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 ^H E followingNarrative is as plain and artkfs^ as it 
 isfwrprifing and extraordinary, PlaufihU reafonings 
 may amufe and delight^ hut faSis^ and faSis like thefe^ 
 firike^arefelt^ and go home to the heart. Were the 
 power,, grace and providence of God ever more eminently 
 difplayia,, than in the converfton^juccefsj and deliverances 
 of John Marrant ? He and his companion enter the 
 meeting atChzxXti^Toyin together^ hut the one is taken^ 
 and the other is left. He isfiruck to tbeground^Jhaken 
 over the mouth ofhell,/natchedasabrand/rom the burn- 
 ing i be is pardoned andjuJHfied ; he iswa/bed in the a- 
 toning hhod^ and made happy in his God, Toufoon have 
 another view of him^ drinking into his majler's cup % 
 he is tried and perpUxty oppofed and defpijed\ the 
 neighbours hoot at him as he goes along \ his mother^ 
 ftjiers and brother y hate andperfecute him ; heisfriend- 
 lefSy and forjaken of all, ^hefe uneafy circumjiances 
 call forth the corruptions of bis nature^ and create a 
 momentary debate ^ whether the purfuit of eafe and 
 pleafure was not to be preferred to the pra£iice ofre* 
 
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 PREFACE, 
 
 pgiou, %vbi(b be now found fo fiarp and fever e ? Tb* 
 JiripHng is /upported andftrengtbened, Htis perfuadeti 
 $0 forfake his family and kindred altogether* He croffes 
 the fence ^ which marked tb^ boundary between the yfiU 
 derriefi and the cultivated iountry i and prefers' fbe 
 babitaiions of brutal refidence^ to the lejs bofpitable 
 dwellings ofentnity to Gpd anJ godlinefs. He wander s^ 
 but Cbrijl ts his guide and prote£ior.—fVho can view 
 him among the Indian bribes without wonder I ](Je at^ 
 rives among the Chcrpkc?^, vihere grofs ignorance 
 wor^ its rudefi forms, and lavage, defpotijm exercised its 
 tnofi terrifying empire. Hag (be (bildtiufi.tHrf^ed 
 fourteen, without fling or.ffone, engages,^ and.^'i^h tbe 
 arrow of prayer pointed with faitb^ wqu^de^ Gol\ah^ 
 and cQnquers tbe king. - , ^^ j^ ,^^j,, , ^ 
 
 'Xhe untutor'd monarch feels tbe truth, and wor/hipf 
 the God of the Chrifiians\ the feeds of tbe Gofpel are 
 diffeminated among ibe Indians iy a youthful bapd, and 
 Jefus is rec^ved and obeyed. , a . 
 
 Xbe /ubifquent incidents related in this Narrative are 
 great and affeSiing \ but ImuJJipot anticipate tbe reader^ 
 pUalure and profit, 
 
 The myelty or magnitude of tbefa^i contained in 
 the following paggs, may dijpofefim^ reader^ to qu^ion 
 tbe truth pf then^. My unlw^r tofuch is. — • i yj believe 
 if is flear to great number s^ and tq fomf cop^teni 
 JMdges^ that God is with tb^fubjeSl of then* j h^, if be 
 knowingly permitted an untruth to go abroad ip tb(( 
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 ^-Ifim, would it not follow, that the Ahmgbty gavi bis 
 JanSiion to a faljehood ^— a. 1 have oblerved himt9 
 fay a confcientious regard to his word. -3. He appeared 
 to me to feel moji Jenfibly^ when hf related tbofe parts of 
 his Narrative, which defcribe his bappiefi moments with 
 Cod, or the moJi remarkable interpofttions of Divim 
 Providence for him \ and I have no reajon to belier:s 
 it ^as counterfeited, 
 
 J have always preferved Mr» MarrantV ideaSy tbo* 
 J could not his language % no more alterations^ however^ 
 have been made^ than were thought necejfary» 
 
 I now commit the whole to God, — That be may make 
 it generally ufeful is the prefer of thy ready fervant^for 
 . Chrifi'sfake, 
 
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 July 19th, 1785, 
 
 
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 I JOHN MARRANT, bom June 15th, 1755, 
 in New- York, in North-America, wi(h thefe 
 gracious dealings of the Lord with me to be pub- 
 liftied, in hopes they may be ufeful to others, to 
 encourage the fearful, to confirm the wavering, 
 and to refreAi the hearts of true believers. My 
 father died when I was little more than four years 
 of age, and before I was five my mother removed 
 from New- York to St. Auguftine, about ftven 
 hundred miles from that city. I^ere I was fent 
 to fchool, and taught to read and fpell ; after we 
 had refided here about eighteen months, it wa» 
 found neceflary to remove to Georgia, where we 
 reihained ; and I was kept to fchdol until I had 
 attained my eleventh year. The Lord fpoke ta 
 tne in my early days, by thefe removes, if I coul4 
 have underftood him, and faid, " Here we have 
 
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 Hd Continuing city.'* We left Georgia, anci went 
 to Charles-Town, where it was intended I (hould 
 be put apprentice to fonie trader Some time aftei^ 
 I had been in Charles-Town, as t wils walking 
 one day, I pafled by a fchooli and heat-d mufic 
 and dancihgy which took my fancy Very much, and 
 I felt a ftroni; inclination to learn the muHc. I 
 Iveht home, ahd Ihfdrmed hiy After, that I Had 
 rather learn to play upon mufic than go to a trade. 
 She told me (he could do nothing in it, until (he had 
 Hcquainted my itiothei^ with Itiy de(ire. Accord- 
 ingly (he wrote a letter concerning it to my mother) 
 iivhich, when (he read, the contents wer« difap*' 
 proved of by her^ and (he came to Charles- Town 
 to prevent it. She perfuaded me much againft it| 
 but her pen'uafions were fruitlefs* iDifobedience 
 cither to God or man, being one of the fruits of 
 iin, greW out from me in early buds. Finding 
 1 was fet upon it, and refolved to learn nothing 
 dfe, (he agreed to it, and went with me to fpeak 
 to the man, and to fettle upon the Se(V terms with 
 liiim (he could. He infifted upon twenty pounds 
 down, which was paid, and I was engaged to fta/ 
 with hiin eighteen months, and my mother to find 
 xne every thing during that term. The firft da^ 
 t went to hun he put the violin into my hand^ 
 which pleafed me much, ^nd, applying clofe, t 
 learned very faft, not only to play, but to dance 
 iilfo •, fo that in fi^ months I was able to play for 
 
