joined us in finging hymns at the feveral fervices. But not one of them, I am afraid, is truly awaken-` ed, though I obferved foine of them reading the little books which I gave them, with great attention; and a folemn fpirit refted on the whole company, the last time I prayed with them.

Divine Providence has favoured us with a quiet and pleasant voyage on the whole. My books, my papers, and, above all, fellowship with GOD, have made the whole way agreeable. Captain Cook's Voyages to the pacific ocean, and Captain Carver's Travels among the Indian nations in North-America, afforded me great entertainment. But what an awful obfervation is that of X Mr. Fofter's, who published a Journal of his Voyage with Captain Cook, the fecond time the Captain failed round the World! "It is," fays he," unhappy enough, that the unavoidable confequence of all our Voyages of Discovery, has always been the lofs of a number of innocent lives but this heavy injury done to the little uncivilized communities which Europeans have vifited, is trifling when compared to the irretriev able harm entailed upon them by corrupting their morals. "If these evils" adds the benevolent writer," were in fome measure compenfated by the introduction of fome benefit in thefe coun tries, we might at least comfort ourselves, that what they loft on one hand, they gained on the other; but I fear that hitherto our intercourse has been wholly difadvantageous to the inhabitants of the South Seas."

What a pity it is, that the pure intentions of one of the beft of Sovereigns, the great patron of the Arts and Sciences; as well as all the expence of the different voyages; fhould thus be unaccompanied with any beneficial effect. But if the falvation of many fouls was to be the glorious' confequence, his Majefty and every perfon.concerned that loves our Redeemer, would have a compenfation

compenfation indeed. And I might add, in respect to any temporal benefits that might arife either to the islands of the PacificOcean or to our own country, fuch an intercourfe would neceffarily be opened between them and us, if Missions for the establishment of the gofpel among them were set on foot, and through the bleffing of God fucceeded, as would probably make any benevo lent scheme of a civil or political kind, not only feasible, but eafy.

On Saturday, July 4, fome time before fun-set, I was indulged with one of the most delicious entertainments of the kind, I was ever favoured with; which was a set of the most grand and beautiful calm-clouds, as the failors term them, I ever beheld, rifing up on the edge of the horizon on the North. No pencil can defcribe, or tongue. exprefs their beauty. Being not far diftant from the coaft of Ireland, I apprehended for a moment that I difcerned the most beautiful land-profpect, gilded over by the horizontal beams of the fetting fun. The colours and appearances were fo ftrong, and all the tints fo very lively, that the imagination could with the utmost eafe realize floping hills, perpendicular rocks, magnificent turrets feated on beautiful eminences, and here and there an opening glade or lawn, and fometimes even a town or village. Those who are not acquainted with the feas, or have never minutely attended to the beauty and granduer of thefe calm-clouds, have no conception of the pleasure I felt on the occafion; especially as my mind was enabled in fome measure to afcend up to the celeftial Limner, whofe glory and handy-work were so visibly dif played before me." But they were mere clouds," fays the phlegmatic fcorner. And what is the work of a Raphael, but canvas and paint? is cloud and vapour, but the enjoyment of God! In about half an hour the delightful fcenery disappeared,

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On the 8th in the morning, the Captain informed me that we had been in imminent danger the night before, from a very fudden and violent fquall of wind on the Devonshire-coaft, the fhip having run in the night-time, through a miftake of the Captain, too far to the South, inftead of failing along the Irish Coast. Great, as it feems, the noife and alarm was on the occafion, I was faft afleep the whole time; but the Keeper of Ifreal neither flumbered nor flept.

On the 9th, we paffed by the awful rock in the Irish channel, called the Miadle-Moufe, where two years ago, Mr. Wesley and myself with about ten of the Preachers, were nearly loft, our fhip ftriking against the rock about forty times in an hour and five minutes, and our deliverance appearing to have been a very extraordinary anfwer to prayer. O that the folemn providences of God, which have brought me many a time to the very jaws of a watery grave, and then stept in with faving power, may perfectly unfetter my foul from earth, and bring it, through divine grace, into the closest union with my God.

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JOURNALS

OF THE REV.

Dr. CO K-E's THIRD VISIT TO THE WEST-INDIES.

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SECTION I

Grenada, Nov. 28, 17004

N the 16th of October we failed from Fal mouth. Sir John Orde, Governor of Do minica, the Captain, master, furgeon, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Werrill and myfelf, were the company in the Cabin. The Captain was very kind and attentive to us, and we had an abundance of every thing we could defire to make the voyage comfortable. Every Friday we obferved as a real Faft: and every evening we had family-prayer with the failors, but could not prevail to have prayer in the morning. The failors excufed themselves by faying they had not time. On each Lord's day I read prayers on deck, and one of us preached. The Boatfwain, we have no doubt, was under genuine conviction long before we arrived at Bar badoes; and on a mature and minute examination before we landed, we have great reason to hope that two more were awakened. On the 22d inft. we landed on the island of Barbadoes, having been five weeks and two days on our voyage. The pleafing profpect of Bridgtown and the plantations

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around it, with the hips and harbour, which forms one of the most beautiful profpects of the kind in the West-Indies, had a very pleafing effect on the minds of the two miffionaries, Meffrs. Lyons and Werrill,

I preached three times in Bridgtown, and was favoured, particularly the laft evening, with large congregations. The Preaching-houfe will hold about feven hundred people, is very airy, and in every respect commodious. Mr. Pearce, our Miffionary in this island for the two laft years, has undergone very great perfecutions; but the Lord at laft inclined the heart of one of the Magiftrates towards him, who defended him with fpirit, and reduced all to peace. A very extraordinary name has been fixed on the Methodists in this Iland-"Hallelujah." Even the little negroes in the streets call them by the name of Hallelujah, as they pafs along. On the morning after I landed, I paid a vifit to Governor Parry, who received me with much courtesy. A foundation for a great work, I am perfuaded, has been laid here, though the fociety at present is very small.

Having left Mr. Lyons behind me with direc tions to meet me at St. Christopher's, I failed on the 23d after preaching in the evening, with Mr. Werrill for Kingston, St. Vincent's, where I arrived on the day following, time enough to preach in the evening to a full house. Our chapel in Kingfton formerly belonged to the Roman Catholics, but has been lately purchased by us. It will hold about two hundred and twenty. The next day I fet off with Mr. Baxter and Mr. Werrill to vifit the Societies on the windward fide of the Island. The country is very hilly, and fingularly full of picturefque fcenes. The fteep mountains with their fharp peaks, the cocoa-trees and plantains, the Grew-grew whofe trunk is fmaller at the bottom than the top, and which is frequently quite covered (branches, leaves and all) by a plant like

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