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Source citation
Moncure Daniel Conway, Diary, 1851-1853, MC 1999.6, Moncure Daniel Conway Family Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, p. 96-97.
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Diary
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Exact
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Michael Blake
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The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
23. Went to the Association Mr. Bolton (Ep.) a grandson of William Jays preached a good sermon (Quench not the Spt.) They think of giving him a call at Zims: hope he'll hear it, though it is rare that Preachers are called from a high salary to a low one. Preached a Funeral Sermon over a child 4 y. old. It is a hard task for me to attend to such things. I almost break down in the middle of our service. If I hear a suppressed sob; I can't hold mine. I must accustom myself more to those things. As yet I have never seen one die & have never but in one or two awful unforgotten times seen one dead. I could not bear the sight.
- Held a Prayer mt'g for the young converts at br. Duvall's. Few there - but we were blessed.