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 «ie whole fchool. In the evenings after the 
 fcholars were difmiiTed, I ufed to refort to the hot- 
 torn of our garden, where it was cuflomary for fome 
 muAclans to alTemMc to blow the French-horn. 
 Here my improvement was fo rapid, that in a twelve- 
 month's time I became mafter both of the violin 
 and of the French horn, and was much refpedled 
 by the Gentlemen and Ladies whofe children at« 
 tended the fchool, as alfo by my mailer : This 
 opened to me a large door of vanity and vice, for 
 I was invited to all the balls and affemhlies that 
 » were held in the town, and met with the general 
 , applaufe of the inhabitants. I was a iUanger to 
 ivant, being fupplied with as much money as I had 
 any occalion for ; which ray fitter obferving, fa id 
 •• You have now no need of a trade." I was 
 now in my thirteenth year, devoted to plcafure 
 and drinking in iniquity like water •, a iliive to 
 every vice fuited to my nature and to my years. 
 The time I had engaged to ferve my mafter being 
 expired, he perfuaded me to ftay with him, and 
 'offered me any thing, or any money, not to leave 
 him. His intreatjes proving inefFedual^ I quitted 
 his fervice, and vifited n., mother in the country j 
 with her I ftaid two months, living without God 
 or hope in the world,- fiftiing and hunting on the 
 fabbath-day. Unliable as water 1 returned to 
 town, and wi(hed to go to fome trade. My fifter's 
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 Xtit with a maOier, qn condition that I /hould fervQ 
 him one year and a half on trial, and afterward^ 
 be bound, if he approved of me. Accordingly 
 I went, but every evening I was fent for to play 
 on niufic, fomewhere or another j and I often con* 
 tinued put very late, fometimes all night, fo as to 
 render me incapable of attending my mafter's bufir 
 nefs t{ie next dayj yet in ^his manner I fervc4 
 him a year and fpur months, and was much ap- 
 proved pf by him. He wrote a letter to my mo- 
 ther to come and have me bound, and whilft my 
 mother was weighing the matter in her own mind^ 
 the gracious purpofes of God, refpeding a perill- 
 ing finner, were now to be ^ifclpfed. Qne evening 
 I was fent for in a very particular manner to gp 
 and play for fome Gentlemen, which I agreed to 
 do, and was on my way to fulfil my promife ; an4 
 pafling by a large meeting-houfe I faw many lights 
 in it, and crouds of people going in. 1 ^quire4 
 what it meant, and was anfwered by my companion^ 
 that a crazy man was hallooing there i this raife^ 
 my curioiity to go in, that I might hear what hQ 
 was hallooing about. Vie perfuadeJ me not to go 
 in, but in vain. He then faid, '.* If you will do 
 one thing I will go in with ypu." I afked him 
 what that was I He replied, " Blow the French- 
 horn among them," I liked the propofal well 
 ^nough, but exprelTed my fears of being beiten 
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 ftand by and defend me, I agreed. So we we'nL' 
 hiid with much difficulty got within the doors. I 
 Was pufhing the people to make roomj to get the 
 horn off my fhoulder to blow it, juft as Mr. 
 Whitefield was naming his text, and looking 
 Toundj and, as I thought, diredVly upon me, and 
 pointing with his finger, he uttered thefe words* 
 *' Prei»Ar.e to meet thy God, O Israel." 
 The Lord accompanied the word with fuch power, 
 that I was ilruck to the ground, and lay both 
 fpeechleft and fenfelefs near half ar hour. When 
 -I was come a little too, I foUnd two men at- 
 tending me, and a woman throwing water in my 
 face, and holding a fnielling-bottle tb niy nofe ; 
 and when fomething more recovered^ every word 
 I heard from the minifter was like a parcel of fwords 
 thruft into mci arid what added to my diftrefs, 1 
 •thought 1 faw the devil on evei-y fidfc of mtf. I 
 was conftrained in the bitterhefs of my fpirit to 
 halloo out in the midft of the congriegation, which 
 . tdiihirbing then, they took me away ; but finding 
 I could neither walk or ftand, they carried me as 
 far as the veftry, and there I remained till the 
 fervice Was over. When the people were dif- 
 ttiiffed Mr. Whitefield came into the veftry, and 
 being told of my condition he came immcdiatelyj 
 and the firft word he faid to me waf , " JESUS 
 CHRIST HAS GOT thee at Last.** He aflced 
 whers I lived, intending to come and ";e ine the 
 
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 next day •, but recollecting he was to leave the town 
 the next morning, he faid he could not comehim- 
 ielf, but would fend another minifter ; he deiired 
 them to get me home, and then taking his leave 
 of me, I faw him no more. When I reached my 
 iifter's houfe, being carried by two men, (he was 
 very uneafy to fee me in fo diftrefled % condition. 
 She got me to bed, and fent for a dodlor, who 
 '■ came immediately, and after looking at me, he 
 Went home, and fent me a bottle of mixture, and 
 defired her to give me a fpoonful every two hours ; 
 but I could not take any thing the do6iot (ent, 
 nor indeed keep in bed ; this diftreHed my fifter 
 very much, and fhc cried out, " The lad will 
 furely die.*' She fent for two other dodlors, but 
 no medicine they prefcribed could I take. No, 
 no •, it may be aiked, a wounded fpirit who can 
 cure ? as well as who can bear f In this diftrefs 
 of foul I continued for three days without any 
 food, only a little water now and then. On the 
 fourth day, the minifter* Mr.Whitefield had deHred 
 to vifit me came to fee me, and being directed up- 
 flalrs, when he entered the room, I thought he 
 made my f'slrefs much worfe. He wanted t<5 take 
 hold of my hand, but I dmft not give it to him. 
 He indfted upon taking hold of it, and I then got 
 away from him on the other (ide of the bed ; but 
 being very weak I fell down, and before I could 
 recover he cams to ms and tuok me by the hand^ 
 
