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eiily-minded people, who were persecuted by the Pa- 

 pists, and driven from their native country on account 

 of their religion. They were protected by Count Zin- 

 zendorf, who sent them over to Georgia, in the care of 

 their bishop, David Nitschman, where lands were to 

 be given them. The Oxford Methodists were charmed 

 with their Christian deportment, and familiar ac- 

 quaintance and conversation with them during the 

 passage gave rise to important changes in their after- 

 lives — in particular their calm trust and confidence in 

 contrast with the paroxysms of fear and anxiety that 

 seized the rest of the ship's company during the storm 

 that struck the vessel on Sunday, January 25, 1736, 

 made a lasting impression on Mr. Wesley and his as- 

 sociates. The storm is thus described by Mr. Ingham : 



The sea sparkled and smoked as if it had been on fire. The air 

 darted forth lightning, and the wind blew so fiercely that yon could 

 scarcely look it in the face and draw your breath. The waves did 

 not swell so high as at other times, being pressed down by the im- 

 petuosity of the blast; neither did the ship roll much, but it quiv- 

 ered, jarred, and shook. About half an hour past seven a great sea 

 broke in upon us, which split the main-sail, carried away the com- 

 panion, filled between decks, and rushed into the great cabin. This 

 made most of the people tremble, and I believe they would then have 

 been glad to have been Christians, how light soever they made of re- 

 ligion before. I myself was made sensible that nothing will enable 

 us to smile in the face of death but a life of extraordinary holiness. 

 Toward three the wind abated. In the morning we returned thanks 

 for our deliverance ; and before night most of the people had for- 

 gotten that they were in a storm. " If they hear not Moses and the 

 prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the 

 dead." (Luke xvi. 31.) 



They sailed into the Savannah River on Thursday, 

 February 5, 1736, and cast anchor near Tybee Island, 

 where the groves of pine running along the shore 

 made an agreeable prospect, showing the bloom of 



