me and two others run after him, he stopt the boat and asked if we wanted any thing. Capt. Mackintosh, whom he left commander, desired his last orders. I then said, God is with you; go forth, Christo duce, et auspice Christo. You have, said he, some verses of mine, you there see my thoughts of success. The boat then carried him out of sight-I interceded for him, that God would save him from death, and wash away all his sins." April 29. "About half past 8, I went down to the bluff, to see a boat that was coming up. At 9 it arrived, with Mr. Oglethorpe. I blessed God for still holding his soul in life. In the evening we took a walk together, and he informed me more particularly of our past danger. Three large ships and four smaller, had been seen for three weeks together at the mouth of the river; but the wind continuing against them, they were hindered from making a descent until they could stay no longer. I gave him back his ring, and said, I need not, indeed I cannot, Sir, tell you how joyfully and thankfully I return this-When I gave it you, said he, I never expected to receive it again, but thought it would be of service to your brother and you. I had many omens of my death-but God has been pleased to preserve a life which was never valuable to me, and yet in the continuance of it, I thank God, I can rejoice. He appeared full of tenderness to me; and passed on to observe the strangeness of his deliverance, when betrayed on all sides, without human support, and utterly helpless. He condemned himself for his late anger, which he imputed to want of time for consideration. I longed Sir, said I, to see you once more, that I might tell you some things before we finally parted. But then I considered, that if you died, you would know them all in a moment. I know not, said he, whether separate spirits regard our little concerns : if if they do, it is as men regard the follies of their childs hood; or, as I my late passionateness.-April 30, I had some further talk with him; he ordered me every thing he could think I wanted; and promised to have an house built for me immediately. He was just the same to me, he formerly had been." From a careful examination of the whole of this affair, it appears evident, that Mr. Wesley's conduct is not only free from blame, but that his integrity and prudence deserved the highest commendation. Conscious of his innocence, and loaded with contempt and reproach under the most irritating and provoking circumstances, his patience, and confidence in God, in expectation of deliverance, stand forth in a conspicuous light, and form the most prominent features of his character. Mrs. H. and Mrs. W. were women of very loose morals; they had come from England in the ship with Mr. Oglethorpe, and while at sea, Mrs. W. seemed to be under some religious impressions, but soon lost them on shore. The character of Mrs. H. was well known in England; Mr. Charles Wesley was informed by Mr. Hird, that Mr. Oglethorpe declared he would rather give an hundred pounds than take her in the ship. Though Mr. Wesley knew this, and the whole of her character, yet he never upbraided her with it, but patiently endured her revilings, innocence appears on the very face of their proceedings, and hence Mr. Oglethorpe, when undeceived, attributed his conduct to a want of time for consideration -The second day after his coming among them, Mrs. H. began to abuse him; and seven days after, their whole plot was discovered to him; which makes it almost certain that their designs were formed before he came among them, under an apprehension that he would be too great a check on their licentious behaviour. After such an instance as this, of the principles His and and practices of this people, ought we to wonder at any reports they might raise concerning either of the two brothers? Mr. Charles Wesley being now more at ease from his persecutors, gradually regained his strength; and on the 11th of May he was sufficiently recovered to expound the lesson.-On the 12th, the morning lesson was, Elisha surrounded with the host of Dothan." It "is our privilege as christians, (Mr. Wesley observes) to apply those words to ourselves, "there be more "that be for us, than those that be against us." God spoke to us yet plainer in the second lesson." Be-. "hold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of "wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents and "harmless as doves.-But beware of men, for they "will deliver you up, and ye shall be brought before "governors and kings for my name's sake; and yẹ, 66 shall be hated of all men; but he that endureth to 66 to end shall be saved-The disciple is not above "his master; fear ye not therefore, for there is no"thing covered which shall not be revealed, and hid "which shall not be made known." In explaining this, he adds, "I dwelt on that blessed topic of con"solation to the innocent, that however he may suffer “here, he will shortly be cleared at God's righteous "bar, where the accuser and the accused shall meet "face to face, and the guilty person acquit him whom "he unjustly charged, and take back the wickedness 66 to himself. Poor Mrs. IV. who was just over "against me, could not stand it, but first turned her back, and then retired behind the congregation."No one would have rejoiced more in her repentance and conversion to God, than Mr. Wesley. May 13. Mr. Oglethorpe being gone to the Southward, Mr. Charles Wesley set out for Savannah, whither whither the Indian traders were coming down to meet him, in order to take out their licences. On the 16th, he reached Thunderbolt at six in the evening, and from thence walked to Savannah,* which is about five miles. His brother, Mr. Ingham, and Mr. Delamotte were surprized at his unexpected visit; but it being late, each retired to his corner of the room, and "Without the help of a bed, (says Mr. Charles) 66 we slept soundly till the morning."-On the 19th, Mr. John Wesley set out for Frederica, and Mr. Charles took charge of Savannah in his absence, "The hardest duty (say he) imposed on me, was, "expounding the lesson morning and evening to ONE "HUNDRED hearers, 1 was surprised at my own con fidence, and acknowledged it was not my own."The day was usually divided between visiting his parishioners, considering the lesson, and conversing with Mr. Ingham, Delamotte, &c. On the 22nd he first met the traders, at Mr. Causton's, and continued to meet some or other of them every day for several weeks, a court. May 31. Mr. Oglethorpe being returned from the Southward, and come to Savannah, he this day held "We went (says Mr. Wesley) and heard his $6 speech to the people;" in the close of which he said, "If any one here has been abused, or oppressed "by any man, in or out of office, he has free and "full liberty of complaining: let him deliver in his "complaints in writing at my house; I will read "them all over by myself, and do every particular $6 man justice."--At eight in the evening I waited up, on him, and found the three magistrates with him, who D 2 seemed * This accords with Mr. John Wesley's Journal. See his Works, Vol. 25. page 130. seemed much alarmed by his speech-they hoped he would not discourage government."—He dismissed them. We have here a curious specimen of the notions which the magistrates of Savannah had of government. They seem to have thought it their privilege, as Governors, to oppress any individual without restraint, as it suited their convenience or inclination. In the beginning of July, we find Mr. Oglethorpe, Mr. John and Mr. Charles Wesley, all at Savannah : but there is no intimation how long they had been there, or on what occasion they were together. "On the 21st, (says Mr. Charles) I heard by my brother, that I was to set sail for England In a few days." This was not merely on account of his health, which was now a little recovered. He was to carry dispatches from Mr. Oglethorpe, to the Trustees of Georgia, to the Board of Trade, and probably to Government. The next day, July 22, he got all the licences signed by Mr. Oglethorpe, and counter signed them himself, “and so (says he) I entirely washed my hands of the "Traders." This seems to have been a business which he cordially disliked; and thinking the present a favourable opportunity of escaping from his disagreeable situation, he wrote a letter to Mr. Oglethorpe on the 25th, resigning his office of Secretary. In the evening Mr. Oglethorpe took him aside, and asked him, whether the sum of all he had said in the letter, was not contained in the following line, which he shewed him, "Magis apta Tuis, tua dona relinquo.” "Sir, to yourself your slighted gifts I leave; Sir, |