. The history of Methodism. t Wright and setsail with him. The hospitable Methodists of Bristol were trueto their reputation in fitting out the two missionaries. Asburykept a journal of the voyage. He prayed much, read hisBible much, meditated much, and preached frequently stand-ing on the deck with his back against the swaying sentences which he wrote on shipboard open the earn-est mans soul to our vision : Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honor? No, if I know my own heart. To get money? No, I am going to live to God, and bring others so to do. After a voya


. The history of Methodism. t Wright and setsail with him. The hospitable Methodists of Bristol were trueto their reputation in fitting out the two missionaries. Asburykept a journal of the voyage. He prayed much, read hisBible much, meditated much, and preached frequently stand-ing on the deck with his back against the swaying sentences which he wrote on shipboard open the earn-est mans soul to our vision : Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honor? No, if I know my own heart. To get money? No, I am going to live to God, and bring others so to do. After a voyage of fifty days the ship passed up the Dela-ware and the two missionaries reached Philadelphia on Oc-tober 27, 1771, where Pilmoor and the little society greeted Asbury and Wright in America 75 them with great cordiality. The people looked on us withpleasure, wrote Asbury, bidding- us welcome with ferventaffection, and receiving us as angels of God. They preachedin the large church there, and after a few days separated for. MRS. ELIZABETH mother of the pioneer b^hop. their respective fields, Wright going down into the EasternShore of Maryland to Bohemia Manor, where Whitefield hadbeen a welcome guest, and Asbury going to New York. I 76 American Methodism trust he will be a special instrument in the hands of God,turning many to righteousness, wrote Pilmoor after seeinghim safely on his way. On his way through the Jerseyshe stopped to preach in the courthouse at Burlington, and,turning aside to Staten Island, spent the Sabbath withPeter Van Pelt, in whose house he preached thrice on thatday. This was the beginning of a work on that island whichsoon warranted the organization of a class and has ever sinceflourished abundantly. On Monday, November 11, 1771, Asbury came up the bayfrom Staten Island and landed in New York. Boardmanwelcomed him as a brother, and the next day the young itin-erant preached in the Wesley Chapel, John Street, from thetext, I am determined to k


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