Franklin County: Diary of Abraham Essick (1849-1864; 1883; 1888)

        Preached in the German Reformed Church in morning from Psalm 19:7. The law of the Lord is perfect. My appointment was for the Lutheran lecture room. This arrangement was afterwards made to give the main congregation a sermon, Rev. Luchman being unable to preach. Bro. Re(left blank) of the Moravian Ch. preached for the Ger. Luth. and Bro. Good of the Ger. (obscured) sent him a supply, and I filled Bro. Good's pulpit. In the evening I preached in the Luth. Church from Matt. 20:6 "Why stand ye here all the day idle?" The sermon was addressed practically to the members of the Congregation, who supposing that I had referred to building a new church, applied much of it this way, though it was not so intended. It seems to have created a considerable stir.