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Reverend Robert James Roberts Diary 1892 (A/E/R54/R54 1892)

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Reverend Robert James Roberts Diary 1892 (A/E/R54/R54 1892)

9am R. South [29.77] January Friday 1 1892 12-5 a.m. God be thanks for all His mercies, I and my family are well in the [atlas?]. I am not very [slim?] but I am still able to attend to [unintelligible] to do duty in the Ch. [Militant?]. Terry want yesterday with Mr. [Hauson] and Harvey Sitwell to shoot ducks at the mouth of the Chemanius River, and they were to stay the night at Gibbs - [Robbie], Deena and my Mary "Tutu" are here on Kuper island with me and my dear wife- [Chausson] + Elouway here on a visit - the 2 latter and Robbie sat up once the New Year comes in. I go [now?] to bed praying [to?] the Lord God Our Heavenly Father to watch over [us] and protect us all in this present year of 1892 [or?] for so love as He may spare our unworthy lives. I have just [unintelligible] [the word?] and hoping this New Year by reading a [part?] of the 10th Chapter of St. John's Gospel. 11 p.m. Stormy and wet all day. I have been greatly annoyed by the [book?] Julia with [Paris] [unintelligible] others home for I wanted to send [letters?] of importance to [the] Post - Robbie and [ECorneas?] [fancied?] [unintelligible] shots, but for got no good [duells?] I switched short-hand 1