FRIDAY, June 1. This day, says the Diary, I witnessed a very wonderful
appearance about the sun. About eleven o'clock I saw a bright circle
around the sun like a rainbow, with the sun in the center. At the same
time there was another circle somewhat larger than this, on the west
side of the sun; and the east side of this ring rested upon the face
of the sun. At the points where the rings crossed each other there was
a peculiar brightness and blending of colors. The whole was a sublime
and beautiful sight.
_Sermon by Benjamin Bowman._
_Preached in Brock's Gap, Virginia,
June 17._
TEXT.--There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of
God.--Heb. 4:9.