with them. And that they would do their utmost endeavours to gather all the other Indians in these parts that were yet further remote. And when I parted, one told me with many tears, fhe wifhed God would change her heart! Another that she wanted to find Christ! And an old man that had been one of their chiefs, wept bitterly with concern for his foul. I then promised them to return as speedily as my health and business elsewhere would admit, and felt not a little concerned at parting, left the good impreffions then apparent upon numbers of them, might decline and wear off, when the means came to ceafe; and yet could not but hope that he who, I trufted, had begun a good work among them, and who I knew did not ftand in need of means to carry it on, would maintain and promote it in the absence of them although at the fame time I must confefs, that I had fo often feen fuch encouraging appearances among the Indians otherwhere prove wholly abortive, and it appeared the favour would be fo great, if God fhould now, after I had paffed through fo confiderable a series of almost fruitless labours and fatigues, and after my rifing hopes had been fo often fruftrated among these poor pagans,

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give me any special success in my labours with them, that I could not believe and scarce dared to hope that the event would be so happy, and scarce ever found myself more fufpended between hope and fear, in any affair, or at any time, than this.

This encouraging difpofition and readinefs to receive inftruction now apparent among these Indians, feems to have been the happy effect of the conviction that one or or two of them met with fome time fince at the Forks of Delaware, who have fince endeavoured to fhew their friends the evil of idolatry, &c. And although the other Indians feemed but little to regard, but rather to deride them, yet this, perhaps has put them into a thinking pofture of mind, or at least, given .hem fome thoughts about christianity, and excited in fome of them a curiofity to hear, and fo made way for the prefent encouraging at tention. An apprehenfion that this might be the cafe here, has given me encouragement that God may in fuch a manner blefs the means I have used with Indians in other places, where there is as yet no appearance of its

If fo, may his name have the glory of it; for I have learned by experience that he only can open the ear, engage the attention, and incline the heart of poor benight. ed prejudiced pagans to receive instruction.

FORKS of DELAWARE, in Pennsylvania, 1745.

Lord's Day, July 14.-Difcourfed to the Indians twice, feveral of whom appeared concerned, and were, I have reason to think, in some measure convinced by the Divine Spirit, of their fin and mifery: So that they wept much the whole time of divine fervice.

Afterwards difcourfed to a number of white people then present.

July 18.-Preached to my people, who attended diligently, beyond what had been common among thefe In dians: And some of them appeared concerned for their fouls.

Lord's Day, July 21.-Preached to the Indians firft, then to a number of white people prefent, and in the af ternoon to the Indians again. Divine truths feemed to make very confiderable impreffions upon feveral of them, and caused the tears to flow freely.

Afterwards I baptized my interpreter and his wife, who were the first I baptized among the Indians.

They are both perfons of fome experimental knowledge in religion; have both been awakened to a folemn concern for their fouls; have, to appearance, been brought to a fenfe of their mifery and undoneness in themselves; have both appeared to be comforted with divine confolations; and it is apparent both have passed a great, and I cannot but hope a faving change!

July 23.-Preached to the Indians, but had few hear. ers: Thofe who are conftantly at home feem of late to be under fome serious impreffions of a religious nature.

July 26.-Preached to my people, and, afterwards, baptized my interpreter's children.

Lord's Day, July 28.-Preached again, and perceived my people, at least some of them, more thoughtful than ever about their fouls' concerns. I was told by fome, that feeing my interpreter and others baptized made them more concerned than any thing they had ever seen or

heard before. There was indeed a confiderable appears ance of divine power amongst them at the time that ordinance was administered. May that divine influence spread and increase more abundantly.

July 30.-Difcourfed to a number of my people, and gave them fome particular advice and direction, being now about to leave them for the prefent, in order to renew my vifit to the Indians in New Jersey. They were very attentive to my difcourfe, and earnestly defirous to know when I defigned to return to them again.

CROSWEEKSUNG, in New-Jerfey, 1745.

Auguft 3-Having vifited the Indians in these parts in June last, and tarried with them some confiderable time, preaching almost daily; at which feason God was pleased to pour upon them a spirit of awakening and concern for their fouls, and furprisingly to engage their attention to divine truths. I now found them serious, and a number of them under deep concern for an interest in Chrift: Their coavictions of their finful and perishing state hav ing, in my abfence from them, been much promoted by the labours and endeavours of the Rev. Mr. William Tennent, to whom I had advised them to apply for di rection, and whofe house they frequented much while I was gone. I preached to them this day with some view to Rev. xxii. 17. And whofoever will, let him take the water. of life freely: Though I could not pretend to handle the fubject methodically among them.

