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and in this second marriage God gave him nine children, of whom six are still living.
     In the year 1750 he was received into the Unity; and in 1752 he attended the
Holy Communion for the first time.
     In 1763 he moved to Manakesy, to be nearer a school-house, but as there he
could get only one hundred acres of land, and had no water, he sold that farm, and
in 1772 moved with his family to Wachovia, and established himself three miles from
Bethania. 
     Of his life here it can be said, according to his own testimony, that he loved
the Savior, and in spite of failings and errors it was his intention to rejoice His
heart. That his joy was in the word of God and in the services of the church was
manifest. When because of advanced age he could no longer ride a horse it was his
custom to walk the three miles from his home in order to attend the services. In
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