Diary entries from Philippine history.
Cavite, Luzon Island – Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo Hot, cloudy weather. Slight shower in Manila. Up early. Ready a psalm, prayed and hastened away without cooking breakfast. A banana or two, cup of lemonade & punched peanuts took the edge off my appetite. Paid 20 cent at the…
Manila, Luzon Island – Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo Feel tired tonight & more like retiring to bed than writing a diary. Am kept on the jump from morning till night. Read a chapter in Numbers, a psalm, prayed, cooked breakfast, then turned to & wrote & copied my…
Manila, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. Rushed thro’ this day. Am afraid that I am biting off more bread than I can chew. Constant high pressure wears out the physical man, however, I like to be very busy for Jesus. Cooked breakfast. Washed dishes. After clearing up…
Camp Santa Mesa –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. Christmas Eve on a foreign shore, but our environments are radically different from what we have been accustomed to in the home-country. Anywhere for Jesus. Cooked breakfast of ham & chocolate, fried oatmeal mush left over from last night. Struck out…
Manila, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. Cool, cloudy weather. Want rain bad, because my water jars are getting empty. Remained at home during the forenoon reading newspapers & arranging Spanish manuscripts from the prison & the arsenal at Cavite for my library. A Spanish artilleryman – private…
San Roque, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. Clear weather & comparatively cool. Up early. Cooked breakfast hastily then a way on the 8.30 a.m. ferry boat to Cavite, accompanied by Rev. & Mrs. Chas. Owens. Showed them some places of interest. Asked Capt. Geary of A. Battery,…
Cavite, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. Worked hard. Night finds me tired and sleepy. Up & out of bed early. Cooked breakfast after morning prayer, washed dishes. Private Clayton Scott came in early & we started out in good season for the Cavite ferry opposite the U.S….
Work in office in a.m. & in p.m. took a crew to town to mail letters on Hongkong steamer leaving at 2. Took inside route, passed the wooden wreck of a cruiser which the Spanish blew up. Up to the Customs House then Serg’t Maj. Joe Smith & I went to P.O. Passed many wild-eyed,…
Manila, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. Hot dry weather. Heat oppressive. Remained at home & did much writing. (1) a long report _14 pages – descriptive of the Philippines, their present status further prospects etc., religiously & materially. Suggested to Commandant Herbert Booth that he send 6…