Rose half past six, dream about my dear father; got a good breakfast
with plenty of good milk. Took a hack to Mr. Hulme, at the canal office,
for which I paid 25 cents. Heard Mr. H. was at Louisville but expected
immediately as they were repairing one of the locks. Shewn through a
very large steamer, the _Mediterranean_, 600 tons capable of 800, and
boilers 250 tons, consumes 36 tons of wood daily, sometimes goes to New
Orleans in five days, 1500 miles.
Attended the Unitarian Church and heard an eloquent and very unusual
discourse from 1 Tim. 2 ch. and 4 verse by Mr. Pierpoint; all the tunes
known to me. On coming away I heard a very noisy preacher, a Revivalist,
the man with me in the stage yesterday; a plain, poor chapel, the poor
blacks in the galleries. After the sermon and singing several times,
they were invited into the Church; about 8 or 10 godly women and
children enrolled themselves. Called upon young Monks, had a pleasant
chat and afterwards a walk along the esplanade. The canal is cut 2 miles
through rock to avoid the falls. Came over the ground where a young man
had been murdered, two out of four persons were found guilty and ordered
to be executed in a month. Heard Mr. Pierpoint again this evening from
the text "Pure religion and undefiled," the very best sermon I ever
heard--religion a science of duties, as we stand related to each other,
head, heart and hands; the Lord's Prayer if changed into synonymous
language would be designated only a good moral sermon.
Saw Mr. Hulme this evening.