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 find lifted me tip, and after a few words deHredto 
 go to prayer. So he fell upon his knees, and pulled 
 me down alfo ; after he had fpent fome time 
 in prayer he rofe up, and afked me now how I did| 
 I anfwered, much worfe ; he then faid, ** Come, 
 ** we will have the old thing over again," and fo 
 we kneeled down a fecond time, and after he had 
 prayed earneftly we got up, and he faid again, 
 ^' How do you do now ;" I replied worfe and 
 worfe, and afked him if he intended to kill me? 
 No, no, faid he, you are worth a thoufand 
 dead men, let us try the old thing over again,'* 
 and Co falling upon our knees, he continued m 
 prayer a confiderable time, and near the clofe of 
 his prayer, the Lord was pleafed to fet my foul 
 at perfeft liberty, and being filled with joy I be- 
 gan to praife the Lord immediately ; my forrows 
 were turned into peace, and joy, and love; The 
 minifler faid, ** How is it now ?** I anfwered, all 
 is well, all happy. He then took his leave of 
 me } but called every day for feveral days after- 
 wards, and the iaft time he faid, *' Hold fafl that 
 ** thou hafl already obtained, 'till JefusChriflcome." 
 I now read the Scriptures very much. My mafler 
 fent often to know how I did, atid at lafl came 
 himfelf, and finding me well, nfktd me if I would 
 not come to work again ? I anfwered no. He 
 afked me the reafon, but receiving no anfwer he 
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 three weeks, during v^hich lime Aie oAeh ajked 
 me to play upon the violin for her, which I re^ 
 fufed \ then fhe faid I was crazy and in«i, and fb 
 reported it among the neighbours^ which opened 
 the mouths of all around againft me. I then 
 refolded to go to my mother, which was eighty- 
 four miles from Charles-Town, 1 was two days 
 on my journey home, and enjoyed much commu- 
 nion with God on the road, and had occafion td 
 mark the gracious interpofitions of his kfnd pro- 
 irjdencc as I pafled along. The third day I ar- 
 rived at my mother's houfej^ and was well received^ 
 At fupper they fat down to eat without afking the 
 Lord's bleffing, wKich caufed me to burfl out into 
 tears My mother afked me what was the matter ? 
 I anfweredj 1 wept becaufe they fat down to fup 
 per without afking the Lord's bleiSing. She bid 
 me, witk mdch furprife, to afk a bleffing . I re* 
 mained with her fourteen days without interrupti- 
 on ; the Lord pitied me, being a young foldier; 
 Soon, however^ Satan began to &\r up my two 
 fifters and brother, who were then at home with 
 my mother > they called me every name but that 
 whick was good. The more they perfecuted me^ 
 the ftronger I grew in grace. At length my mother 
 turned againft me alf6, and the neighboiirs joined 
 ber, and there was not a friend to afTift me, or 
 that I could fpeak to $ this made me earneft with 
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 perience, I was tempted fo far as to threaten my 
 life; but reading my Bible one day, and finding 
 that if I did deftroy inyfelf I could not come 
 where God was, 1 betook myfelf to the fields, and 
 feme days Aaid out from morning to night to avoid 
 the perfecutors, I ftaid one time two days with- 
 out any food, but feemed to have clearer views into 
 the fpiritual things of God. Not long after this 
 I was iharply tried, and reaConed the matter within 
 myfelf, whether I (hould tirm to my old courfos 
 of fin and vice, or ferve and cleave to ^hc Lord ; 
 after praj-^er to God, I was fully perfuaded in my 
 mind, that if I turiftd to my old ways I Ihoukl 
 perifh eternally. Upon this I went home, ' and 
 finding them all as hardened, or worfe than before, 
 und every body faying I was :c razy i bu^ a^ little 
 fifler I had, about nine years of. age, ufed tpjcry 
 vhen fhe (kw them perfeciite mte, and continuing 
 fo about five weeks tand three days, I thought it 
 was better for me to die than to live among fuch 
 
 iieople. 1 rc^fe one mormng very early, to get a 
 ittle quietnel^ and retirement, I went into the 
 ^oods, and ilaid till eight o'clock in the morning ; 
 ppon my return I found them all at breakfaft ^ I 
 pafiTed by them, and went up-ftairs without ^ny 
 interruption ; I went upon my knees to the Lord, 
 «nd returned him thanks } then I took up a fmall 
 pocl^et Bible «nd one of Dr. Watts*s hymn books, 
 ^ ' and 
 

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 and pailidg by them went out without one word 
 fppken by any of us. After fpending fome time 
 in the fields I was perfuaded to go from home al- 
 together. Accordingly I went over the fence, 
 about half a mile from our houfe, which divided 
 the inhabited and cultivated parts of the country 
 from the wildernefs. I continued travelling in the 
 defart all day without the leaft inclination of re*- 
 turning back. About evening I began to be fur- 
 roUnded with wolves ; I took refuge from them 
 on a tree, and remained there all night. About 
 eight o'clock next morning I defcended from the 
 tree, and returnell God thanks for the merpie? of 
 the night. I went on all this day without any 
 thing to eat or drink. The third day, taking my 
 Bible out of my pocket, I read and walked for 
 fome time, and then being wearied and almoft 
 fpent I fat down, and after refting awhile I rqfe to 
 go forward y but had not gone -above a hundred 
 yards when fomething tripped me up, and I fell 
 down •, I prayed to the Lord upon the ground that 
 he would command the wild bcafts to devour me, 
 that I mighc be with him in glory. I made this 
 requeft to God the third itnd part of the fourth 
 day. The fourth day in the morning, defcending 
 from my ufual lodging, a tree, and having nothing 
 all this time tj eat, and but a littic wat^r to drink, 
 I was fo feeble that I tumbled half way down the 
 U^c, not being able to fupport myfelf, and l§y 
 
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 upon my back on the ground an hour and a half, 
 praying and crying } after which, getting a little 
 ftrength, and trying to (land upright to walk, I 
 found myfclf not able *, then I went upon my 
 hands and. knees, and ib crawled till I reached 9 
 tree that was tumbled down, in order to get acrofi 
 it, and there I prayed with my body leaning upon 
 it above an hour, that the Lord would take me to 
 himfelf. Such ncarnefs to God 1 then enjoyed, 
 that I willingly reiigned myfclf into his hands. 
 After fome time I thought I was ftrengthened, fo 
 I got acrofs the tree without my feet or hands touch-* 
 ing the ground -, but flruggling I fell over on the 
 other fide, and then thought the Lord will now anfwer 
 my prayer, and take me home : ^ut the time was 
 not come. After laying there a little, I rofe, and 
 looking about, faw at fome diftance bunches of 
 grafs, called deer-grafs i I felt a ftrong defire to get 
 at it } though 1 rofe, yet it was only on my hands 
 and knees, being fo feeble, and in this manner I 
 reached the grafs. J w?3 three-quarters of an hour 
 going in this form twenty yards. When I reached 
 it I was unable to pull it up, fo I bit it off like a 
 horfe, and prayed the Lord to blcfs it to me, and 
 I thought ic the beft meal 1 ever had in my life, 
 and 1 think fo ftill, it was fo fweet. I returned 
 my God hearty thanks for it, and then lay down 
 about an hour. Feeling myfclf very thirfty, I 
 prayed the Lord to provide mc with fonac water; 
 finding I was fomething ftreng:hened I got up, 
 (tli4 ftood on my feet, and ftaggered frajp one tree 
 
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 to another, if they were near each other, othort 
 yriCt the journey was too long for me. I continued 
 moving fo for fome time, and at length pnfTmg 
 between two trees, I happened to fall upon fomo 
 buHies, among which were a few large hollow leaves* 
 which had caught and contained the dews of the 
 night, and lying low among the buihes, were not 
 exhaled by the Tola rays ^ this water in the leaves 
 fell upon me as I tiumbled down and was loft, I 
 was now tempted to think the Lord had given mo 
 water from Heaven, and I had wafted it. I then 
 prayed the Lord to forgive me. What poor un- 
 believing creatures yre are 1 though we are aflured 
 the Lord will fupply all our needs. I was pre« 
 fently diredfced to a puddle of water very muddy» 
 which fome wild pigs had juft left ; I kneeled 
 down, and aiked the Lord to blefa it to me, fo I 
 drank both mud and water mixed together, and 
 being fatisfied I returned the Lord thanks, and 
 went on my v^y rejoicing. This day was much 
 chequered with wants and fupplies, with dangers 
 and deliverances. I continued travelling on for 
 nine days, feeding upon grafs, and not knowing 
 >vhither I y/T^s going *, but the Lord Jefus Chrift 
 was very prefent, and that comforted me through 
 all. , The next morning, having quitted my cuf* 
 tomary lodging, and returned thanks to the Lord 
 for my preferviation through the night, reading and 
 travellit}g on, I pafted between two bears, about 
 twenty yards diftancc from each other. Both fat 
 md looked at me, but I kit no fear -, and after I had 
 
