January 24th, 1840.
This evening the Marimeyunna came to the Wirrameyunna in warlike display; Her swings didn't look bad. There is great excitement among them at present because Mullawirrabekka and his comrades are said to still be hostile towards them because of the death of his brother, which they blame on one of the Marimeyunna. Mr. Meyer came to me unexpectedly today, and later Bauer and Kleinschmidt too. The former told me that Pastor Kavel had not allowed him to enjoy Holy Communion because he had not yet been tested and accepted into the community and because he was a Freemason(194). I then told him that I could not accept both reasons, but that his view of the person of Christ was such that he could not have been admitted; whereupon he repeated his previously expressed doubts regarding the deity of the Lord. I hope that the friend, who has apparently become weary, is searching for the right goal.

Mr. Kook, to whom Pastor Kavel had previously given Holy Communion, but has now refused with the excuse that the conditions of the community are now different, is said to have said: Pastor Kavel does not need him as a Lutheran from time immemorial, but he [Kook] must take Kavel back as a former apostate!

( 222 ) January 26th, 1840. Sunday.
Today, instead of a sermon, Br. Teichelmann read those pieces from the confessional writings that relate to confession, where there was a lot of talk about the wrongness of Kavel's public confession. Invited by my bride to be alone with her for the morning and by Mr. Fiedler for lunch, I went to Klemzig immediately after the service; But it had become so late that people came home from church right after me, and my and Bertha's hopes were thwarted. The latter was very unwell, but things got better with her towards the afternoon and evening. We were not able to be alone much during the afternoon, and since Bertha wanted to attend the evening session and the moon was no longer shining, I went home with Mr. Bauer straight after tea. At Br. Teichelmann's [house] I met Mr. Meyer, who then went with me.

January 27th, 1840.
Finally today I received two issues of the Perth Gazette(195) containing the beginning of Grey's(196) Vocabulary, after [I] had repeatedly given them up as lost. --

Today [I] used the printed letters sticked on by Br. Teichelmann for the first time with the native children and started to sound them out.

January 29th, 1840.
The phonation method works extremely well with my students. The natives tell me not to go to Encounter Bay, they'll be upset because of me. Day by day their devotion increases, not because of my generosity, but because of my great language skills.