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liavc at last gl'oat reason to applaud our system (and \tg hope ere long 

 they will join with us in the Established Form.) They having had 

 monstrous Divisions in most of their Society's, occasioned by Mr. 

 Whitetield and his successors, \vhich has opened ye Eyes of some so as 

 to behold ye Beauty of our Church which hitherto has escaped the 

 snares laid by the Grand Deceiver of mankind. We therefore hope 

 that you will, as soon as may be, send us a man who by his parts and 

 prudence will be able to still all opposers, and by the soundness of his 

 Doctrine convince all gainsayers, and lastly by his exemplary life do 

 honor to the Religion he professes. And as we are the Second Town in 

 N. E. you cannot but think the expenses of a Family are greater, than 

 at Scituate, Kingston, &c., where their stipend is greater. Indeed we 

 know where those Missionaries spend six-pence, a Clergyman in this 

 Town must unavoidably spend eigi;hteen pence, unless he breaks through 

 all the Rules of Common Decency and good manners. Therefore we 

 hope the Hon'l Society will ta.ke ye matter under consideration and add 

 the Twenty pounds to the Forty, which was taken off from Mr. Brock- 

 well, to ye next Gent. yt. comes, so that with the one hundred and 

 thirty pounds we will "ive him it will afford him an comfortable and 

 handsome living, so that he may devote the whole of his time to his 

 Study, not being perplexed in his mind (by the narrowness of his in- 

 come) how he shall live. As to Mr. Brockwell, to be sure he has been 

 faithful to the trust reposed in him, and as in the course of things he 

 must leave us, we committ our case to you, not doubting your regard for 

 this Infant, tho' flourishing Church, as it is the design of the Society 

 to Propagate the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 



We salute you and are, your humblesupplicants and most humble 

 servants, 



Philip Sanders, } -rrr , 

 T TV > v\ ■aniens. 



J NO. Dampney, ^ 



B. Gerrish, ^ 



David Breton, f y 



Wji. Hathorne, ( •='" 



Ephraim Ingalls, J 



P. S. Gen'n : — If yon will be pleased to send us some Common 



Prayer Books with Tate and Brady's Version Psalms, they will be of 



great service.'' 



The person appointed in answer to this prayer was a native 

 of Glasgow. Scotland; born in 1703; graduated at Baliol 

 College, Oxford, in 1T31; ordained a deacon, by Richard, 

 Bishop of London, in 1733, and a priest by Martin, Bishop of 

 Gloucester, in 1735. His first ministerial service was ren- 

 dered at St. Philip's Church, Charleston, S. C, from 1741 to 

 1744, as a Missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the 

 Gospel in Foreign Parts. He resigned that charge on account 

 of ill health, and returned to England with testimonials of his 

 usefulness, and high character. 



The Society above mentioned had contributed to the support 

 of the church here from the beginning. Mr. McGilchrist 

 served its interests with great success. The congregation here 

 grew rapidly under his charge, so that it was necessary in 

 1771 to enlarge the house and engage an assistant minister, the 