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 fi&t(Q^i them, they both went the fame Way froth nils 
 without growling, or the leaft apparent uneafinefi^* 
 I went and returned God thanks for my efcape^ 
 who had tamed the wild beads of the foreft, and 
 made them friendly t6 me t I rofe from my knees 
 knd walked on, iinging hymns of praife to God, 
 about five d'clock in the afterndon^ and about 55 
 miles from home, right through the Wildernefs. 
 As I was gbihg on, ar.d mufihg upon the gOodnefs 
 6f the Lord, an Indian hunter, who flood at fome 
 diftance, faw me •, he hid himfelf behind d tree ) 
 but as I pafTed along he bolted oUt^ and put his 
 hands on my breaft, which fiirprlfcd me a few 
 moments. He then afked me where I was going ? 
 I anfwered i did not know, btit Where the Lord 
 Was pleafed to guide me. Having heard me 
 praiiing God before I cat ^e up to him, he enquired 
 who 1 Was talking to ? I told him I was talking to 
 my Lord Jefus ; he feemed furprifed^ and aflced 
 me where he was P for he did not fee him there. I 
 told him he could not be feen With bodily eyes. 
 After a little more talk, he infilled upon taking 
 me home } but I refufed, and added, that I would 
 die rather than return home. He then afked me 
 if I knew how far I was from home ? I anfwered^ 
 I did hot know ; you are $5 miles and a half^ fays 
 he, from home; He farther afked me how I did 
 to live ? I faid I was filpported by the Lord. He 
 afked me how I flept ? 1 anfwered, the Lord pro- 
 vided me with a bed every night ; he further en-* 
 quired what preferved me Aom being devburecl 
 
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 ty the wild bcafts ? I replied, the Lord Jcfus Chrift 
 kept me from them. He flood aftoniftied, and 
 faid, you fay the Lord Jefus Chrift do this, and do 
 that, and do every thing for you, he muft be a 
 very fine man, where is he ? I replied, he is here 
 prcfent. To this he made me no anfwer, only faid, 
 I know you, and your mother and fifler, and upon 
 a little ftirther converfation I found he did know 
 them, having been ufed in winter to fell (kins in our 
 ^ town. Thi& alarmed me, and I wept for fear he 
 would take me home by force ; but when he faw 
 me fo nffedled, he faid he would not take me home 
 if I would go with him. I ohjedlcd againft that, 
 for fear he would rob me of my comfort and com- 
 munion with God : But at laft, being much prefled, 
 I confented to go. Our employment for ten weeks 
 and three days, was killing deer, and taking ofF 
 their (kins by day, which we afterwards hung on 
 the trees to dry till they were fent for; the means of 
 l^idefcncc and fecurity againft our nodurnal enemies, 
 always took up the evenings: We collected a num- 
 ber of large bufhes, and placed them nearly in a cir- 
 cular form^ which uniting at the extremity, afforded 
 lis botha verdant covering, and a fufficient (helter 
 from the night dews. What mofs we could gather was 
 ftrcwedupon the ground, and this ^ompofed our 
 bed. A fire was kindled in the front of our tem- 
 *iorary lodging room, and fed with frcfh fuel all 
 ight, as We flept and watched by turns •, and this 
 as our defence from the dreadful animals, whofe 
 jining eyes and tremendous roar we often fow and 
 ;ard during the 
 
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 By conftant converfation with the hunter, I ac- 
 quired a fuller knowledge of the Indian tongue : 
 This, together with the fweet communion I en- 
 joyed with God, I have conHdered as a prepara- 
 tion for the great trial I was foon after to pafs 
 through. 
 
 The hunting feafon being now at an end, we 
 left the woods, and diredled our courfe towards a 
 
 , large Indian town, belonging to the Cherokee nati- 
 on } and having reached it, I faid to the hunter, 
 they will not fuffer me to enter in. He replied, 
 as I was.with him, nobody would interrupt me. 
 
 There was an Indian fortification all round the 
 town, and a guard placed at each entrance. The 
 hunter paiTed one of thefe without moleftation, but 
 I was flopped by the guard and examined. They 
 afked me where I came from, and what was my 
 bufinefs there ? My companion of the woods at- 
 tempted to fpeak for me, but was not permitted ^ 
 he was taken away, and I faw him no more. I 
 was now furrounded by about 50 men, and carried 
 to one of their chiefs to be examined by him. 
 When I came before him, he afked me what was 
 my bufinefs there ? 1 told him I came there with a 
 hunter, whom I met with in the woods. He re- 
 plied, *• Did I not know that whoever came there 
 " without giving a better account of themfelves 
 
 ; ". than I did, was to be putto death ? " I faid I 
 did not know it. Obferving that I anfwered him' 
 fo readily in his own. language, he afked me where 
 
 , I learnt it ? To this 1 returned no anfwer, but burfl 
 
 out 
 
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 out Into a flood of tears; and calling upon my Lord 
 Jefus. At this he ftood aftonifhed, and exprefTed 
 1 concern for me, and faid ! was young. He aflced 
 me who my Lord Jefus was ?• < To this I gave him 
 no anfwer, but continued praying and wfeeping. 
 Addreflfing himfelf to the officer who ftood by him, 
 hefaidhe was lorry \ biit it was the low, and it muft 
 not be broken. I was then ordered to be taken 
 Away, and put into a place of confinement. They 
 led me from their court into a low dark place, and 
 thruft mt into it^ very dreary and difmal i they 
 made faft the door, and fet a watch. The judge 
 fent for thfe executioner, and gilve him his warrant 
 for my execution in the afternoon of the next day. 
 The executioner came^ ahd gave me notice of it, 
 which made me very happy, ti the near profpeft 
 of death made me hope for a ipeedy deliverance 
 from the body : And truly this dungeon became 
 mychapel, for the Lord Jefus did not leave me 
 in this great trouble^ but was very prefent, fo that 
 I continued blefTing him, and itnging his praiies all 
 night without ceafing: The watch hearing the 
 noife, informed the executioner that fomebody had 
 been in the dungeon with tne all night ; upon 
 which he came in to fee and to examine,with a great 
 torch lighted in his hand, who it ^as I had with 
 me; but finding nobody, he turned round, and 
 afked me who it was ? I told him it was the 
 Lord Jefus Chrift ; but he made no anfwer, turned 
 awayj went out, and locked the door. At the 
 hour appointed for my execution I was taken oiit^ 
 
