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can speak English so as to be understood. I went totheir church, which is distinguished by a steeple, thatyou can see some distance off. It is a neat, clean, woodbuilding, with glass windows, and a handsome entrance,having a gallery all round excepting where the ministersits. The minster took his seat in the pulpit, desiringme to sit in a pew underneath, where three of his daugh-ter sat along side of me, dressed as fashionable as anywomen in middle rank, although there were but few to seethem, except the Indians, who all came with a blanketround them, unless it were the young men and women,who were foolishly hung with features, and head tires ofbright tin mettle. The Indians fantastically dressed,sung a psalm feelingly, which moved my passion of love,so that I wept all the time tears of joy. After this Abra-ham Serjeant prayed in Indian, and then in English, andgave out a second psalm, which was sung as the other ad-mirably. The minister then read part of the fourteenthchapter of Mark, which Captain Hendrick, a Chief, readalso in Indian; and I was at liberty to preach to them,and had Captain Hendrick to interpret for me as long as Ithought proper, or in other words, while my Master furnish-ed me with matter for the occasion, having desired Himto be both Mouth and Wisdom to me, and also to lead meto the passage which would be the most enlightening tothem: for I much delighted to be a messenger of peaceindividually to them. My subject I took from Isaiahwho prophetically said, He was wounded for our trans-gressions: He was bruised for our iniquities; the chas-tisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His Stripeswe are healed. I felt alive in the Truth, therefore deliver-ed each sentence with energetic love and streaming eyes,shewing in what manner the Blessed Jesus was woundedand bruised for us! I do not remember a time that Icould more freely excite to believe on Him by Faith,which I told them was His Gift, and He would dispenseit to them if they would seek it by prayer, and avoidingall sin that offended Him who was without sin: for He