I hope this note finds you all doing very well. Last year, our family moved to Ireland and we have been thoroughly enjoying the Irish life...cooler weather, wonderful hiking and outdoors, history, beautiful landscape, and delightful people.
With the arrival of spring, the morning birds have come out in full force. The start singing just before the sun arises which is quite early here...usually around 5 am now with us being so far north. The journal entry below made me think of the mornings here, although I am very surprised that Willard was able to sleep until 9 am!
Sunday, May 14, 1905 - Carlisle - Fine day.
This morning was a beautiful morning. On awaking the birds were singing by our window. Everything seemed to be so fresh and beautiful. It was about 9 am when we arose as we had been up so late the previous night. We fasted this morning, therefore did not wait for breakfast but came down to join the other Elders. At 11 am we Elders and the Saints met in the Stanley Hall in choir practise. Practising the songs we were going to sing in Distict meeting. At 2:30 pm the first meeting began. There were present about eighty strangers, the saints, and six of us Elders namely Pres. Adams, Elders Hazen, Choules, Everett, Taylor and myself. The speakers in this meeter were Elders Taylor and Everett who treated the first Principles of the Gospel and Pres. Adams who treated the Restoration. Text being Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Meeting adjourned till 6:30 pm. At this meeter were about 120 strangers. Speakers were Elder Haven, Pres. Adams and Elder Choules all treating the Gospel as the Latter-Day Saints teach it. I offered closing prayer. The meetings throughout the day were very interesting and instructive. The singing was also nice. We Elders all went up to Sister Atkinsons for supper after the meetings and from there Elder Hazen and I went on to Upperby to stop over night at Lightfoot's. It was about midnight when we retired.
