chap, iv.] WEST INDIES. 171 
them into the knowledge of religious truth. In 
the report of the lords of the committee of coun¬ 
cil on the slave trade, is an account of the labours 
of the society known by the name of the Unitas 
Fratrum (commonly called Moravians) in this 
truly glorious pursuit; from which it appears, that 
their conduct in this business displays such sound 
judgment, breathes such a spirit of genuine Chris¬ 
tianity, and has been attended with such eminent 
success, as to entitle its brethren and missionaries 
to the most favourable reception, from every man 
whom the accidents of fortune have invested with 
power over the poor Africans; and who believes 
(as I hope every planter believes) that they are his 
fellow creatures, and of equal importance with 
himself in the eyes of an all-seeing and impartial 
Governor of the Universe. With an abridgment 
of that account, I shall close the subject of my pre¬ 
sent discussion. 
The church of the United Brethren have, ever 
since the year 1732, been active in preaching the 
gospel to different heathen nations in many parts of 
the world, but not with equal success in all places. 
The method here described, and made use of by the 
missionaries of the said church, in leading the ne¬ 
gro slavey in the West Indies to the knowledge and 
practice of Christianity, is followed, in all points that 
are not local, in all the missions of the brethren. 
After many years unsuccessful labour, experi¬ 
ence has taught them, that the plain testimony 
