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with another illness, so that my fellow travel-
lers entered upon their voyage without me.
Tho' it did not appear as if I should
recover, I was informed by a letter that
in case of my recovering I was to go
against to Geneva to serve the awakened souls
in that place. After 9 weeks illness I
sat out for Geneva, where I ^arrived after an
agreeable stay of some days at Marien-
born, in Feb of the year 1742. I had
not been there above a fortnight when
I was ordered by the magistrates, who
were dissatisfied with my stay there, to
quit my private lodgings, and to move
to an inn. Taking a journey in the coun-
try I fell sick again & was received and
treated as a servant of Christ at the house
of Mr. Elie Prendhomme, to whom I was
recommended by his brother. It proved a
great joy to me to see afterwards him and
his whole family, to whom I was is much
indebted, to become children of God our Saviour.
This was also the ^case with the family of old
father Pindent, who at another time served
me in the same kind manner. About this
time I ventured, in reliance upon the help
of our Lord, to translate our Hymns into
the frensh language and in about a years
time I got 70 of them printed. In April
1743 I returned to Marienborn, where I
found my wife, who was arrived from Ame-
rica a few days before me. I received her
as if she was given me quite anew by our
Saviour. After some time we travelled toge-
ther to the Synod, which was held at Hirsch
berg. there we were appointed to visit the
awakened souls in Switzerland. This jour-
ney proved very agreeable to us both. When
we were tired of walking we sat down in
a lonely spot and sung a verse, feeling excee-