Moravian Lives

"I am a poor sinner - This I surely know,
"And if my dear Saviour - did not love me so
"that my soul his purchase, - He cannot forsake,
"He [??] now had taken - His grace from me back."

I was born in the city of Worcester Jan 25
1750; & baptized in the Church of England of which
both my Parents were members. My Father Thomas
Moore was a merchant. My Parents had five
Children of which I was the third. My two Sis-
ters & a Brother died in their infancy; but my
youngest Brother lived till the year 1780 when
he died aged 25 years & 9 months as an officer
in his Majesty's navy.
My late Father, who was universally belov-
ed & respected, as an upright, honest man, de-
parted this life Jan. 8 1753 in Worcester. Thus
I was deprived of an affectionate Father at an
age, when I could scarcely remember him. My
Mother endeavoured to bring up her children
in the nurture & admonition of the Lord, & to give
them a good education. For this purpose I was
placed successively under the care & tuition of
4 Clergymen in the Church of England, from
whom I received a classical education.