The Woman when upon a sick bed sent for me & after sdme discourse with her desired Christian Baptism, but her nearest relations and friends who were about her who were Quakers endeavoured all they could to dissuade her from it, asking her whether she tliought the sprinkling a little water on her face, would carry her immediately to Heaven bidding her to remember what she had learned of them in her younger days and not depart from it; But though I was so passionately opposed in the discharge of my duty and this poor Woman so rudely beset at so Solemn a season as that must be of a seeming departure, yet I proceeded in the Office of Baptism and she as readily received it. But what may give the Venerable Society some further assurance of the success of my ministry here, through the blessing of God is the account I can now give them of another Church erected last April in this Parish at a place called Newtown about five miles from Jamaica where tliere is a considerable body of people belonging to the Church of

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England. They are a people who by their lives & conversaticns adorn their religion & profession and I have hopes that others seeing tlieir good works will be induced to follow their example. T liave one thing now to add & that is to beg .of the Honourable Society in behalf of niciny poor mistaken and ignorant people here that they would be pleased to send to this Parish a few Common Prayer books and some of the late Lr King's books concerning the Inventions of men in the Worship of God wliich I verily believe would be of great service among them, I shall if tliey come to my liands carefully dispose of tliem where 'tis likely they will do most good.