Yours by
our little
Jerime— I received,
and thank
you for so much
^Love^
expreſsed in it to a
Creture
so vile. I would have taken Your
Dear
little Jacob into
my Family during his
stay here, but two Studients in
Divinity, and
Dr^[illegible]^
Prime were sojourning with us already,
so
^that^
we were full; And it suited well that he should reſide
at
Mr
Hedges. I was for a Time determind to make
Trial of Peoples Generoſity, and see what they would do
for him, and other
Indian Lads of
Your School; but
upon
second thought, I was apprehenſive that it might
be preventive of some future Acts of this Kind, and
therefore
have omitted for the Preſent: How you came to hear
that my People are remarkable for
Charity and
Liberallity I am not able to Say; they once indeed
exhibited Evidence of their Generoſity to Such a Degree
as I Suppoſe an equal
Pr[illegible][guess: ſ]cedent is not to be found scarce
in the
Annals of
America, when they
sent 17 teen
fat Oxen
^&
Stears^ as a Preſent to our Army at
Lake-George, and bore the Expence of Conveyance; but otherwiſe I
am not aſſured they merit a high Incomium for Liberallity;
tho' I hope they will ever show a Chriſtian Spirit
upon proper Occaſion.— I am apprehenſive that it requiers
your Perſonal
Preſence to obtain anything worthy of
mentioning from my People, for
your School.
'Tis true. some of my People abound
with out
^word^
Bleſsings;
But, I fear that in
^this^ Day
^in^ which there is so little
Mortification prevailing, little, very little, Liberallity
will be seen abounding. —
The laſt Week I receiv,d a second Letter from the Rev
d
Mr Davis in
Virginia, as Secretary of a Society there, form,d
for propegating the Goſpel,— in which, in the moſt
preſsing
manner, he urges that M.
r
Occum would by
December ^next^ be
preſent with him — as engaging in a
Miſſion among the
Cheireoikees, Upon the receiving of which — I immeadi
[illegible]ately
applyed to
Mr
Occum to undertake, — and propoſed his
Ordination by
our Presbetery, but this he
declined, in
that, for
Several Reaſons he thought he muſt
neceſſarily
refuſe a complyance with the above Motion, at Preſent:
But has fully concluded, that upon renew,d Application
he will early the next
Spring accept
the Call. —
Accordingly I have wrote to
Mr
Davis and let him know,
that upon hearing from
^him^ again, as expreſsing his Deſier that
Mr
Occum would come to him in the Spring; nothing
special occurring, he
may depend thereupon: And 'tis
altogether Probible the Application will be renewe
[illegible]d.—
You
will therefore undoubtedly conclude, S
r, (without a Moments
Hiſitation,) that
Mr
Occums Ordination muſt
neceſsarily be
attended as soon as it poſsibly can with Conveniency; and
I earniſtly
beſeach it may;
^be our Side the Water^ or that You conſent, that he
Should be
ordained by
our Presbytery.—
Mr Davis Informs in his letter, that
a Miſsionary now amoung the
Chei[illegible]rockees, writes encouraging,— "that they treat him with —
"Honour and Affection, and have conſented to give
"him a fair Hearing; that there is Sufficient Encour
"agement to Send forth another
Miſſionary. —
Mr
Davis writes, that the Salary they allow a
Miſsionary is at leaſt
£70
ty
Sterl:
^[below]g^: a Year; and they
Propoſe to bear
Mr
Occums Expences on his
Way to
Virginia. I intended to have tranſcribed
much more of
Mr
Daviſe's Letter, but have not
Time. — It has so happen,d, that I have lately recei
ved a
[illegible]large Number of Letters from Gentlemen
in the Miniſtry,
^several of which muſt now be anſwerd.—^ and Some have been so compleſant
as to Deſier my thoughts upon some critical Points
in Divinity, — the next Week is
the Seſsion of
our Preſby[illegible][guess: try]
Preſbytery which Occaſsion much
[gap: hole]
Buiſneſs this Week
and so
^much^
Ignor
[illegible][guess: an]e, Selfe, Pride, Confuſion, and all that's
bad, attends m
[illegible]e, y
t I make but poor Work amidſt
all; You will :D
r S
r, Drop the Mantle of Love
over the Errors &
Difficiencies of my Scrible. Pleaſe
to let me hear from You as Soon as may be.
I am pritty well aſſured from knowledge of the
Multiplicity of Buiſneſs that will lye before
the Preſbytery next Week — that we shall be
oblig,d to meet Soon again at this End of the
Iſland;
^in about 3 Weeks^ which will
afford an Oppertune
Seaſon
for
Mr
Occums Ordination, if You will pleaſe
to come, and aſſiſt, and make us Glad. I
^am^
Straitn,d
for time — am weary with Writing — and muſt omit many
things; But not this one
^viz^
my Dr
Spouſe
preſents you
with a thouſand-tun of Love, over and above Joyning
with me in cordial Salutations to your Selfe
&
Dr
Spouſe.
I am, Rev
d
&
D
r S
r[gap: tear]
utmoſt
haſt