Abstract The diary of Peter Colegrove (1817-1860) includes entries made between September 9, 1833 and November 10, 1840. Colegrove recounts his conversion to a life of Christian faith and, throughout the diary, records his struggles and failures to attain Christian perfection. The diary reflects on Colegrove's education at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (now Colgate University) and, during vacations from school, his preaching at churches in southwestern New York and northern...