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borne, but who can bear respect and abundance ? On 

 the 14th he read public prayers by request, and was 

 much refreshed with those glorious promises contained 

 both in the seventy-second Psalm and in the first les- 

 son, the fortieth chapter of Isaiah: "They that wait 

 upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall 

 mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not 

 be weary; they shall walk and not faint." On Friday, 

 the 16th, he parted from the last of those friends who 

 came with him to America, Mr. Charles Delamotte; 

 preached once more, Sunday, the 18th, to this careless 

 people; went on board the Samuel, Captain Percy, 

 Thursday, the 22d, and taking leave of America, sailed 

 over Charleston bar Saturday, the 24th, and about 

 noon lost sight of land. After a stormy passage, he 

 arrived at Deal on the first of February, 1738, the 

 anniversary festival of Governor Oglethorpe's landing 

 in Georgia; read prayers and explained a portion of 

 Scripture at the inn, and on the 3d arrived safe in 

 London. 



His successor, Mr. Whitefield, in 1738, bore this 

 honorable testimony to Mr. Wesley and his colleagues 

 in America: " Surely I must labor most heartily,. since 

 I come after such worthy men. The good Mr. John 

 "Wesley has done in America is inexpressible. His 

 name is very precious among the people, and he has 

 laid such a foundation . that I hope neither men nor 

 devils will be able to shake it. O that I may follow 

 him as he has followed Christ! " 