The Lord, I am perfuaded, enabled me, in a manner fomewhat uncommon, to set before them the Lord Jesus Christ as a kind and compaffionate Saviour, inviting distreffed and perishing finners to accept everlasting mercy. And a furprising concern foon became apparent among them. There were about twenty adult perfons together, (many of the Indians at remote places not having as yet had time to come fince my return hither) and not above two that I could fee with dry eyes.

Lord's Day, August 4.-Being invited by a neighbour ing minister to affift in the adminiftration of the Lord's fupper, I complied with his requeft, and took the Indians along with me, not only thofe that were together the day

before, but many more that were coming to hear me, fo that there were near fifty in all, old and young.

They attended the feveral difcourfes of the day, and fome of them that could understand English, were much affected, and all feemed to have their concern in some measure raised.

Now a change in their manners began to appear very visible. In the evening when they came to fup together, they would not taste a morfel until they had fent to me to come and as a bleffing on their food, at which time fundry of them wept, especially when I minded them how they had in times paft eat their feafts in honour to devils, and neglected to thank God for them.

Auguft 3.-After a fermon had been preached by another minifter, I preached, and concluded the public work of the folemnity from John vii. 37. And in my discourse addreffed the Indians in particular, who fat by themselves. in a part of the houfe; at which time one or two of them were ftruck with a deep concern, as they afterwards told me, who had been little affected before: Others had their concern increased to a confiderable degree. In the eve ning (the greater part of them being at the house where I lodged) I difcourfed to them, and found them univer. fally engaged about their fouls' concerns, inquiring what they should do to be faved! And all there conversation among themselves turned upon religious matters, in which they were much affifted by my interpreter, who was with them day and night.

This day, there was one woman, that had been much concerned for her foul, ever fince the first heard me preach in June laft, who obtained comfort, I trust, folid and well grounded: She feemed to be filled with love to Chrift, at the fame time behaved humbly and tenderly, and appeared afraid of nothing fo much as of grieving and offending him whom her foul loved.

Auguft 6.-In the morning I difcourfed to the Indians at the house where we lodged: Many of them were then much affected, and appeared furprisingly tender, fo that a few words about their fouls' concerns would cause the tears to flow freely, and produce many fobs and groans.

In the afternoon, they being returned to the place where I have usually preached amongst them, I again

difcourfed to them there. There were about fifty five perfons in all, about forty that were capable of attending divine fervice with understanding: I infifted upon 1 John iv. 10. Herein is love, &c. They feemed eager of hearing; but there appeared nothing very remarkable, except their attention, until near the close of my discourse, and then divine truths were attended with a furprising influence, and produced a great concern among them. There was fcarce three in forty that could refrain from tears and bitter cries. They all, as one, feemed in an agony of foul to obtain an interest in Christ; and the more 1 difcourfed of the love and compaffion of God in fending his Son to fuffer for the fins of men; and the more I invited them to come and partake of his love, the more their distress was aggravated, because they felt themfeves unable to come.

It was furprising to fee how their hearts feemed to be pierced with the tender and melting invitations of the gofpel, when there was not a word of terror spoken to them.

There were this day two perfons that obtained relief and comfort, which (when I came to discourse with them particularly) appeared folid, rational and fcriptural. After I had inquired into the grounds of their comfort, and faid many things I thought proper to them, I asked them what they wanted God to do further for them. They replied, they wanted Christ should wipe their hearts quite clean, &c.

Surprising were now the doings of the Lord, that I can fay no less of this day, and I need fay no more of it, than that the arm of the Lord was powerfully and marvellously revealed in it.

Auguft 8.-In the afternoon I preached to the Indians; their number was now about fixty five perfons, men, women, and children: I discoursed from Luke xiv. 16-23. and was favoured with uncommon freedom in my discourse.

There was much visible concern among them while I was difcourfing to them publicly; but afterwards when I spoke to one and another more particularly, whom I perceived under much concern, the power of God feemed to defcend upon the affembly like a rushing mighty wind, and with an aftonishing energy bore down all before it.

I ftood amazed at the influence that feized the audience almost univerfally, and could compare it to nothing.