I rejoyce in the Goodneſs of God that directed
your thots to So excellent a Plan for propagating the Gosple
among the Indians— It is I apprehend, in the General, ap
prov'd. meſs.
rs
Whitaker &
occum
have (in the places known
to me)
had for the most part
^had^ great Succeſs.. It was
a Right
to send over
m.r
occum
, as a Specimen of the benefitt of
y.e School— As far as I hear he pleases in every Town
&
city— So much Simplicity appears in the man: So honest,
guileſs a Temper, with Seriousneſs in his publick Service.,
So well he speaks in publick, & So well he acts in private,
among his friends & mankind, that he
engages their hearts—
may you be as suceſsfull in training others to the ministry as
you have been in him!— By
virtue of the Power given to
m.r Whitaker, Such Gentlemen of Fortune & Character
are are now chosen on this side the Water, Trustees for the
Money y
t may be raised, that I doubt not the Collection in
Great-Britain
&
Ireland will be exceeding
Great.
From the many Thousand Pounds in Capital, & the many
hundred, the
yearly Interest of the same, w.
ch will be
advanced, permitt me to be a Petitioner for y
e worthy
m.r
occum
.
Tis naturel to enquire into his family & worldly Circumstances.
His Children are, I
apprehend, many, & Substance Small—
yet the Good man seems to expreſs full Contentment
if he can have a Sufficiency to Improve his little Estate.
Undesired, &
entirely without his
knowledge I write this
in his favour; but tho' I write in my own name only,
I'm persuaded, I might easily gett many hundred Persons
to join in the Same Petition— Shall I entreat,
that
you, Dear S
r, will make use of all y.
E Interest for Effecting
it— It must be supposed that the Great
acceptance he
meets with among mankind, adds considerably to the
Collections,
"
This Preacher was born & bred an Indian—
He
left his family— He risqued his life on the Sea, for the
good Cause. He is ready to Preach when
desired— And
behaves w.
th
^a^ decency. that seems to give universal Satisfaction
^[below]—^
In the Narrative P 27, I am much pleas'd with the words, Father, we are very glad you have come among us with the Good word of God, or God is news— we will by ye help of God, Endeavour to keep the Fire w.ch you kindled among us; and, will take our Old
Customs, "ways, & Sins,
and putt them behind our backs & never look on them
again; but will look strait
"forward & run
after
the Christian Religion— May The Indian People be renewe'd' in the Spirit of their minds (may they be turn'd from ye error of their ways & built up in their most Holy Faith). 'o, that, the
Power of Godlineſs, the Love of God producing a Conformity to his moral attributes, all that
is Pious, Right, & Good, may prevail among them! May their minds be enlightend,
well-inform'd, & healthy; rightly disposed; poſseſing the Xtian Temper! may duly regulated wills & affections, w.th a Behaviour corresponding, be the happy Effects of the Schools, & the
Ministerial Services!— — As I have the Satisfaction
of contributing my best Endeavours to the Increase of the Collections, it will be
greatly promoted, by frequent acc.ts of the Succeſs
w.ch
may attend the additional Schools in the Wilderneſs— That God maywill bleſs the Endeavors & Reward your Pious zeal in time & to all
Eternity Prays
I shall esteem it a favour, if by one or other
of the Ships, y
t
sail from
ye Country to
Bristol,
I may at certain Seasons, receive
a Letters from you—