Baynard said I had best not begin my regular duties in
the store till the following Monday. I shall long remember the first
Sabbath I spent in the city, for on that day I suffered severely from
an attack of home-sickness. Mr. Baynard's eldest daughter, Carrie was
twelve years old, her sister Maria was ten, and their little brother
Augustus was only seven years old. In the morning I attended church with
the family, and a very lonely feeling came over, as I looked around over
the large congregation and among them all could not discover one
familiar countenance. The most lonely portion of the day was the
afternoon; we did not attend church, and feeling myself as a stranger in
the family I spent most of the time in my own room, and naturally enough
my thoughts turned to my far distant friends, and I must confess that,
although a boy of fifteen, I shed some very bitter tears that lonely
Sabbath afternoon. In the evening I again attended church, and after our
return spent the remainder of the evening in reading, and so passed my
first Sabbath in the city of Montreal.
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