Sabbath, May 5, 1861

Mr. Wakefield preached an excellent practical sermon inculcating that every one should do present duty however lowly or insignificant our position.  God accepts the service.  The Telegraph reports the discovery of a southern plot to cut off the supply of water from Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and then set fire to those cities.  The twenty days in which the President's Proclamation requires traitors to return to their allegiance is now out.  We shall probably soon hear of a collision between the Government troops and the traitors.  God speed the right.