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 fed 
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 and led to the deftined fpot, amidft a vaft number 
 of people. I praifed the Lord all the way wq 
 went, and when we arrived at the place I under- 
 ftood the kind of death I waw to fuflTer, yet, ble/Ted 
 be God, none of thofe things moved me. Tho 
 executioner (hewed me a baiket of turpentine 
 wood, (luck full of fmall pieces, like ikewers \ he 
 told me I was to be dripped naked, and laid down 
 in the bafket, and thefe ftiarp pegs were to be 
 ftuck into me, and then fet on fire, and when chey 
 had burnt to my body, § I was to be turned on the 
 other iide, and ferved in the fame manner, and 
 then to be taken by four men and thrown into the 
 flame, which was to finifh the execution. I burft 
 into tears, and aiked what I had done to deferve (o 
 cruel a death ! To this he gave me no anfwcr. 1 
 cried out. Lord, if it be thy will that it (hould be 
 fo, thy will be done : I then aiked the executioner 
 to let me go to prayer -, he aiked me to whom ? I 
 anfwered, to the Lord my God ', he feemed fur« 
 prized, and aiked me where he was ? I told him 
 he was prefent ; upon which he gave me leave, I 
 delired them all to do as I did, fo I fell down upon 
 my knees, and mentioned to the Lord his deliver- 
 ing of the three children in the fiery furnace, and 
 of Daniel in the lion's den, and had clofe com- 
 munion with God. I prayed in Engliih a con^ 
 fiderable time, and about the middle of my prayer, 
 the Lord impreiled a ftrong defire upon my mind 
 to turn into their language, and pray in their 
 
 tongue. 
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 ongue. I did fo, and with remarkable Kberty, 
 which wonderfully afieded the people. One cir- 
 cumftance was very fingufar, and ftrikingly difplays 
 the power and grace of God. I believe the exe- 
 cutioner was iavingly converted to God. He mfe 
 from his knets, and embraced me round the mid- 
 dle, and was unable to fpeak for about five minutes i 
 th« firft v^ords he expreffed, when he had utterance, 
 WfSre^ ** No man ihall hurt thee till thou haft been 
 *f to the *.:ing." 
 
 I was taken away immediately, and as we pafled 
 along, and I was refleding upon the deliverance 
 which the l^ordhad wrought out for me, and hear- 
 ing the praifes which the executioner was finging 
 to the Lord, I fxiufbown I was utterly at a lofs to 
 find words to praife him* I broke out in thefe 
 words, what can't the Ltord Jefus do! and what 
 /power is like unto his I I will thank thee for what 
 is paffed, and truft thee fqr what is tc "ome. I 
 will fiiig thy praife with my feeble tongue whilft 
 life and breath fhall' lafl, and when 4 fail to found 
 thy praifes here, I hope to iing the^n round thy 
 throne above : And thus, with unfpeakable joy, I 
 Tung two vevfes p{ Dr. Watts's hymns : 
 
 My God, the fpring of all my joys, 
 
 " The life of my delights j 
 
 The glory of my brightefl days, 
 
 ** And comfort of my nighfs. 
 
 In darkcft (hades, if thpu appear, '{ 
 
 ** My dawning is begun | 
 
 Thou art my fouPs bright morning ftar^ 
 
 t^ And thou my rifing fur^," 
 
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 fnce. 
 
 Pafling by the judge's door, he flopped i;s, ana 
 ^fked the executioner why he brought me back ? 
 The man fell upon his kneesj and begged he would 
 -piermit me to be carried before the king, which be- 
 ing granted, I went on, guarded by tv^o hundred 
 foldiers with bows and irrows, Aftet many 
 windings I entered the king's outward chamber; 
 jand after waiting fome time he came to the door* 
 And his firft queftion wa9, how came I there ? I 
 bnfwered, I came with a hunter whom I met with 
 in the woods, and who perfuaded mt to come 
 there. He then afkbd me how old 1 was ? I told 
 him not fifteen. He aiked me ho\y I was fup- 
 ported before 1 met with this man f 1 ahCwered, by 
 the Lord Jpfus Chriftj which feemed to confound 
 him. He turned roundi and aflted me if he lived 
 where I came from ? I anfwered, y€s, and here 
 tilib. . lie looked about the room, and faid he did 
 not fee him 5 but I.told him I felt him. The exe- 
 cutioner fell upon his knees, and intreated the 
 king, and told him what he had felt of the fame 
 Lord. At this inllant the king's eldeft daughter 
 came into the chamber, a perfon about 19 years 
 bf age, and flbod at thy right-hand. 1 had a 
 Bible in my hand^' which fht took out of it, and 
 having opened it, (he kiffed itj and feemed much 
 delighted with It. When fhe had put it into my 
 hand again, the king aiked me what it was? and 
 1 told him, the name of my God was recorded 
 there ; and, after feveral queftions, he bid me read 
 itj which I did, particularly the 53d chapter o^" 
 
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 tfaiah, in the moft folemn manner I was abre •, andJ 
 alfo the 26th chapter of Matthew's Gofpcl j and 
 when I pronounced the name of Jefus, the parti- 
 cular LiVeA it had upon me was obferved by the 
 king. When I had finifhed reading, he afked me 
 why I read' thofe names* with fo much reverence ? 
 I told him, becaufe the Being to whom thofe 
 names belonged made heaven and earth, and I and 
 he ; this he denied. I then pointed to the fun^ 
 and afked him. who made the lun, and moon, and 
 ftars, and preftrved them in their regular order I 
 He faid there was a man in their fown that did it; 
 I laboTjred as much as I could to convince him to 
 the contrary. His daughter took the book out of 
 my hand a fecond time ; fhe opened it, and kifTed 
 it again ; her father bid her give it to me, which 
 ihe did -, but faid, with much forroWy the book 
 would not fpeak to her. The executioner then 
 fell upon hisr knees, and begged the king to let me 
 go to prayer, which being granted, we all went 
 upon our knees, and now the Lord difplayed his 
 glorious power. In the midft of the prayer ibme 
 cf them cried out, particularly the king's daughter^ 
 :ind the man who ordered me to be executed, and 
 feveral others feemed under deep convi6lion of fin : 
 This made the king very angry ; he called me a 
 witch, and commanded me to be thruft intd the 
 prifon, and to be executed the next morning. 
 This was enough to m^ake me think, as old Jacob 
 
 once 
 
 * Or whae thofe parts were which feemed taaffeft me fii 
 much, not knowing what I rend, }$ he did not underftand the 
 Englilh langua£,e. 
 
