“ engaged in one common caufe. We look forward to what remains
" o f our voyage and future operations with that concern "diir* peculiar
“ fituation demands. Our infufficiency we feel, and-where our
“ ftrength lieth we know. We humbly hope and truft that the hand
“ o f God will continue with us, by his Spirit to dketSl us, and-by
“ his power to guard us. We give oUrfelves Up to God, through
* ‘ Jefus Chrift our Lord, and defire to lie placid in his arms. • i
“ Dear brethren, the whole body o f miffionaries, as the heart b f
S one man, prefent their C h riftian lo v e to th e body o f diieCtors, the
“ fociety, and all true lovers of.-Cluift* mid his gofpel. We pra^ tftfe
“ continuance o f an intereft in your fervent prayers fa* «s, and fby
“ our undertaking ; that We may acquit ourfdves as men, faitliful
“ to the caufe in which we are engaged, and be rendered mighty
inftruments in the hands o f God for the converflon of the heathens
** o f the South Sea: fo fhall iniquity flop its mouth, the wife and
“ prudent in their^own eyes be afhamed, and the mighty power df
God be difplayed in the eyes-of the world, by his choofing-thfe fbdl-
“ ifh things o f tire, world to confound the wife, the weak tilings. Uf
“ the world to confound the things which are mighty * the bdfe
“ things o f the world, and things which are defpifed, and things
“ which are not, to bring to nought things that are.
™ We remain, dear and honoured brethren^
“ Your "brethren in the gofpel o f jefus Chrift,
* * The whole body o f miflionaries,
p. J o h n J e f f e r s o n , Secretary.”
CH A P T E R V. i
Departing from Rio Ramiro, - /;//'o&'r 'An z val at 'Qtahkne'.
W e proceeded^bn» our> /ypyage, in hopes of^effeCtang-^tiby^
ttek 5V^vp^'tCg,pe H o rn ,. whidh ,$sra® our -original The
captain had. laid in a ticlh ftorccof fucli piovifions'asthis place af-’
forded, with fugar, wine, -and- whatever might be necelTary in the
loAg,r,Un t^g^as'i;,.’'
■•2©tfa.i Land's, day, Brothers Epre’iand"Jeferfon preached. We
hadbbtttf and drfljfeedr,out withithe tide..It In leavingihis
harbour, and^Vagaitivd^nchihgUnt© the deep, .we thoughtron all the
ftidrcieswiofeCeasr sChodji ,-XBho had dealt | fo. wbnderfullyMwitii n s, .and
protelted-UiS Ihitherto.inifafety through. the patMofoocean : wfeieould.^
with bumble.dependence} .tpuft him for thetfufeoreJ .1 jl
- '241th. Weil^egiri taiindaEScsidierljaSiTfee run to sehesfoutb; the att
mdfphere, day .and:, night', ;isi,-fi?efe from'clouds ;■ the breeze is moderates
we move as^pC a#nftilLpen4!, Cnj©5wng=all ’the bleffings. of life,
CD maytthe Jgoodnefs.of »the »Lord lead us 4® repentance, • watohfudl
nefs, and unfeigned love df 1 '<fhe' ‘-brethren! Thefe favourable commencements,
howeVeprpfbon' changed»; he fhadlbdefepibe- who. felt
tHi&aVS« .29th. We-ihad' a very pleafant .day, and this evening I
■ fo»fe©:the ftiip<on^4bfi‘4®w»iwilh i|^ lsy and going
! ‘. tfwi-ftily »»before - the »wind with the ftarr^' htntfetts<Cver= U&.. About
1 'eleven'»dkilock I was waked'out ,p'f fleep, ahdlmuGh alarmed with
the nbife on deck, i . hurried -on ,*py;dldthes-and ran up the lad-
“ der, and to my great furprife found'ithe fhip tinder her bare pofesl
“ The fky, |^hiCnf'ha#A:bifeh ferene »and b rig h t,. was covered
“ with black clouds ;.!*the «lightning came in flafhes fo -quick and