The poor Cliurch of England in America is the only instance that ever happened of an Episcopal Church without a Bishop & in which no Orders could be obtained without crossing an Ocean of 3000 miles in extent, without Eishops the Church cannot flourish in America & unless the Church be well supported & prevail, this whole Continent will be overrun with Infidelity & deism, Methodism & New Light with every species & every degree of Scepticism & Enthusiasm, and without a Eishop upon the spot I fertr it will be impossible to keep the Church herself pure & undefiied. And that it is of the last consequence to the State to support the Church here, the present times afford an alarming proof. ********

* REY^ M« BLOOMER TO THE SECRETARY.

Jamaica Feby I5th 1770. Rev<J Sir

I preach at the tliree Chiirclies of Jamaica Newtown and Flushing alternately & generally to crowded assenu]»lic-«! who behave during divine Service with the utmost decency & decoruiu, the Churches are neat, well finished buildings, But tho^ of Newtown & Flusliing rather small for the Congregations, the former of wliich the people projxjse to enlarge in the spring of the year, but altho' I reap the satisfaction of enjoying the love & esteem of my hearers, yet I am sorry to acquaint the Society that my happiness is mucli obstructed on ace* of a troublesome Lawsuit I am imder the obligation of commencing against the parish for a Salary of JE60 a year allowed by an Act of the Province to the Minister who is legaHy inducted by the Govern the law for raising this sum obliges the people of the parish insisting of all denominations annuaEy to eleet 10 Vestrymen & d