where he found the reft, which he had fo long fought in vain. Sund. March 7. I entered upon my miniftry at Savannah, by preaching on the epiftle for the day, being the 13th of the first of Corinthians. In the fecond leffon, Luke xviii. was our Lord's prediction of the treatment which he himself (and confequently his fo!lowers) was to meet with from the world; and his gracious promife to thofe who are content, Nudi nudum Chriftum fequi: "Verily I fay unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or friends, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's fake, which fhall not receive manifold more in this prefent time, and in the world to come everlasting life." Yet notwithstanding these plain declarations of our Lord, notwithstanding my own repeated experience, notwithstanding the experience of all the fincere followers of Chrift, whom I have ever talked with, read or heard of; nay and the reason of the thing, evincing to a demonftration, That all who loved not the light muft hate him, who is continually labouring, to pour it in upon them: I do here bear witnefs against myfelf, that when I faw the number of people cowding into the church, the deep attention with which they received the word, and the seriousness that afterwards fat on all their faces; I could fcarce refrain from giving the lie, to experience and reafon, and fcripture all together. I could hardly believe that the greater, the far greater part of this attentive, and ferious people, would hereafter trample under foot that word, and fay all manner of evil falfly of him that spake it. O who can believe, what their heart abhors? JESUS, Mafter, have mercy on us! Les us love thy crofs! Then fhall we believe, "If we fuffer with thee, we fhall alfo reign with thee! This evening one of the Moravians, who had been long ill of a confumption, found himself much worse. On my mentioning it to Bp. Nitfchman, he fmiled and faid, He will foon be well; he is ready for the bridegroom." Sund. March 14. (Having before given notice of my defign to do fo, every Sunday and holiday, according to the rules of our church) I administered the Holy communion C 3 communion to eighteen perfons. endure to the end? Which of thefe will Mond. Mår. 15. Mr. Quincy going for Carolina, I removed into the minifter's houfe. It is large enough. for a larger family than ours, and has many conveniencies, befides a good garden. I could not but reflect on the the well-known Epigram, Αγρος ̓Αχαιμενίδες γενομεν πόλει νυν δι Μενιππε. "How fhort a time will it be before its prefent posfeffor is removed! Perhaps to be no more feen!" Sund. 28. A fervant of Mr. Bradley's fent to defire to fpeak with me. Going to him I found a young. man ill, but perfectly fenfible. He defired the reft to go out and then faid, "On Thursday night, about eleven, being in bed, but broad awake, I heard one calling aloud, "Peter! Peter Wright!" And looking up, the room was as light as day, and I faw a man in very bright clothes ftand by the bed, who faid, " Prepare yourfelf; for your end is nigh ;" and then immediately all was dark as before." I told him, "The advice was good when foever it came." In a few days he recovered from his illness: His whole temper was changed as well as his life; and fo continued to be, till after three or four weeks he relapsed and died in peace. Tuesd. Mar. 30. Mr. Ingham coming from Frederica, brought me letters, preffing me to go thither. The next day Mr. Delamotte and I began to try, Whether life might not be as well fuftained, by one fort as by variety of food. We chofe to make the experiment with bread; and were never more vigorous and healthy than while we tafted nothing elfe. Bleffed are the pure in heart!" who whether they eat or drink, or whatever thy do, have no end therein but to please God! To them all things are purc. Every creature is good to them, and nothing to be rejected. But let them who know and feel, that they are not thus pure, ufe every help and remove every hindrance; always remembring, He that defpifeth little things, fhall fall by little and little. Sund. Apr. 4. About four in the afternoon, I set out for Frederica, in a Pettiagaw, (a fort of flat-bottomed barge.) The next evening we anchored near Skidoway island, island, where the water at flood was twelve or fourteen foot deep. I wrapt myfelf up from head to foot, in a large cloak, to keep off the fand-flies, and lay down on the quarter-deck. Between one and two I waked under water, being fo faft afleep that I did not find where I was till my mouth was full of it. Having left my cloak, I know not how, upon deck, I fwam round to the other fide of the Pettiawga, where a boat was tyed, and climbed up by the rope, without any hurt, more than wetting my clothes. "Thou art the God of whom cometh falvation: Thou art the Lord by whom we efcape death." The winds were fo contrary, that on Sat. 10, we could but just get over-against Doboy ifland, twenty miles from Frederica, but could not poffibly make the creek, having a strong tide alfo against us. Here we lay beating off till paft one; when the lightning and rain which we had long feen at a distance, drove down full upon us; till after a quarter of an hour, the clouds parted, fome paffing on the right, and fome on the left, leaving us a clear fky, and fo ftrong a wind right after us, as in two hours brought us to Frederica.. A little before we landed, I opened