I thankfully acknowledge your kind Fav.r of
Aug.t 26. 1769. And I bleſs God on Your Behalf, who has given you ability and largneſs of Heart to releive the Needy, and eſpecially that he has made you Studious to diſpose your Charity So that the Kingdom of the Redeemer May be advanced
thereby
The Expreſsions of Your Kindneſs towards
Mr. Occom, were pe‐
‐cutiarly
wellcome
&
refreſhing to him, as they were at a Time When
his Circumſtances
calld for help. He preaches Steadily to his own
and to Neighbouring Tribes, but
they are all under the care and
Patronage of the
Boſton
Com̅iſsrs, Who Suppose they have otherwiſe
provided for them, and therefore M.
r
Occom has no penſion, nor
any thing
publickly allowed him for his Labour among them, nor
can I do any thing
publickly for his Support in his preſent Service with
out giving offence, and exposing Myſelf to
thbe cenſured as a Meddler
in that which belongs to others.
As to
M.r Kirtland's Supply in every thing within my Power, he
has never been neglected one Day, when his Neceſsities have been
known to me, & I have generally exceeded what he has deſired, & have
^never gave below.^ And Since the Collections in
England I have always told him there
was enough,
and it was only for him to let me know what he
wanted and it was at his Service. nor
am I conſcious that I have
ever wanted the Heart or Hand of a Father tow
ds him in one Inſtance
ſince I firſt took him under my Patronage, and eſpecially since his firſt going
into the wilderneſs. However I have had a Scene of Trials of late of ſuch
a Nature & So greivous as I never expected from that Quarter, & which
I hope I Shall never have occaſion fully to diſcloſe to you. I ſuppoſe
they have originated in part from, & been greatly incouraged by a Sect of
people in these parts Who are commonly known by the Name of
Separets and eſpecially by Saveral in Connection with them, who, it is ſaid, are deſirous
of being Preachers, and of being Introduced as Miſsionaries Among the Indians
It has been reported far round y.
t
M.r Kirtland has been treated with
Neglect &c—that he deſigns to leave me & break off his Connection with
my School and put himſelf under the
Boſton
Com̅iſsrs —that my
School is coming down—and these Reports though
they have no
credit near home have gaind credit with many Gentlemen of
worth at a Diſtance—but it has perſpired from ſome of that party
that M.
r
K–ds
's Character & influence is So great with the Hon.
le
Truſt in England that he has power to undermine me, and turn the
Channe
[gap: worn_edge][guess: l] of those
Collections in their Hands as he pleaſes
&c how far M.
r
K–d
has been know
g to these Reports, or w.
t he has done to diſcount
[illegible][guess: em]
^&^
diſcrede
^t^ them I cant Say. before he wrote begging Letters without any Knowle
[gap: worn_edge][guess: dge] which were read in
Several of the moſt
reſpectible Congregations
^in New Hamſhire^ at above a hundred miles Diſtance from me,
and
^where^ collections wer
[gap: worn_edge][guess: e] publicly made for the Supply of his neceſsities. When he had the
fulleſt
aſsurance that I could give him that there was money
enough for him if he would only
let it be known that he ſtood in
need, and also y.
t my Heart and the Hearts of
the Honle
Truſt were
always open to Supply him. I have reproved this Conduct as
carrying
in it an unreaſonable reflection
^on me &. y.e Trust^, as well as exposing himſelf and
the cauſe to the Reproaches of the Enemy
^it being about y.e Time in w.c large diſburſemts had been publicly made for his uſe^
&c but whether this was
more than an Inadvertency, and whether there has been a clanning
for a Revolution, I am not fully
able to Say. however there have
been Several things that have been unintilligible if there be no
deſign forming which is yet
[illegible]induſtriouſly
[illegible][guess: be]
conceald.
I Should not have hinted these things to you (which are not yet known
by a Soul in my Pariſh further than they have the Reports from abroad)
had not your repeating
the
s Important Caution to take Care for
his Support, raiſed a Strong Suſpicion in my mind that Something of
the kind has been tranſmitted.—
^yo may expoſe
w.t I here write if you think beſt to my Hon.d
^ Patrons, but I have confidence in y.
o
& in y.
m
y.
t
y.
re will be
^[below]no ill improvemt
made of it—^
I am ſenſible the powers of Darkneſs are combind
againſt the
progreſs of the great Deſign before us, but I have found it is not in
vain to hope &
truſt in the Lord. I have obtaind an ample incorporat
n
for
my School
& am now waiting for the Return of Col.
o
Phelps my Agent
to take the Deeds & Secure the Donations made in from
New hamſhire whom
I have imployed to take the Deeds & Secure the Donations made
[illegible]to the
School in that Province, and than I Shall endeavour to write my
Hon
d Patrons fully of the gracious dealings of Heaven, & I truſt
they [illegible][guess: will] I Shall offer that which will excite them to joyn in praiſes to God who has
not forſaken this Cauſe, but is more and more abundant in his mercys
towards it. I am my Hon
d Friend with high Eſteem
&
Reſpect.