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 tmce did, " All thefe things are againft me j*' for * 
 I was dragged away, and thruft into the dungeon 
 With much indignation ; but God, who never for- ' 
 fakes his people, was with me. Though I was 
 weak in body, yet was I ftrong in the fpirit : The 
 Lord works, and who fhall let it ? The executioner 
 went to the king, and affured him, that if he put 
 me to death, his daughter would never be well. 
 They ufed the Ikill of all their dodors that after-* 
 noon and night; bvi phyfical prefcriptions were 
 jifelefs. In the morning the executioner came to 
 me, and, without opening the prifon door, called 
 to me, and hearing me anfwer, faid, " Fear not, 
 *• thy God who delivered thee yeftcrd^, will de- 
 •* liver thee to-day." This comforted me very 
 much, efpecially to find he could truft the Lord.' 
 Soon after I was fetched out -, I thought it was to 
 be executed ; but they led me away to the king's 
 chamber with much bodi iy weaknefs, having been 
 v^ithout food two days. When I came into the 
 king's prefence, he faid to me, with much anger, 
 if I did not make his daughter and that man well, 
 I fhould be laid down and chopped into pieces 
 tefore him. I was not afraid, but the Lord f-t-^d 
 my faith fharply. The king's daughter and the 
 other perfon were brought out into the outer 
 -chamber, and we went to prayer •, but the heavens 
 were locked up to my petitions. I befought the 
 Lord again, but received no anfwer : I cried again, 
 and he was intreated. He faid, " Be it to thee a$ 
 -** jth9M wilt^" the Lord appeared moft lovely and 
 
 glorioui 
 
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 glorious i the king hlmP^lf was awakened, and thp 
 others fet at liberty. A great change took place 
 ^mong the people j the king's houfe became God's 
 Jioufe i the foldiers were ordered away, and the 
 poor condemned prifoner had perfed liberty, and 
 was treated like a prince. Now the Lord made 
 all my enemies to become my great friends. I 
 remained nine weeks in the king's palace, praidng 
 God day and night : I was never out but thre^ 
 days all the time. I had aiTumed the habit of thQ 
 <:ountry, and was drefled much like the king, and 
 nothing was too good for me. The kirg woul4 
 take off his golden ornaments, his -chain an(^ 
 bracelets, like a qhild, if I obje^led to them, and 
 lay them aiide. Here I learpt tp ipeak theic 
 tongue in the higheft ftile, 
 
 1 begatt now to feel an inclination growing upoti 
 we to go farther on, but none to return home. 
 The king being acquainted with this, expreiTed his 
 fears of my being ufed ill by the next Indian na- 
 tion, and, to prevent it, fent 50 men, and a re"* 
 commendation to the king, with me. The next, 
 nation wa^ called the Creek Indians, at 6q mile^ 
 diftance. Here I vyas received with kipdnefs« 
 owing to the king's influence, from whom I had 
 parted •, here 1 ftaid five weeks. I next vilited the 
 Cat^war Indians, at 'about 55 miles diftance from 
 the others : Laftly, I went among the Houfaw 
 Indians, 80 miles diftant from the laft mentioned ; 
 here I ftaid feven weeks. Thefe nations were then 
 f1^ Deace with each other, andl pafT^d among 
 
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 fhem without danger, being recommended ^an| 
 pne to the other. When they recoiled, that the 
 white people drove them from the American (hores, 
 the three Hr^ nations have ofceji united, and mur- 
 dered all the white people iirthe back fettlements 
 which they could lay hold of, man, woman^ and 
 child. I had not much reafon to believe any of 
 thcfe three nations were favingly wrought upon, 
 and therefore I returned to the Cherokee nation, 
 which took me up eight weeks. J <- ^ntinued with 
 jny old friends feven weeks and two days. 
 
 I now and then found, that my afFedlions to my 
 family and country were not dead; they were 
 ibmetimes very fenfibly felt, and at laft ftrengthened 
 irito an invincible defire of returning home. The 
 Icing was much againftit; but feeling the fame 
 (Irong bias towards my country, after we had alked 
 Divine direction, the king cqnfented, and accom- 
 panied me 60 miles with 140 men, I went to 
 prayer three times before we could part, and thei\, 
 he fent 40 men -with me a hundred miles farther ; 
 I went to prayer, and then took my leave of them, 
 and pafTed on my way. I had 70 miles nbw to go> 
 ^o the back fettlements of the white people. I 
 was furrounded very foon with wolves again, which 
 made my old lodging both neceffary and welcome. 
 However it w^s not long, for in two days I reached 
 the fettlements, and on the third I found a houfe : 
 It was about dinner-time, and as I came up to the 
 door the family faw me, were frightened, and ran 
 ^way. I fat down to dinner alone, and eat very 
 
 hi-artily, 
 
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 heartily, and, after returning God thanks, I wen 
 to fee what was become of the family. I found 
 means to lay hold of a girl that ftood peeping at' 
 me from behind a barn. She fainted away, and 
 it was upwards of an hour before (he recovered ; 
 it was nine o'clock before I could get them all to 
 venture in, they were fo terrified. 
 
 My drefs was purely in the Indian ftile j the 
 Ikins of wild beads compofed my garments, my 
 head was fet out in the iavage manner, with a long 
 pendant down my back, a fafh round my middle 
 without breeches, and a tomohawk by my fide. 
 In about two days they became fociable. Having 
 vifited three or four other families, at the diftance 
 of 16 or 20 miles, i got them altogether to prayer 
 on the Sabbath days, to the number of 17 peribns. 
 I ftaid with them fix weeks, and they exprefTed 
 much forrow when I left them. I was now one 
 hundred and twelve miles from home. On the 
 road I fometimes met with a houfe, then I was 
 hofpitably entertained ; and when I met with none, 
 a tree lent me the aCe of its friendly fhelter and 
 protedion from the prowling beafts of the woods 
 during the night. The God of mercy and grace 
 fupported me thus for eight days, and on the ninth 
 I reached my uncle's houfe. 
 
 The following particulars, relating to the man- 
 ner in which I was made known to my family, are 
 lefs interefling ; and yet, perhaps, fome readers 
 would not forgive their omifiion : I ihall, however, 
 be as brief as 1 can. I a(ked my uncle fbr « 
 