my Teftament on these words, "If GOD be for us, who can be aganft us?" Coming on fhore, I found my brother exceeding weak, having been fome time ill of a flux. But he mended from the hour he faw ine. This alfo hath God wrought! Sund. April 11. I preached at the new ftorehouse on the verse of the gofpel for the day, "Which of you convinceth me of fin? And if I fay the truth, why do you not believe me?" There was a large congregation, whom I endeavoured to convince of unbelief, by fimply propofing the conditions of falvation, as they are laid down in fcripture, and appealing to their own hearts, whether they believed they could be saved on no other terms. In every one of the fix following days, I had fome fresh proofs of the abfolute neceffity of following that wife advice of the Apostle, "Judge nothing before the time; until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darknefs and will make manifeft the counfels of the hearts." Sat. Sat. April 17. We set out for Savannah, and reached it on Tuefday evening. O bleffed place, where having but one end in view, diffembling and fraud are not; but each of us can pour out his heart without fear into his brother's bofom. Not finding as yet any door open, for the pursuing our main defign, we confidered, In what manner we might be most useful to the little flock at Savannah And we agreed, 1ft. To advife the more ferious among them, to form themselves into a fort of little fociety, and to meet once or twice a week, in order to improve, inftruct and exhort one another. 2. To felect out of these a smaller number for a more intimate union with each other, which might be forwarded, partly by our converfing fingly with each, and partly by inviting. them all together to our house; and this accordingly we determined to do every Sunday in the afternoon. Wed. May 5. I was afked to baptize a child of Mr. Parker's, fecond bailiff of Savannah. But Mrs. Parker told me, "Neither Mr. P. nor I will confent to its being dipped." I answered, "If you certify that your child is weak, it will fuffice (the Rubrick fays) to pour water upon it." She replied, "Nay the child is not weak; but I am refolved it fhall not be dipped." This argument I could not confute. So I went home; and the child was baptized by another perfon Sund. 9. I began dividing the public prayers, according to the original appointment of the church (still obferved in a few places in England.) The morning fervice began at five. The communion office (with the fermon) at eleven. The evening fervice about three. And this day I began reading prayers in the court-houfe; a large and convenient place. Mond. 10. I began vifiting my parishioners in order, from houfe to houfe; for which I fet apart the time when they cannot work, because of the heat, viz.) from twelve till three in the afternoon. Sund. May 16. We were furprized in the evening by my brother just come from Frederica. After fome converfation, we confulted how the poor people there might be taken care of, during his abfence. And it was at laft agreed, that Mr. Ingham and I should take our turns in affifting them; and the first was allotted me. Ac. cordingly on Tuesd. 18, I walked to Thunderbolt ; whence whence the next afternoon we fet out in a small boat, In the evening we touched at Skidoway, and had a fmall, but attentive congregation, to join with us in evening prayer. Satd. May 22. About four in the afternoon we entered upon Doboy found. The wind, which was right a head, was fo high, when we were in the middle of it, and the fea fo rough, being driven in at the inlet, that the boat was on the point of finking every moment, But it pleafed God to bring us fafe to the other fide in half an hour, and to Frederica the next morning. We had public prayers at nine, at which nineteen perfons were prefent; and (I think) nine communicants. Frid. 28. I read the commendatory prayer, by Mr. Germain, who lay at the point of death. He had loft his fpeech and his fenfes. His eyes were fet, neither had he any discernible motion, but the heaving of his breaft. While we stood round him, he stretched out his arms, rubbed his head, recovered his fight, fpeech and understanding; and immediately fending for the bailiffs, fettled the affairs of his family; and then lay down and died. At the first service on Sund. May 30. were only five, at the fecond twenty-five. The next day, I made Mr. Laffel's will; who notwithstanding his great weakness, was quite revived, when any mention was made of death, or of eternity. Tuefd. June 1. After praying with him, I was fur-, prized, to find one of the molt controverted questions! in divinity, difinterested love, decided at once by a poor old man, without education or learning or any inftructor, but the Spirit of God. I afked him, What he thought of paradife (to which he had faid he was going?) He faid, "To be fure it was a fine place. But I don't mind that. I don't care what place I am in. Let God put me where he will, or do with me what he will, fo I may but set forth his honour and glory." Thurfd. June 3. Being afcenfion-day, we had the holy communion; but only Mr. Hird's family joined with us in it. One reafon why there were no more, was because a few words which a woman had inadvertently spoken, had fet almoft all the town in a flame. Alas! how fhall a city ftand that is thus divided against tfelf? Where there is no brotherly love, no meek nefs, |