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August, 1786. Hallowel.
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Tuesday 1. |
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Wedsday 2. |
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Thursday 3. |
My brother Jotham arrived from Bath. |
Friday 4. |
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Saturday 5. |
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Sunday 6. |
Mr. Foster preached -- [Arminian Doctrine.] |
Monday 7. |
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Tuesday 8. |
Had a conference with Mr. Foster -- could not convince him
of the impropriety of his doctrine. |
Wedsday 9. |
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Thursday 10. |
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Friday 11. |
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Saturday 12. |
-- Conversed with Mr. Foster respecting
experience. |
Sunday 13. |
Mr. Foster preached -- rank arminianism. |
Monday 14. |
-- Town meeting -- to appoint the day of ordination
which Foster fixed the 11. of Oct. next & agreed to send to the churches
of Bristol, Bath, Harpswell, E. Pownalborough, & Stroudwater -- with
two others to be chosen by Mr. Foster, for pastors & delegates
to compose the Council. |
Tuesday 15. |
-- Had a close, plain, & solemn interview with Mr. Foster,
respecting his (as I call them) heretical doctrine.
Wrote my parents by Mr. Foster, who sat off for Connecticut.
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