100 History of Methodism 



where we shall have nothing to do but to praise him forever for his 

 goodness, and declare, in never-ceasing songs of praise, the wonders 

 he has done- for us and all the other sons of men. 



He was welcomed on his first visit to Savannah by 

 Charles Delamotte and other friends of the Wesleys. 

 The authorities of the province, now containing five 

 hundred inhabitants, received him with civility, and 

 resolved that " he should have a house and tabernacle 

 at Frederica, and should serve at Savannah as long as 

 he pleased." When he was the stated minister of this 

 parish he constantly performed divine service publicly 

 very early every- morning, and at the close of the day's 

 work every evening, when he always expounded part of 

 the first or second lesson. Every Sunday he adminis- 

 tered the holy communion and had public service four 

 times a day. His congregations were very large, for 

 there were many Dissenters in the parish, and there 

 were few absentees. It was also his daily practice to 

 visit in rotation from house to house, without any re- 

 gard to religious denominations or party distinctions, 

 and he thus gained more and more on the affections of 

 the people. When he examined the state of the Colony, 

 he was so deeply affected by the condition of the chil- 

 dren that he set his heart on founding the Orphan 

 House in Georgia, which Charles Wesley and Gov- 

 ernor Oglethorpe had contemplated, and about which 

 the former had written and spoken to him before he 

 had thoughts of coming to America. He opened 

 schools in the villages of Highgate and Hampsteacl, 

 and one also for girls in Savannah. After a few weeks 

 he visited Frederica, and preached for the people un- 

 der a tree, and had the satisfaction before he left of 

 seeing them " sawing timber for a commodious place 

 of worship, until a church could be built." As he as 



