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Occasion this Place was called
The
Synod at
& Blessing also the first 3 Indians were
also baptized. In
|Adjunctus| Assistant of the Ordinary in
|: he had as it is known rece accepted there
the Office of a Lutheran Minister :| but
the from
en Mob violently drawn from the Pulpit
whereupon in the Name of the Reformed
the Church was taken in Possession
with a Part of the Congregation to our
Lodging, where the divine Service was con-
tinued, & so we went on in this Manner, till
a new Church was built & dedicated the
of Nov.
in
Weisser
the Macquai Indians & to instruct his Chil-
dren. After 3 Months we moved to the Indians
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partly to profit & more in their Language, &
partly to see, if Mere something
mongst them for the Brethren
by the Indian Congregation in
&
Martin Mack & Shaw
ford in Connecticut
that we preached in strange Parishes |: The
whole Country is namely divided in Parishes,
& the Land of the Indians being contained
in it; it was impossible for the Brethren to
preach the Gospel to the Indians, without
to preach in on or other Parish :| By
we had oftentimes, to testify of
our Ground of Salvation. After having been
dismissed, I continued with my Wife our Jour-
ney in the Land of the Macquai Indians, where
we lived, near an Indian town in great Po-
verty, Difficulty & Danger. In
ed to
instruct some B rn. & S
. in the Language
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