The history of Georgia . urt of p. 47. London. 1741. Savannah, November 10, \7iO, p. 5. Lon- 8 Another contemporaneous account is don, 1742. See also idein, pp. 29, 31. almost identical: On the Georgia side An Impartial Enquiry into the State and [of the Savannah River], twelve miles Utility of the Province of Georgia, p. 13. irom Puryshurg, is the Town oi Ebenezer, London, 1741. Compare Harris Cotn- which thrives very much ; there are very plete Collection of Voyages and Travels, good Houses built for each of the Min- etc., vol. ii. p. 337. London- 1748. isters, and an Orphan House ; and they
The history of Georgia . urt of p. 47. London. 1741. Savannah, November 10, \7iO, p. 5. Lon- 8 Another contemporaneous account is don, 1742. See also idein, pp. 29, 31. almost identical: On the Georgia side An Impartial Enquiry into the State and [of the Savannah River], twelve miles Utility of the Province of Georgia, p. 13. irom Puryshurg, is the Town oi Ebenezer, London, 1741. Compare Harris Cotn- which thrives very much ; there are very plete Collection of Voyages and Travels, good Houses built for each of the Min- etc., vol. ii. p. 337. London- 1748. isters, and an Orphan House ; and they The Rev. Mr. John Wesleys descrip- have partly framed Houses and partly tion is as follows: New Ebenezer, to Huts, neatly built, and formed into regu- which the Saltzburghers removed in March, lar streets; they have a great deal of , lies six Miles Eastward from the Cattle and Corn-Ground, so tliat they Old, on a high bluff, near the Savannah r <^^^?z^ E B E N^^^: Z E R /^z^tf^^ r^^-/-„. .Xe^iKf vM-^zS/-/^. ?-7»i» Joee . Flutn Ir/h NEW EBENEZER. 213 Cattle is also under the Care of two other Herdsmen, who attendthem in their Feeding in the Day, and drive them into Cow-Pens at night. This secures the Owners from any Loss, and theHerdsmen are paid by a small Contribution among the are very industrious, and subsist comfortably by their La-bour. Though there is no regular Court of Justice, as they livein Sobriety, they maintain great Order and Decency. In caseof any Ditferences, the Minister calls three or four of the mostprudent Elders together, who in a summary Way hear and de-termine as they think just, and the Parties always acquiescewith Content in their Judgment. They are very regular in theirpublic Worship, which is on Week-Days in the Evening aftertheir Work; and in the Forenoon and Evening on have built a large and convenient House for the Receptionof Orphans, and other poor Children, who are maintained byBenefactio
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