1767 January 1 (Thursday). I took some gratulatory Notice of the revolving Mercy, giving myself some Time to think of the Loving Kindness of the Lord towards Me and Mine. But alas! How Soon the Scenes Shift! A Letter from Mr. Forbes of Brookfield informs that Jeduthun, youngest Son of Ebenezer was at the Point of Death. This was writ 4 p.m. last Lords Day. At Eve came another Letter from the Same, acquainting Me that the Child dyed half after 6 in the morning of that Day, viz. Dec. 29. The Lord Sanctify it to all of us! To the more immediate Parents especially! The Child was born Apr. 2, 1765. At Eve came Mr. Moore and lodged here. N.B. Mr. Zechariah Hicks of Sutton was come from Cambridge and dined (though late) here: Speaks the Extremity of the Cold yesterday — that Mr. Winthrop said, “by the Weather Glass, it was as Cold as any had been these fifteen Years.” But last Night and this Morning, I think were colder than yesterday.