as ever; for which I was truly thankful, and thought, 1741. if I never faw my Habitation again, I was fatisfied in this Gospel Call, and religious Vifit; though, being Tersela in Years, it was fometimes a little troublesome to the Flesh; being in the 66th Year of my Age, and stiff in my Limbs from Hurts with many Falls and Bruises; but, as to my Health, I had it better now, than for feveral Years paft; for which I am humbly thankful to him, in whom we live and have our Being; Glory to his Name, through his dear Son. Third-day and Fourth-day, vifited feveral Families, and had divers good Opportunities; in one of those Meetings, a young Man, named Jeremiah Martin, spoke a few Words in Prayer; in which Seafon, we were, I think, all broken into Tenderness; fo that in Truth we might fay, That the Power and Spirit of Chrift was with and among us, and his great Name was praised. Fifth-day, being the Week-day-meeting, it was larger than was ever known of a Week-day at that Place; there being divers Friends who came from an Inland called Jos. Vandike's, and many Neighbours and fober People, who were very attentive. Sixth-day, was at feveral Peoples Houfes, and had religious Meetings; which we could not well avoid, the People were fo loving and defirous to hear what might be spoken to them; they being many of them like thirsty Ground, wanting Rain, and our good and gracious Lord gave us celeftial Showers, which were refreshing to us, and thankfully received, Seventh-day, I went, with feveral Friends, to the House of one, who, with his Wife, had been at our Meeting on Fifth-day; he kindly invited me to his Houfe; his Name was Blake; he and his Wife were loving; though he had formerly wrote against Friends, he was now better informed. From his Houfe I went to Townsend Bishop's, and there being many Friends there from another Ifland, we had a moft comfortable, tender 1741. tender Evening-meeting, in which we offer'd up an Evening Sacrifice of high Praises and Thanksgiving to Tortola, the holy Name of the living eternal God, and his dear Son our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift, through the Influence of the holy Spirit, ONE GOD over all, bleffed for ever. And, On the Firft-day of the Week, being the 25th of the Month, we had a larger Meeting than ordinary; and, in Expectation of larger Meetings than ufual, the Governor, John Pickering, had made feveral new Forms to accommodate the People at his own House, which he fent fix Miles on Mens Heads, the Roads not being paffable for Carriage by Carts, &c. This I think worth noting, that their Zeal may be had in Remembrance, and that others may be ftirr'd up to a more religious Concern, who will scarce go fix Steps to a religious Meeting, or will not go at all. In this Meeting I was concern'd to speak of and fet forth the Doctrine of Chrift, which he preached on the Mount, contain'd in the 5th, 6th and 7th Chapters of Matthew; and to prefs the People to come to the Practice of what is there commanded by the great Author of the Christian Religion; and to fhew that the defpised Quakers had learn'd out of that excellent Sermon much of their Religion, which difpleases many People, and divers of the great Men of the World; and to urge them to regard the Grace of God, which bringeth Salvation and hath appeared to all Men. In this Meeting Dorcas (the Wife of John Pickering) spoke to the People in publick Teftimony, to which they gave good Attention. After Meeting we returned by Water from the Road Harbour, to Fat-Hogg-Bay (where John Pickering lives) being upwards of twenty of us in Company, in three Cobles. These two Weeks I spent in the Ifland of Tortola, to my great Satisfaction. The The Journal of this worthy Friend ending here, the fol- 1741. lowing Supplement is collected from fome Notes fent by a Friend of that Island, giving an Account of his further Services, Sickness and Death. The SUPPLEMENT. N the 2d Day of the Third Week of his being among us, he vifited fome Friends in the Neighbourhood, and likewife the Man who had treated his Wife fo cruelly for coming to Friends Meetings. On Third-day, he was employed chiefly in Writing to his Family and Friends in Philadelphia. On Fourth-day, fome Friends from the Road came to fee him, which prevented his going out to vifit the Neighbours, as ufual. On Fifth-day Morning, being the 29th of the Eighth Month, he found himfelf much indifpofed; yet he went to our Week-day-meeting, about a Quarter of a Mile. When the Meeting broke up, he had a hot Fever on him: Doctor Turnbull (the chief Phyfician in our Inland) thought it proper to take fome Blood from him, and he being very willing, it was done that Afternoon, and the Fever abated fometime that Night; and the next Day he walk'd about, and made no Complaint until about Eight o'Clock in the Evening; about which Time the Fever return'd, and continued very fevere till Firt-day Morning; when the Doctor advis'd him to take a Vomit, which he declin'd that Day, being defirous of attending the Meeting; which was held at my Houfe, and was a large, fweet and tender Meeting; in which he spoke to us first concerning Temptations, and how Chrift was tempted, and how to withstand them; and afterwards on the Parable of the great Supper, and other Subjects; ending his Teftimony with the Words of the Apoftle Paul, Tortela, Tortela. 1741. have fought a good Fight, I have finished my Course, Ibave m kept the Faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteoufnefs: Which Words, and most Part of this laft Sermon, was delivered in great Brokenness; from whence I judged that he was fenfible that he had not long to live, though, I believe, he was not afraid to die. On Second-day Morning, the Fever abated a little, and he complied with the Doctor's Prefcription of taking a Vomit, which feem'd to have its proper Effect; but that Night the Fever return'd, and continued on him until he dy'd; which was between two and three o'Clock on Fourth-day Morning, the fourth Day of the Ninth Month, being speechlefs about seven Hours before. A general Invitation was given to Friends and others to his Funeral; where three Testimonies were born, all in great Brokenness, under a juft Senfe of our great Lofs. After which he was decently interr'd on the Evening of the fame Day, in a Piece of Ground which is fince given to Friends for a Burial Place, and on which a Meeting-houfe is built, by John Pickering, the Governor of the Island at that Time. It is faid in the Scriptures, That the Righteous are taken away, and no Man layeth it to Heart; but, I hope, it may be truly faid, this was not the Cafe at this Time; for Friends, in general, much lamented their great Lofs, in being fo foon deprived of fo inftructive a Friend and Elder, whofe Care over us was very great; and who, by his loving and exemplary Life, and Tendernefs to People of all Ranks and Profeffions, engag'd the Love and Refpect of most of the People in the Inland. We are fully affured, that his Labour among us was not in Vain, and that many have felt the good Effects of it; fo that we believe fome of the last Words he exprefs'd in Publick, may justly be apply'd to him, and that he now enjoys a Crown of Righteousness. FINI S. And there came a Voice out of the Cloud, faying, This (i. e. Chrift) is my beloved Son, bear ye bim, LUKE ix. 35. If ye love me, keep my Commandments, JOHN xiv. 15. For God fo loved the World, that he gave his only begot ten Son, that whofoever believed in him, might not pe rish, but have everlasting Life, JOHN iii. 16. PREFACE to the READER. 1 Man, 'N Sincerity, and unfeigned Love, both to God and Man, were thefe Lines penn'd: I defire thee to perufe them in the fame Love, and then, peradventure, thou mayst find fome Sweetness in them. Expect not A 2 learned |