Here he was again charged with intemperance, and was suspended from the ministry ; but he was finally restored through the kindness of some of his brethren. He published many of

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his sermons and treatises on other topics. He preached a funeral sermon on the death of his son, Joseph, who was graduated at Yale in 1723, and died one year after. His text, Ps. cxxxvii. 1, and Job x. 2. Nothing is heard of Mr. Morgan after 1740. His name disappears from the minutes of Synod. In 1702-3, the people called the Rev. John Jones, and here we have the first regular call on the part of the people to a minister, and his reply in his own words, which have come down to us as a precious relic of nearly two hundred years ago :

" Desember 7th, 1702, the town by a unanimis uote doth Mr. John Jones thanks for his labors with us the day past in ye work of ye ministry, ami if ye sd Mr. Jones acording to our unighted desires continueth in ye work aforesd three months among us, then we, ye sd town, will pay him ye sum of teen pounds in money or equivalent to money upon ye account of our furder acquaintance, he with us & we with him in order to settle him, ye said Mr. Jones with us, if we & he agree at ye three months' end." Mr. Jones, his answer: