John Darby came in & said he was going to with . I told him I would say to him as the prophet said to Hezikiah “go & prosper, but ye shall not return in peace.” may set out for but he will not get there unless somebody shall pick him up by the way, feed him, & help him along. showed me the manuscript he had been writing. I inquired of the Lord & the Lord told me it <​the book​> was not true, it was not of him. If God ever called me, or spake by my mouth, or gave me a revelation, he never gave revelations to that boy, or any of the race.

This afternoon, a team ran away, & went past the State house, when the hue & cry was raised “Jo Smith is running away”, which produced great excitement & a sudden adjournment of the House of Representatives.

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Note “Sept 28, 1842,— Resolved that William Seichrist be excluded from the fellowship of this church [the first regular Baptist] church, (of the city of Alleghany, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania) for embracing (T&S. vol 4. 26) clerk. Deacon John Beck was moderator of the meeting.” [p. 24]