Moravian Lives

"Thee above all things. May my affections run
"out after Thee, and my whole soul be wrapped
"up in Thee, my chiefest food! Amen."
I have already observed that my removal
from Frome to London seemed to be overruled
by a Divine hand, as I scarecely knew why I
changed my situation. From my arrival in
London in the spring of 1772 till the middle
of 1778 I was engaged in various mercan-
tile concerns on my own account, in whch
I experienced many trials & disappoint
ments which tended to wean my heart more
& more from the world. Soon after my ar-
rival in London, where I usually attended
the ministry of the Revd Mr Romaine at
St. Ann's Blackfriars, I became acquainted with the
Brn  Benj. Latrobe, Geo. Franker & Heny Suleger
the latter being then Choir laborer of the Sle
Brn. I now & then attended the public ser-
vice in Fetterlane chapel with real blessing
for my heart. Thro' the representations of my
Xn friends & epecially of some in connex-
ion  connection with the Colonist Methodists I had
imbibed strong prejudices against the
Brn which caused me to read with a Hin[?]