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the hearts of those poor ignorant heathen, &amp; at the<br />
christian perseverance of the Missionaries under<br />
so many &amp; various trials &amp; discouragements.<br />
Here appeared methought, evidently the hand of<br />
God &amp; a real effusion of the Divine Spirit; &amp;<br />
I was deeply impressed with the idea that<br />
there was something&nbsp;<u>more devoted</u>&nbsp;among the<br />
<abbr>B</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>rn</abbr></hi> than I had found among any other de<br />
nomination of <abbr>X</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>ns</abbr></hi> with whom I had hi-<br />
therto been acquainted.<br />
After the perusal of this book I occasionally<br />
attended on Sunday evenings the preaching of<br />
the late <abbr>B</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>r</abbr></hi> <persname>Jacob Rogers</persname> without however cul-<br />
tivating any personal acquaintance with<br />
that excellent man. The more however I re<br />
flected on the <abbr>B</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>rns</abbr></hi> doctrine and their aposto-<br />
lie[?] zeal in propogating the gospel among the<br />
heathen, the thought arose in my heart, &quot;This<br />
people shall be my people; &amp; their God, my God.&quot;<br />
The world &amp; worldly pursuits became more<br />
&amp; more disgusting to me, &amp; in the simplicity of my<br />
heart, I, on <date><abbr>Oct</abbr> 1 1771</date>, after much fervent<br />
prayer for divine assistance, made a solemn<br />
surrender of myself to my Creator <abbr>&amp;</abbr> Redeemer,<br />
&amp; committed this&nbsp;<u>my solemn covenant</u>&nbsp;to