1777 September 9 (Tuesday). Hannah Allen left us. May God grant to me and mine the Grace to improve our Reason to His Glory that grants it to us! P.M. attended the Burial of Mr. Francis Barns’s little son Ephraim, which was nigh two years old — dyed of the Throat Distemper. N.B. have been informed that the Rev. Mr. [blank] Johnson, pastor of the Church in Harvard, departed this Life on the [torn]. May I be awakened to Diligence and Faithfulness; and may God [torn] grant I may, my Self, be ready for the awful S[ummons?].