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20. - noon a continuance of thesame subject from John 8. 36."If Christ, therefore, shall makeyou free, ye shall be free indeed." In him we find aSaviour from the bondageof sin and its consequences.I was much distressed toobserve the state of societyhere. The young ladies aswell as gentlemen collectedin the entry before the timeof service, and there discussedthe fashions andother worldly topics, notforgetting to notice allstrangers, to which class,unfortunately, the Dr. and20. - myself chanced to belong.But I very soon understoodthe cause of this sad state ofaffairs, when I learned at theclose of service, that no propermeetings were held in thevillage during the week. Whenpeople, by their actions, sayunto God. "Depart from us,"He will most surely do soand leave them to fill upthe measure of their iniquityunless mercy interposes andsnatches some as brands fromthe burning. Returning toLangdon we rode throughthe village of Drewsville inWalpole. Here the scenery
Date Original
1855
Dates Covered
1855 (May-July)
Source
Original diary dimensions: 9.5 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
Locke_Diary_1855_Image_009.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
Delia Locke, diaries, women, diarist, California, Locke-Hammond Family Papers, Lockeford, CA, Dean Jewett Locke, rural life, rural California, 19th Century, church, temperance organizations, Mokelumne River Ladies' Sewing Circle, temperature recordings, journal
