with humility, Love and
Gratitude I sit myself down to write few lines to you my
Honoured Patron. (and with much haste. —) I received your kind
Letter, dated
January 23rd last evening by the hand of
Mr.
Ralph
Pomeroy. for which I give you my hearty thanks, I had
thought that
your worthy person had not designed to write to me.
or that you had heard something, and did not see it in your
way to help me. and I was greatly dejected, and almost
dis
couraged. but the Lord in whom I trust, whom I fear, Love,
and purpose to Serve all my days, hath been pleased to mani
fest his approbation, (towards the Noble Undertaking, in
which cause, I have given up my all, to bring it about,) in his
providing for my relief in a wonderful manner, even when
I was in the greatest straits and almost in despair. — and
blessed be the Name of the God of Israel, who hath never
been found unfaithful, or unkind. who will provide for
those that doth really depend upon his Divine
Beneficence.
Rev., and kind Sir; I have been to
New York,
and the Lord
hath raised up, for me good Christian friends. — I was
in
the City 15, Days. and I preached there three diffe
rent
Times. and a Collection was proposed for my relief
and Encouragement two different times. and there was a
very honorable Collection made, worthy of the
Generous, and
Noble Spirit, of the Wealthy Inhabitants of
that renowned City. for which kindness I bless the Lord daily. —
I had Sufficient Collected for me, to discharge all
my
debts, and also to purchase
things
necessary for my present
sub
sistance. namely little provision. — I did not go to
New York
until I was quite discouraged waiting for the
answer to the Letter I sent to your worthy person. —
I believe that I shall have encouragement, the ensuing year
or season, from the
Board of New York, or
Philadelphia, I am
not certain however, the
Rev.
Mr. Rodgers. D.D.
A preacher
in the Presbyterian
old South Meeting house is a Member of that
Honorable Board, who is remarkably friendly. to
whom
I humbly, and earnestly, desire you would write soon
as possible, if your worthy person can recommend me. to
him, and make him believe that you think that I am
worthy of notice
and deserving of Encouragement, I should be Exceeding
glad. he believes Me
to be deserving of Encouragement. I
preached for him three times. and he was very desirous
of helping me. but he thought proper, that something
Should be had from thee: a
Recommendation.
— he seems
to think if proper Steps be taken. he can obtain for my
help,
[illegible][guess: ] Encouragement — fifty Pound Sterling
Per Annum.
befriend me, if you see it in your way. —
My loving Patron, I want all help that a poor well
disposed Creature can desire. I am empty handed. I have
no purse neither have I any thing to put in one, if I
had a purse. — nevertheless I will step forward. — and
Stagger not. — I am satisfied it is best for me to know
and ever bear upon my mind that my dependence is
upon the Lord alone. — O that I may ever live like a
poor dependent Creature. — having my Eyes, and heart
fixed on the Lord. —
I Shall write to my friends in
New York
directly.
and I desire again that you would not fail to write for
the
Honorable Board of which I made Mention will
set, or meet together by the
first of April. when the
Rev.
Dr. Rodgers will
petition for me. — and he will
do
it with double Courage if he has few lines from you.
I know not the Gentlemans
Christian Name. but he
promised to write to you, and desired me to write also.
but if he has not wrote the surest way would be
to Send a Letter to
Mr. James Lesley, my old master,
who lives in the
City of New
York. keeping a School there.
and enclose
Dr. Rodgers's Letter therein. be so good as
to write full, and get as much help for me as ever
you can
from that quarter.
or from
that
Board of
which
Mr. Rodgers is a Member.. etc.: —
I am pleased to see the Indians in these parts so
engaged. I believe that there will be upwards of
Sixty young
Indian men from the Seven Tribes
that will set off from hence by the
13th of March next. to be distinguished as noble Spirited Indians, who
will do their uttermost to get good, and do good, —
who will distinguish
themselves from the
[illegible][guess: ]
lazy crew that refuses the good offers made to
them in these Latter Days. — Pray for us.
that
we may obtain blessings from on high. and that we
might be blessings on Earth. blessings to one another
and blessings to many of our Poor Western Brethren
who are perishing for lack of knowledge. O pray for
me in a more particular Manner. that the
Lord would
bless me by implanting his divine fear in my heart
and in giving me true humility
and steadfastness in
the ways of Religion, that he would give me grace
Sufficient for
me. etc.: — I purpose by divine leave
to be at your residence by next Commencement.
with my friend
Joseph
Brant.