Wesley Corpus

Fri. 29.--I set out again for Whitehaven. ‘The storm was exceeding high, and drove full in my face, so that it was not without difficulty I could sit my horse ; particularly as I rode over the broad, bare backs of those enormous mountains which lay in my way. However, I kept on as I could, till I came to the brow of Hatside. So thick a fog then fell, that I was quickly out of all road, and knew not which way to turn. But I knew where help was to be found, in either great difficulties or small. The fog vanished in a moment, and I saw Gamblesby at a distance: (the town to which I was going.) I set cut early on Saturday, the 30th, and in the afternoon reached Whitehaven. About this time I was refreshed with a friendly letter from an excellent man, whom I had not heard from for several years: part of it was as follows :--- “ Ebenezer, in Georgia, July 25, 1749. “Rev. anp Dear Srr,--The sincere love to your worthy person and faithful performance of your holy office, which the Lord kindled in my heart, during your presence at Savannah, hath not been abated, but rather increased, since the providence of God called you from us, and showed you another field for the labour of your ministry. “ You are pleased, in your last letter to Mr. Brown, of Savannah, to remember Ebenezer kindly ; and desired to know what is the present state of our settlement. Though we have felt greatly the inconveniences of ee) oe ee 466 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [ Oct. 1749