and cut it, that she might cast the right way; which accordingly we did, and it had the desired effect; so that we soon got into a very fine harbour, it being about a mile off. Many thanks were given by many of the people for this deliverance to the Almighty. George Leonard, the governor of this island, heard in the morning, that a vessel was on the rocks, and the people were running with saws and axes, in order to break her up, if she should not be got off: the governor seeing them, sent a lieutenant with orders, that let her belong to what nation soever, they should help to get her off, if it could be, and if she was likely to be made a wreck, he charged them at their peril not to meddle with her, not any thing belonging to her, until they had first come to terms with the master: which is worthy to be recorded.

We staid several days before we could get our anchor; for after we were in the harbour, it blew very hard for four or five days; so that with our four oars we could not row our boat a-head, but watching for a calm one night, our people went and got it, and then we went into the principal road and harbour in the island called Croaker'sBay; the name of that we came from was Rendezvous-Bay, where lived a very kind friend of ours, named John Rumney, who, with his wife and family, treated us with great love, and courteously received us into their house, and he went with me to the governor's, who was my old acquaintance and friend, who with much love and

tenderness, when he knew me, took me in his arms, and embraced me, and lovingly saluted me with a kiss of charity, and thanked God for our deliverance, and that he had lived to see me once more, (I having been there some years before); he was seventy odd years of age, as I remember, and had eighty odd who called him father: they living much on roots and pulse, are very healthy in this island. I was here nine days, and had seven meetings with the people; the longer I staid the larger the meetings were; so that I had some difficulty to leave them. Through the grace and gift of God I was helped to preach the gospel of Christ freely, and they received it both freely and thankfully, divers, if not all; for their and my heart were very open one to another, the Lord's holy name be praised for ever.

The 3d of the First month, Ezra Worthington died, and the 4th in the afternoon he was buried on the plantation of John Rumney, near his house; the governor and his son-in-law were at the burial, where I told them, that he was an inoffensive, innocent, sober young man, and that death was to be the end of us here, putting them in mind to remember their latter end. After I had done speaking, the governor said, that death was a debt due to nature, and that we must all pay it, and blessed is the man that in time truly prepares for it. This was a good expression for a man in his post, and worthy of my notice, as I thought.

I was at one meeting, where was the governor

and his daughter, with divers of the best and soberest people of this island; it was a satisfactory meeting, which ended in prayer; and when I arose from my knees I found the governor on one side, and his daughter on the other side of me, both on their knees, a posture in which people are too seldom found in this degenerate age of the world.

On the 10th of the First month, we departed from the island of Anguilla, with a pleasant gale; and had fair weather and winds for several days; I spent some time of this voyage in reading, and met with a passage of or concerning friendship; the comfort and beauty of it therein was notably set forth, yet most who treat upon that noble subject, place, too generally, the felicity thereof in humanity: whereas true and lasting friendship is of a Divine nature, and can never be firmly settled without Divine grace: Christ Jesus is the prime Friend of mankind, and from whom all true and lasting friendship springs and flows, as from a living fountain, himself being the head-spring thereof; out of which holy fountain hath sprung as followeth :-" Henceforth I call you not servants;" and "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." And again, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." O holy expressions! much to be admired, and worthy every true and good man's and woman's imitation and practice. Observe, that when they had done whatsoever

Christ had commanded them, then they were to be his friends, and they were not only to be his friends, but one another's friends, as he was theirs, and if occasion were, as he died, so they would die for one another. By this mark and truest seal of the truest friendship, all the world should know they belonged to Christ, that they were united to him, and in him united to one another. 'Nothing but disobedience and sin can ever separate this friendship.

Against this friendship, which is in Christ, and grounded and founded upon him, the gates of hell can never prevail; all friendship, upon any consideration, merely human, is brittle and uncertain, and subject to change, or mutability; as experience hath taught in all ages.

If any person hath a desire to have a particular friend, let that person be sure to make choice of Christ, and such as choose him, have a friend in whom all lasting peace, comfort and delight, joy and pleasure is, and in him alone is to be enjoyed for ever.

The 20th of the First month, being the first of the week, we had a comfortable meeting for Divine worship, in which the goodness of God was extended to us as we were rolling on the mighty waters of the great deep, after which we had pleasant weather, and a fair wind for several days.

On the 26th the wind sprung up at east northeast, a hard gale, which lasted several days; and having but little sea-room for about thirty hours,

it blew so hard, that we could dress no victuals; I then thought on the words of Job, when he spoke to his impatient wife, saying, "Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" or, that which is accounted or looks like evil in the eye of man. In this time of exercise, the love and heavenly life of God, in his beloved Son, filled my heart, and caused an overflowing of praises to his holy, glorious, and blessed name. Oh! it was exceeding precious to my soul at that time!

The 1st of the Second month we saw land, being driven to the southward near 250 miles in this last hard weather; but we soon after arrived at our desired port.

After which I visited the meetings of Friends at Philadelphia, Burlington, the Falls, Abington, German-Town, Bristol, and Frankfort, and found the people had been under a general visitation of the small-pox, insomuch that many hundreds, especially of children, were taken off the stage of this life in the city of Philadelphia, and I was concerned to exhort Friends in that city to bring their children to meetings, and educate them, when young, in the way they should go, that they might not depart from it when old; and that he who had taken many away, could, if he pleased, take many more; for though he might have laid down his rod at present (the distemper in the city being much abated) he could soon take it up again. It is my belief that the Lord Almighty will still con