JOURNAL. 63 punish such as will not join in the common labour. They are civil to strangers, and will do any thing for them for pay: being always willing for a small piece of money to carry a message fifty or sixty miles, and, if required, a heavy burden too; but they are equally cruel to prisoners with the Chicasaws, though not equally valiant. They are seldom intemperate in drinking, but when they can be so on free cost. Otherwise, love of drink yields to covetousness; a vice scarcely to be found in any Indian but a Cherikee. 27. The Uchees have only one small town left, (near two hundred miles from Savannah,) and about forty fighting men. The Creeks have been many times on the point of cutting them off. They are, indeed, hated by most, and despised by all the other nations, as well for their cowardice as their superlative diligence in thieving, and for out-lying all the Indians upon the continent. 28. The Creek Indians are about four hundred miles from Savannah. They are said to be bounded on the west by the Choctaws, to the north by the Chicasaws, to the east by the Cherikees, and to the south by the Alatamahaw River. They have many towns, a plain, well watered country, and fifteen hundred fighting men. They have often 41. Γ 64 REV. J. WESLEY'S We were four in all; one of whom intended to go to England with me, the other two to settle in Carolina. About eleven we came into a large swamp, where we wandered about till near two. We then found another blaze, and pursued it till it divided into two; one of these we followed through an almost impassable thicket, a mile beyond which it ended. We made through the thicket again, and traced the other blaze till that ended too. It now grew toward sunset, so we sat down, faint and weary, having had no food all day, except a gingerbread cake, which I had taken in my pocket. A third of this we had divided among us at noon; another third we took now; the rest we reserved for the morning; but we had met with no water all the day. Thrusting a stick into the ground, and finding the end of it moist, two of our company fell a digging with their hands, and at about We thanked God, drank, and three feet depth found water. were refreshed. The night was sharp; however, there was no complaining among us; but after having commended ourselves to God, we lay down close together, and (I at least) slept till near six in the morning. We arose neither faint JOURNAL. with hunger as well as cold, we came thither early in the morn65 ing, on Tuesday the 13th. Here I expected trials of a different kind, and far more dangerous. For contempt and want are easy to be borne; but who can bear respect and abundance? Wed. 14. Being desired to read public prayers, I was much refreshed with those glorious promises, contained both in the 72d Psalm, and in the first Lesson, the 40th chapter of Isaiah. they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, and "Yea, mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint." affairs of the How natural In the afternoon, visiting a dying man, we found him still full of the freshest advices, and busy in settling the Czarina, Prince Thamas, and the Ottoman Porte. then is the thought, Quæ cura nitentis Pascere equos, eadem sequitur tellure repostos? For if a soul quivering on the verge of life has still leisure for these impertinences, one might almost believe the same dreams would continue even in the sleep of death! Fri. 16. I parted from the last of those friends who came with 66 REV. J. WESLEY'S Wed, 28. Finding the unaccountable apprehensions of I know not what danger, (the wind being small, and the sea smooth,) which had been upon me several days, increase, I cried earnestly for help, and it pleased God, as in a moment, to restore peace to my soul. ; Let me observe hereon, 1. That not one of these hours ought to pass out of my remembrance, till I attain another manner of spirit; a spirit equally willing to glorify God by life or by death. 2. That whoever is uneasy on any account, (bodily pain alone excepted,) carries in himself his own conviction, that he is so far At an unbeliever. Is he uneasy at the apprehension of death? Then At any of the events he believeth not, "That to die is to gain." of life? Then he hath not a firm belief, That "all things work together for his good." And if he bring the matter more close, he will always find, beside the general want of faith, every particular uneasiness is evidently owing to the want of some particular christian temper. Sun. Jan. 1, 1738. All in the ship (except the Captain and the noor neople of steersman) were present both at the morning and evening service, mendable; has cast the shade of superstition and folly over one of the brightest patterns of heavenly wisdom. Sat. 7. I began to read and explain some passages of the Bible to the young negro. The next morning, another negro who was on board desired to be a hearer too. From them I went to the poor Frenchman, who, understanding no English, had none else in the ship with whom he could converse. And from this time I read and explained to him a chapter in the Testament every morning. Sun. 8. In the fulness of my heart I wrote the following words: "By the most infallible of proofs, inward feeling, I am convinced, "1. Of unbelief, having no such faith in Christ, as will prevent my heart from being troubled; which it could not be, if I believed in God, and rightly believed also in Him. “2. Of pride, throughout my life past, inasmuch as I thought I had, what I find I have not. "3. Of gross irrecollection, inasmuch as in a storm I cry to God every moment; in a calm, not. "4. Of levity and luxuriancy of spirit, recurring whenever the pressure is taken off, and appearing by my speaking words not tending to edify; but most, by my manner of speaking of my |