But the very Thing which enables me to continue in this Mission, is the Grievance I complain of : For my constant Attendance on the School, prevents me from paying that Attention to my Congregation which I cou'd really wish, and from my being obliged to write two Discourses every Week I am confined from taking that Recreation which I find my Health requires.
_ Indeed, when I offered myself for that Mission, it was not from a Presumption that I shou'd have perfectly answered the Description given, but truly from higher Motives, which I trust in God, will always influence me to domy Duty with that continual steady care, that my Station requires. Avoiding, at the same time, the Levities which my Age might incline me to indulge, and the Gloominess that frequently attends our Cloth.
As therefore it may be impossible to gratify my Wishes, I can only say, that I shall always be happy in testifying my Gratitude to you, & shew it by my Willingness to officiate there occasionally, *till a Missionary is settled.
Believe me I am in Sincerity, Schenectady. 234 Sir, your affectionate
July. 1772. and very obedient Servant,
The Hone Sir William Johnson Bart. Wm. ANpREws.
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SIR WM JOHNSON TO THE REVD DR. BURTON,
RESPECTING THE REV. MR. MOSELEY.
Johnson hall Oct? 24 1772. Sir,
It is now a considerable time since I had the pleasure of writing to, ur of hearing from you, and the venerable Society ; a Variety of business, together with my bad state of health, & the want of any thing very material, was the occasion of this omission of my part. -