The Oulton Chapel (Mutford Bridge) was opened for public worship on Tuesday, the 12th of September. Mr. Miller preached in the afternoon; then afterwards a public tea in the chapel was held, and addresses given in the evening. The services at this house of prayer are still continued, and many have found them “times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.” An inquest was held at the “Wherry” Inn, on the 25th August, before F. B. Marriott, Esq., on the body of William Codling, aged 16 years, who was drowned by the upsetting of a boat in Oulton Dyke, on Tuesday, August 22nd, 1865. Here are again some of the joys and sorrows that beset and bestrew our pathway. A company of young lads think themselves competent to manage a sailing boat, but coming home at night the boat upset, its occupants were immersed in the water, and one of the party drowned. Among the events noted down of this year, 1866, the death of Ann Challis, my wife’s youngest sister took place. She had been afflicted for several years, and died on the evening of the 22nd January. On the same evening, Charles Cutler was accidently drowned in Oulton Broad, he having kept the beer-house at Carlton, near Mr. Bullard’s shop several years. Their bodies were buried on Sunday, January 28th—my sister in law, at Oulton, and Mr. Cutler at Carlton Colville, and on the 31st of December of the same year, died Elizabeth, his wife, so that in their deaths they were not long divided. Mr. John Burton, of Lowestoft, fell down his stairs on the night of Sunday, August 19th, and was so fearfully injured that he died within ten hours afterwards. Dangers stand thick through all our paths, To push us to the tomb. The harvest of this year was generally begun on the 13th of August, and it was rather showery during the remainder of the month, yet we had some bright days, so that the wheat was secured in good condition, but it was very wet during the month of September. Wednesday, the 5th, was the only day in that week suitable for barley carting, and then it rained at six o’clock in the evening. Thursday, 13th, was the next fine day; men were employed in lifting and preparing the corn for carting, only to be followed by a heavy rain next morning, so that the only day in that week for carting was Saturday, and then it again rained by six o’clock in the evening. Patience and prayers are needed. The harvest-home festival was unusually late, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. The corn could not be carried before Thursday, September 27th, yet there is still great cause for thanks that the corn is secured, that provision is made for our returning winter, and that our Heavenly Father is good and merciful still, although we are so prone to murmur.