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never lose sight of, and I am persuaded that perseverance will at last obtain it.

I am sorry the recommendat" of his Grace of Canterbury, & the Bishop of London, has met with so little notice from a certain quarter, which I understand to be the case from the close of your Letter, perhaps it is owing to his being of different Religious Sentiments, or to a total Indifference in these matters.

D'. Auchmuty.

REVD. MR. INGLIS TO SIR WM. JOHNSON

ON THE SUBJECT OF HIS PLAN FOR CHRISTIANIZING THE INDIANS.

New York, Augt 19, 1771. Worthy Sir,

This moment I received the Society's Sermon & Abstract for the present Year, & hearing that M* Finn is just setting out for Schenectady, I send a Copy by him, & snatch a minute to write to you.

The Sermon was preached by the justly celebrated Bishop Lowth, one of the first Characters in England for Erudition, Piety & Abilities. I observe with Pleasure that he has taken notice of the Plan we have now under Consideration ;,which shews the Society's attention is awake to this Business, & will be no bad Preparative for its going down with others. I also observe with singular satisfaction the just Compliment his Lordship pays you at page 24 of the Sermon, tho he does not name you. In truth what he says coincides exactly with what I have always thought & have often said. Providence seems to mark you out as the proper Instrument in its Hand, to civilise those poor savages, & bring them out of the Bosom of Heathen Darkness into the Fold of his blessed son; & I am confident that this will add Lustre to your memory amongst Posterity. Lustre superior even to that you have so justly & in so high a Degree acquired already in the Field.