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of which fell on us in the night November 2nd
this was a heay Night I had with my
Dear Husband in the woods wherein the
Murdering spirit & power of AAAA
practiced heavy
I being comforted & recovered res-
pecting this heanyness for 6 months in
Dear Bethlehem when with my Husband
I AAAA to & resided 3 year in N England
where I enjoyed numberless blessings
having the Grace to see there a Cong-
regation settled by Dear Brother Sponingberg
Being returned from N England hav-
ing rested 8 weeks in Bethlehem I with Dear
Dear Husband set of on my Birth Day
being February 12 1759 for Jamaca with
my AAA
observe the losong & Hymn on that
day from Brother Sponingberg
here I loved & was loved by the poor Dear
Negro slaves for meat 6 year when at
last the heat of the Country had so imp-
ared my Dying boddy that had I stayed
I should soon have been at hom with my lord
but obeying our call to Bethlehem must
undergo more in this sea journey
then I expected to undergo & live five
weeks
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weeks without eating life being just
preserved by Drink but on my hearing
we were not far from land my spirit
something revived & I said well to Him all
things are possible. He can only bring
to pass what I so often have begged of him
of his people if not in Bethlehem yet with
Philladelphia where we arived the 20th
of October where I was 5 days in Dear
sister Nizers Leader nursing care
where I began to recover by means of
eating what a Doctor who was sent for
had in perticuler forbid, I in these
days so recovered per a Waggon on 27 of
this [unknown] to Dear Bethlehem Here both I & our dear Doctor
Otto believed I had traveled my last pilger
journey. here now I had obtained &
gained the greatest thing I desiered on
Earth often telling my only friend and
Dear Saviour now I am ready to leave
this Clay and sink into the sea of thy mercy
then thou hast Redeemed and saved me
by thy hold Blood - here thro the care & love of my Deat Geschwerstern in the Bosome
of the Dear Congregation free from each
rememberance I in the space of 20
months was recovered
on