The Lord has done marvellous things in this land in the course of the last year. No less than fix thousand fix hundred, have been added to the Society on the balance in the United States alone, And, praised be the Lord, the work is deep as well as wide. O that I myself may be watered under this glorious fhower, and lofe nothing of my share in the bleffings which the heavens are pouring down.

At this Conference another young man offered himself as a volunteer for Kentucke: and the two Preachers are to be fent off as foon as poffible, breathing the true fpirit of Miffionaries.

I felt much of the power of God in all my public administrations at Baltimore; and I have no doubt but many of my hearers felt it too. The divine Comforter was also very graciously prefent at the ordination of two Elders and eleven Deacons.

On Tuesday the 8th of May, Mr. Afbury and I paid a vifit to our New College, which will be opened (we expect) between this and Christmas ; and we truft, will unite together thofe two great ornaments of human Nature, Genuine Religion, and Extenfive Learning. The fituation pleases me more and more. Our object is (not to raise Gospel-Minifters, but) to ferve our pious friends and our married Preachers in the proper education of

their fons.

We now vifited our affectionate Societies in Philadelphia and New-York. In each of these cities we want a fecond Church, and I believe, the Lord will foon enable them to bring this to effect.

Not meeting with a fuitable fhip in the port of New-York, (and after taking an affectionate leave of my dear friend Mr. Afbury) I returned to Philadelphia. On the road I waited on Mr. Ogden, of Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, a Minifter of the Church of England, and a Minister alfo of Jefus Chrift. He is the only regular Minifter

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I have met with, that enforces the Methodist difcipline among his people. He has many Claffes under his care and much of the life of God, I doubt not, is among them. In the evening I preached in his Church.

On Sunday the 27th of May, after preaching a farewel-fermon to our friends in Philadelphia, I embarked on board a Merchant-fhip for Dublin. The Captain, his wife, and another Gentlewoman, who are my company, manifest as much decency, courtefy, and refpect, as can be expected from unawakened perfons. But God is with me, his weak, finful worm, glory be to his bleffed

name.

On Monday the 25th of June, by the mercy of God, I arrived fafe in Dublin-Bay, after a paffage of twenty-nine days: and was received in much love by our Irish Brethren,

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N the 4th inftant we landed on this island, after a voyage of five weeks and four days. Our voyage, all things confidered, was perhaps as pleasant a one as was ever failed. In the turbulent Bay of Bifcay, my Brethren were very fick. From Cape Finisterre to this island, the wind was favourable all the way.

And here I must not omit to bear the most unfeigned teftimony of gratitude in behalf of the Captain of our fhip. Our accommodations in every refpect were very excellent: and he left nothing unprovided, which he thought might be neceffary, or in any wife commodious for us: and his whole treatment of us from the beginning to the end was affectionate and generous to the laft degree.

Captain Sundius being a man who fincerely fears God, we had full liberty to fing and pray as often as we pleafed, and he never neglected to

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join us. In all ny voyages till this, I do not recollect that we were ferviceable to any failor except one but the first time I preached in the Hankey, (on those words of our Lord, Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God:) the whole crew feemed deeply affected, and the confequent la bours of my Brethren and myfelf, deepened the impreffions they had received. They were eager to read any books we gave them. Instead of the loofe fongs they fung among themselves at the beginning of the voyage, they delighted in meeting together to read our books. When we parted, the tears trickled down many of their cheeks they fhewed the greatest earnestness to fqueeze us by the hand: and when our boat drop. ped aftern, they gave us three as hearty cheers (which is one of their ways of expreffing affection) as, I believe, ever were given by a company of failors.

As we knew no one in the island, and the expences in this country at the inns are enormous, I embraced the opportunity, as foon as we landed, of fending Meffrs. Lumb and Gamble to our friends on the island of St. Vincent, by a merchant-fhip which failed that very evening. As Mr. Pearce (who remained with me) informed me that a company of foldiers who refided fometime ago at KinJale in Ireland, and among whom there were feveral pious perfons, were now, he believed, in Barbadoes, I defired him to go in fearch of them. In two hours he brought back with him one of the foldiers; and foon afterwards we were joined by a ferjeant, who on feeing Mr. Pearce, and recollecting him, seized him in his arms in the moft kind and affectionate manner.

Our friends the foldiers foon informed us, that the love of Chrift had constrained them to bear a public teftimony for God; and that a Mr. Button, a merchant of the town, had provided

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