap on Friday afternoon. He then finished pulling peas. Cool day + cloudy

12. FRIDAY. [224-141]

Took gate for road side to Jackson's shop then we cut [rouds?] round fields for reaper. Reaper did not come + as we had James Atchison we went + cut part of the new land wheat I was scaffeling turnips Reaper came alittle after supper + we got down a large piece of field across creek

13. SATURDAY. [225-140]

Put our team on raper they went well got wheat across creek + 2 acres beside barley. He then went to Bains + came back + cut the oats before 5 oclock. We had a hand from John Duncan [towing?] so we got it all up in stook by night. Reaping clear land 40¢ per acre

14. SUNDAY. [226-139]

Rev Mr. Currie preached from Luke XIII-16. Christ the first to raise woman from the degradation entailed by being the first in the transgression. Elevated more in the birth of Christ than she lost in the fall. She a child of God = a daughter of Abraham. Labouring under deep afflict ion. God never promised freedom from affliction nor from the bitter fruit of sin in this life. Jesus attributed her affliction to Satan. A wrong idea of the present age attributing to Providence the calamities + disease of life which should be attributed to Satan. The case of Job. God permits evil but does not originate it. Permits + overrules it for his glory. She frequented God's house her heart was there. The blessing came in the use of means ––.

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