 lodging^ 
 
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 lodging, which he refufed. I enquired how fax 
 the town was oflF; three quarters of a mile, faid 
 he. Do you know Mrs. Marrant and family, and 
 how the children do ? was my next que(lion. He 
 faid he did, they were all well, but one was lately 
 loft } dt this I turned my head and wept. He did 
 not know me, and upon refufing again to lodge 
 me, I departed. When I reached the town it was 
 dark, and paiTmg by a hou(e where one of my old 
 fchool'fellows lived, I knocked at the door ; he 
 came oat,, and afked me what I wanted P I deHred 
 a lodging, which was granted : I went in, but 
 was not known. I alked him if he knew Mrs. ' 
 Marrant, and hoyif the family were ? He (aid, he 
 had juft left them, they were all well ; but a young 
 lad, with whom he went to fchool, who, after hie 
 had quitted fchool, went to Charles-Town to learn 
 fome trade i but came home crazy, and rambled 
 in the woods, and was torn in pieces by the wil4 
 beafts. How do you know, faid I> that he was 
 killed by wild beafts I I, and his brother, and uncl^t 
 and others, faid he, went three days into the woods 
 in fearch of him, and found his carcafe torn, and 
 brought it home, and buried it, and they are now in 
 mourning for him. This afFedled me very much, 
 and I wept; obferving it, he faid, what is the 
 matter ? I made no anfwer. At fupper they fat 
 down without craving a blcffing, for which I re- 
 proved them i this fo affedted the man, that J, 
 believe it ended in a found converfion. Here is a 
 wild man, fays he, come out of the woods to be « 
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Vitheis tor God, and to repro\re our ingratitude 
 lind ftupefadtion ! After fiippcr I went to prayer^ 
 and then to bed. Riitng a little beiore day-light^ 
 Und praifing the Lbrd, as mf cuftom was, the 
 family were furprifed, and got up : I ftaid with 
 them till nine o'clock, and then ^ent to my mo- 
 ther's houfe in the next ftreet. The iingiilarity of 
 my drefs drew every bbdy*8 eyes iipbn me, yet 
 none knew me. I knock'd at my mother^s door^ 
 tny fifter opened it, Und was ftartled at my ap- 
 pearance. Having exprefled a deHre to fee Mrs. 
 Marrant, I was anfwered, flie was hot very wel)^ 
 and that my buiinefs with her could be done by 
 the perfon at the door, who alfp attempted to fhut 
 me out, which I prevented. My mother bein^ 
 called^ I went in^ and fat down, a mob tf people 
 being round the door. My mother alked,' *♦ what 
 ** 18 your buflnefs i" only to fee you, faid 1. She 
 ii<ras ihuch obliged to me, but did not know me. 
 1 aiked, how are your childreri ? how are your 
 two Tons i She replied, her daughters were in 
 good health, of her two fons, one was well^ and 
 with her, but the other,— unable to contain; fhe 
 burft into a flood of tears, and retired. I wasr 
 overcome, and wept much; but nobody khe# 
 me. / This was an afFefting fcene ! Prefently my 
 brother came in : He enquired, who I was, and 
 wliac I was ? My iifter did not know ; but being 
 Kmeafy at my prefence, they contrived to get me 
 out of the houfe, which, being over-heard by me, 
 1 refolvcd not to ftir. My youngcft fifter, eleven 
 
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 years of age, came \n from fchool, and knew me 
 the moment /he faw me : She goes into the kitchen, 
 and tells the woman her brother was' corner but 
 hernews finding no credit there ftie returns, paHes 
 trough the, room where. I fat, made a running 
 turtfey, and fays to my eldeft fifter in the nex^ 
 rgom, \t 19 my brother \ She was . then called a 
 foojiih girl, and threatened % the child cried, and 
 infifted upqn it* She weat crying up-ftairs to my 
 mother, and told her ; but neither would my 
 mother believe her. At laft they faid to her, if 
 It be your brother, go and kifs him, and a(k hin^ 
 how he does ? She ran and clafped me round the 
 heck, and, looking me in the face, faid, «* Are not 
 *' you my brother John ? ** I anfwered yes, and 
 wept. I was then made knotvn to all the family, 
 to my friends, and acquaintances, who received 
 me, and were glad, and rejoiced : f Thus the dead 
 was brought to life' again ; thus the loft was found. 
 f (hall now clofe the Narrative, with only remark- 
 ing a few incidents in my life, until my connedlion 
 with my Right Honourable Patrotjefs, the Cpunt^ft 
 of Huntingdon. 
 
 I remained with my relations till the commence- 
 ment of the American troubles. I ufed to go and 
 hear the word of God, if any Gofpel minifters 
 came into the country, though at a coniiderable 
 diftance, and thereby got acquainted with a few 
 poor people, who feared God in Will's Town, and 
 PoroughTowii, Dorchefter Town, and other place? 
 thereabouts; and in thofe places we ufed to meet 
 ■ E and 
 
 hft4 been abfent froiQ thciQ about 23 maiths. 
 
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 and aAbciate together for Chriftian converfation, 
 and, at their iequeft, I frequently went to prayer 
 with them^andat timea enjoyed much of theLord'a 
 prefence among them^ and yet, reader, my foul was 
 got into a declining ftate. Don't forget our Lord*| 
 exhortation, " What I fay untp you, I fay ui^tp gll^ 
 11 Watch." 
 
 About this time I was an eye-witneft of the 
 remarkable converfion of a child feven and a half 
 years old, named Mary Scott, whi^h I ihall here 
 mention, in hopes the Lord may ma|^e it ufeful 
 and profitable to my young readers. Her parents 
 lived in the houfe adjoining to my fifter's. One 
 day, as I was returning from my work, and pafling 
 by the fchool where ihe was inftru^cd, 1 faw the 
 children coming out, and ftop*d and looked among 
 them for her, to take her home in my hand} but 
 not feeing her among thofe that were coming out, 
 I fuppofed (he was gone befqre, and went qn to- 
 wards home •, when palling by the church^yard^ 
 which was in my way, I faw her very bufy walking 
 from one tomb to another, and went to her, and 
 alked her what (he was doing there ? She told me, 
 that in the leflbn the had fet her at fchool that 
 morning, in the Twentieth of the Revelations, (he 
 read, ** I faw the dead, fn^all and greai (tand 
 ** before God," &c. and (he had been meafuring 
 the graves with. a tape (he then held in her hand, 
 to fee if there were any (o fmall as herfelf among 
 them, and that (he had found (ix that were(horter. 
 I then faid, and what of that ? She anfwered, ** I 
 
il?u *i Iht wottW live tiU fee wm grown • wo- 
 51^ 1 be with Ghrift. r.ther than to l..e till 
 
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 «» obfctved to be •'"•JV *; ^^ be frelh upon 
 
 her mind. 1 uW "^ ' ^^ „<•,,„ „«! and 
 in to*n, «nd « ^ 'f* .j much effefted. 
 ^«yed together. •"'***;^„,atpUy with other 
 
 ettldren, but fp«t to » ^^^ ^^^^, 
 
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 xbout three weete , wnen j 
 
 f«quently f «J^f ^^.Ker dying fo foon , 
 
 ««"' 1^TiwSofh.rmnrf»*«f»W«'«'%'" 
 butinthe aft week otn ^ „ j., before 
 
 • very fT .?* xie phyfi=i«.s attended her. 
 « saturday-mght. Tne p y ^^^ ,p. 
 
 l,„t ftie took very few C'f »yJ ;„ qii 
 
 >ared<i»itecalmand«fi^^oG ^^ ^.^^^ , 
 
 Friday mornmg, «]»* ^^ '^j ^opcd fte would 
 ♦ifited her. and told h« *»'J "J ,j „e that 
 
 ftic fhould certainly « vifttcd her again. 
 
