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BPB.770.018
26 Mar 1770:31,32,33 (656)
Copy of a letter sent to England from Savannah in Georgia.
Savannah, January 29, 1770.
My Dear Sir, "You would have been pleased to have been at
the Orphan House Academy yesterday, where his excellency our
Governor, the honourable the Council, and the Commons House
of Assembly were agreeably entertained in consequence of an
invitation given them by the founder the Rev. Mr.
Whitefield. . . Between eleven and twelve the bell rung for
public worship. . . The singing was harmonious and striking;
and I must own I was particularly affected, when at the
chapel door the orphans, officers and domesticks broke into
ranks on the right hand and the left, and as his excellency
with his train went up the chanel stairs, concluded with
Live by heaven and earth ador'd,
Three in one and one in three,
Holy holy holy lord.
. . . Sermon ended, all returned in the same manner as they
came, the clerk, orphans, &c. singing as they walked.
This God is the God we adore,
Our faithful unchangeable friend,
Whose love is as large as his power,
And neither knows measure nor end.
. . . [4 more lines]
"In about half an hour the bell rung for dinner. . .
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