In the morning my brother Richard came to see me and breakfasted with me, and he and myself and one servant at church in the morning; the text in the latter part of the 51st verse 17th chapter Acts: “…whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”
My brother dined with me on a beef pudding, a chick roasted and some turnip greens. After dinner I accompanied my brother to Mrs Vine’s of Heathfield, where he went upon his master’s business. We came back about 3:40… My servants went to church in the afternoon. In the evening read three of Sterne’s sermons. A very remarkable fine day, and I wish I could say my mind was as serene and calm as the weather. But oh, how great is the difference–one is calm and serene as nature and the season can admit, the other all tumult and anxious melancholy.