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 Afier fctrfng with her about a qu/^rtpr of; to h^urt 
 ihe got up» and delired me to go down,, and fend 
 her mother up with a clean (hift for her, which 1 
 did; and after a little time, when, J went up again, 
 I found her lying on the bed, with her eyca fixed 
 up to Heaven ; when, turning herfelf and feeing 
 me, Hie faid, ** Mr. Marrant» don't you fee that 
 •* pretty town, and thofe fine people, how they 
 *• fiiine like gold i — O how I long to be with my 
 " Led and his redeemed Children in Glory I " and 
 then turning to her parents and two fifters (who 
 were all prcfent, having by her dcfire been called 
 to her) fhe fhook hands with them, and bade cheni 
 farewell j defiring them not to lament for her when 
 (he was dead, for ihe was going to that fine place 
 where God would wipe away all tears from her 
 eyes, and (he (hould fing Hallelujahs to God and 
 the Lamb for ever and ever, and where (he hoped 
 afterwards to meet them ; and then turning again 
 to mcy (he faid, ** Farewell, and God blefs you^" 
 and then felL afleep in the arms of Jefus. This 
 afterwards proved the converfion of her mother. 
 
 In thofe troublefome times, I was pre(red 
 on board the Scorpion (loop of war,, as their 
 mufician, as they were told I could play on 
 mufic— >! continued in his maje(ly*s fervice fix 
 years and eleven months j and with(ham€ confefs, 
 that a lamentable ^upor crept over all my fptritual 
 vivacity, life and vigour j i gof cold and dead. 
 My gracious God, my dear Father in his dear Son» 
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 jTci^ld me c?ery now and then by dangers and dc- 
 Jiveraneet.-^! wu at the (iege of Charles«Town» 
 ijid paited tfirough many dangeri. When the town 
 'Witt taken, my old royal benefactor and convert, 
 
 tiie king of the Cherokee Indians, riding into tho 
 'town with general Clinton, faw me, and knew me : 
 
 He alighted off his horfe,f and came to me ^ faid 
 
 he was glad to fee me ; that his daughter was 
 ' very happy, and fometimes longed to get qut of 
 
 the body. 
 
 Some time after this I wascruiiing about in the 
 American feas, and cannot help mentioning a iln- 
 guUr deliverance I had from the mod imminent 
 danger, and the ufe the Lord made of it to me. 
 We were overtaken by a violent ftorm i I was 
 waihed overboard, and thrown on again ; daftied 
 into the fea a fecond time, and toflfed upon deck 
 again. I now fattened a rope round my middle, 
 as a fecurity againft being thrown into the fea 
 again ; but, alas ! forgot to fallen it to any part 
 of the (hip ; being carried away the third time by 
 the fury of the waves, when in the (avj I found 
 
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 t Though it is unuAial for Indians to have a horfe, yet the 
 king accompanied the general on the prefent foccefsful occafion 
 riding on hodb-back.-— If the king wilhed to ferve me, th«re 
 was no o^^rttintty ; the town being taken on Friday after- 
 noon, Saturday aii exprefs arrived from the commander in chief 
 at Ne)v-York» for a large detachment ». or the town would fall 
 into the hands of (he Americans, \vhkh hurried us away on 
 Sunday morning. ' . i oi •. . . 
 
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 die topt t)6tii uttltCn ahd ,fth inotimbran^^i. 
 Sn tde Tea the third time atjiout eight ajufiatest 
 the fharks came toUtiB me in great nunsbevs 1 ^ 
 of an enormous fitt, that could ealily have take| 
 me Into his inouth at once, palSed alid rubhed ' 
 againft my (ide. I the;n cfied more earAeflly tor 
 iheXord than I had d6he for fome time j and he( 
 who )^eard Jonah's prater, did not ihut out lAine^ 
 for 1 was thrown aboard again ; thefe were the 
 jtieahs the Lord ufed to revive me, and I began 
 Jiow to fct out :tfrefh. 
 
 I was in tLe engagement with the Duteh off thef 
 Dogger Bank, <m board the Princer8-<AmeI;ay of 
 84 gtms.* We had a great nufmber killed anfd 
 Itrounded ; the deck was ri!t*jii:ng with blood ; fix 
 men were killed, and three woui^ed, ftationed 
 at the fame gun with me ; my head and face were 
 covered with the blood and brains of the flain : I 
 was wounded, but did not fall, till a quarter of an 
 houf before the engagement ended, and was happy 
 during the whole of it. After being ih the hof- 
 pital three months and 16 days, I was fent to 
 the Weft-Tndies on board a Ihip of war, andy after 
 cruifing in thofe feas^ we returned home as a con- 
 voy. Being taken ill of my old vounds, I was 
 put into the hofpital at Plymouth, and had not 
 been there long,- when the phyfician gave it as his 
 opinion, that I fhoutd not be capable of 5'^rving 
 the king again '^ I was therefore difeharged, and 
 came to London, where I lived with a refpeAftb!e 
 
 and 
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 pi(i^ Pl^n^aat tlir^ yaM»it«ho was unwliUng 
 |p l^i^^y^. buHl>g tlMS tvne I faw my call 
 lj|lJi^«ui|iAT)^fi^^^ ati4 f learer I M a feeling 
 fconcerr. for the falvadon of my countryi^ien : I 
 c^rrkd them conftantly in the arms of prayer and 
 faith to the throne of grace^ and h^d continual 
 forrow in my heart for my brethren, for my kinf- 
 men, according to the flefh. — ^I wrote a Ltter to 
 my brother, who returned me an anfwer, in which 
 he prayed fome mmifters would come 'md preach 
 to thern, and deiired me to Hiew it to the miniller 
 whom I attended. I ufed to exercife my gifts on 
 a Monday ^ening iri prayer and exhortation, and 
 was approved of, and ordained at Bath. Her 
 i^aayihip having feen the ktter from my brother 
 in Nova^S^otia, thought Providence called m<s 
 th^e ; Ta which place I am now bound, a)id eX" 
 pe^ to fail in a few days. 
 
 / I have now oniy to intreat the earneft prayers 
 of all my kind Chriftian frierids, that I may be 
 carried Odfe thfrc; kept humble, made faithful, 
 and iuccefsful ;, that ftrangcrs m>ay hear of and 
 run to Chrift ; that Indian tribes may ftretch out 
 their hands to God ; that the black nations may 
 be made white in the blood of the Lamb ; that 
 vaft multitudes of hard tongues, and of a ftrange 
 fpecch, may learn the language of Canaan, and 
 fmg the fong of Mofes, and of the Lamb ; and, 
 anticipating the glorious profpeA, m;iy we all with 
 
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 fervent hearts, and willing tongues, fing hallelujah j 
 the kingdoms of the world are become the king- 
 doms of our God, and of his Chrift. Amen and 
 Amen. 
 
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 Fiefcot-ftreet, No. 60, ' ' \ / 
 
 July 18, 1785. 
 
 ' ' ' London^ Auguft 16, 1"]%$^ 
 
 IVlR. John Mar rant lh*4 with us about 3 yearSy 
 
 which he did with bonejiy and fohriety-— he feared G> U 
 end had a defire tofave his foul before he ever came io 
 live with us 'y — he Jhezved himfelf to be fuch while h( 
 lived with us, hy attending the means of Grace diligently , 
 and by being tender hearted to the poor, by giving them 
 vwncy and .viuiuals if he had left himjelf none. He left 
 us with no mifunderjlanding whatever^ about April lafi. 
 
 This is nothing but the truth. ' ' . 
 
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