1862 October 5 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Sunday, October 5, 1862

Spent a pleasant & delightful day
Enjoyed reading more than I had done
for a long time--Read my bible & then
an excellent sermon from S[?]
Eccl--11nd  17th verse.
          " I hated life, because the
work that is wrought under the sun is grievous
unto me"--But do not judge from
the text that it was a gloomy sermon
it only separated the good things from the
evil & showed us what to turn from, where
to place our trust & in whom to believe--
God be merciful unto us--My tongue is
parched & dry I know. no pray so suitable
for me as this. God be merciful to me a
sinner & often utter it when my thoughts
can not frame, nor tongue utter any other
This always suits me, I am always
a sinner--
 F & B walked up to the church to see a sick man
found hi lying on a bench, with only a comfort
to cover him & with typhoid fever-poor
fellow.  F will make him more comfortable
if possible--Mr Phillipot & Hillary called
to see Emma & spent the night--not
very interesting young men.

[as transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]

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