From the Rev. Samuel Davis, President of Nassau-Hall College. SIR, I thank you for your congratulations upon my inauguration into an office, the prospect of which afforded me more anxious suspence, for 8 or 9 long months, than any turn of my 'whole life, though full of unexpected occurrences. If I find by the event, that my divine Lord does not so resent the guilty imperfections of my past services, as to refuse receiving any future at my hand, but shall still condescend to employ me, I shall always esteem it one of the richest and most astonishing favors, to one of the unworthiest of his servants. I hope, my dear Sir, your prayers will contribute their share towards my public usefulness, in my present important station. If I be useful at all, it certainly must be the atchievment of believing prayer. Your apostolic scheme of an Indian School, I was informed. of pretty fully by my worthy friend, Mr. De Berdt. I am sorry, that like every other good design, it meets with difficulty in the execution. You may assure yourself of all my little interest in its favor, on both sides the Atlantic. Its good effects will much depend upon very the character of the managers. This I infer from what I have seen in Virginia; there an Indian School has been erected above half a century, well endowed, by the great Mr. B- -; but it never yet has produced one scholar, as far as I have heard, that has been of the least service towards civilizing or christianizing his countrymen. this account I rejoice that you have so great a hand in the present affair. May the Lord bless you and it. On You have long been my friend, though, perhaps you have not known it; and I have often talked you over, as a familiar subject, especially with my once favorite friend, Mr. Daven port; now a blessed inhabitant of heaven. Your quondam pupil JALOb, behaves well, and makes good progress in learning; and you can hardly think how pleased I am, to look upon him among the students of a fairer color. If he should turn out a christian, as well as a scholar, he may be the instrument of some happy revolution among his savage countrymen. You see, I only throw out a few incoherent fragments of thought; and in my present hurry, I can do no more. You, I hope, have more leisure to oblige a friend: therefore, dear sir, write to me often and at large. I deserve no comfort; but I often need it, to keep me from sinking under the burden of my office. How should I rejoice to see you !—En erit unquam ! With the heart of a friend and brother, I am, Rev. Sir, Yours of March 24th, after a long passage, came safe to hand. We are still pursuing the affair of our Charity Indian School, with as much and more courage than ever. The occurrences of this year have a most favorable aspect, on our undertaking. God has done marvellous things for us and our nation, by his own right hand, and his holy arm. The surprising success of our northern forces, have opened the door wide for our great design; and if God shall still as he has hitherto done, like himself, so bear with the ingratitude and baseness of his people, as to succeed further attempts, and ac cording to the present fairest human probability, subject the remainder of our northern enemy, to the British Crown, it seems there will be nothing in the way, but on our part, to hinder the fullest execution of what is proposed. Such is the prospect that we feel impatient of delay, and determine to fill up our School with well chosen Indian boys, as fast as we can, and not expose ourselves to the censure of presumptuous and headlong, in our proceedings; and we hope that God will open the hearts of the good people in England, to contribute liberally to our assistance. Mr Occum, the Indian whom I educated some years ago, is ordained by, and belongs to a godly presbytery, on Long Island. I expect he will shortly visit me, and preach in my pulpit, if his journey to the Cherokees don't prevent it. And by report which we have from that quarter, the door for such a mission, as was designed, is shut at present. Perhaps God designs to carry on this affair with less show and popularity, and in a way, in which there will be more forcible arguments, for a continual looking to, and dependance upon him for daily supplies for it, than we have yet thought of. However it is enough for us, if the way of our duty be enlightened step by step, and that Zion and all things which concern her, are in the hands, and at the direction and disposal of her King, who is given to be head over all things to her, and who has set her as a seal upon his arm, and a seal upon his heart. Oh! how sweet was that word in yours, Let Immanuel be our peace.' Please, my dear sir, to accept most effectionate salutation from, and remember in your daily approaches to God, Yours, most heartily, Mr. Dennis De Berdt. ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. My Dear Sir, To Mr. Dennis De Berdt, at London, Lebanon, December 17, 1759. Yours by Mr. Peters, came to hand a few days ago. I thank you heartily for repeated expressions of brotherly affection. Many things in the dispensation of God's Providence of late, greatly encourage our hope, that the time of his mercy towards the benighted pagans of this land is near at hand; nor do any difficulties, we meet with in the execution of what we have proposed, at all discourage a further prosecution of it. A number of gentlemen may, and likely will, if properly applied to, freely give their public approbation and testimony, in favor of the grand design, and of the method proposed for executing the same. And they are of opinion that such testimonials will have equal weight at home, as the act which Lord Hproposed. I should be very glad of your thoughts in this matter. A charter from the crown which will not limit us to a particular government, we think for many reasons to be much the most eligible. However, we determine to continue it and pursue it, as a Charity School, and make it as useful as we can. -X Sir, I heartily thank you for the service you did the public, in publishing President Davis' serious, seasonble, and animating sermon to the soldiery, &c. Dear Sir, I heartily accept your challenge, and purpose, by the grace and help of him, who worketh all in all, to meet you at the place appointed, the Lord mercifully equip us with the whole armour of God, that we may strive successfully— a few days more, and we have done all that we can do for the advancement of the kingdom of our glorious Redeemer, and the salvation of the souls of men. Oh! that I had not given such occasion, to look back with regret, upon the misimprovement of the few talents, committed to me for that great pur pose. I don't tell you, how much I love you, or how pleased I should be to commune with you face to face. Well, by the by, I hope, distance and darkness, and every impediment will be removed. Our intercourse most free, our communion sweet, the subject most glorious, our eyes employed in beholding, and our tongues eternally in speaking the glories of our Immanuel. Then we shall remember, and with joy unspeakable, recount all the steps of divine Providence towards us. Then will all the mysteries of it be unfolded, our hearts perfectly approve of, and the glory of him, who has the government upon his shoulders, shine with meridian brightness in the whole. Do we wait? Do we hope for this? What manner of persons then ought we to be? Alas! how much do I fall short of living answerable to such a hope. Dear Sir, pray much for him, who is, with all brotherly affection, Yours, in the dearest, sweetest bonds, Mr. Dennis De Berdt. ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. From the Rev. George Whitefield. London, Aug. 30, 1760. My very dear Friend, I shall shew your letter to some members of the Scotch Society, for promoting the gospel, and see if some annual allowance cannot be procured towards your charitable design. I humbly hope, it will take place in time--had I a converted Indian scholar, that could preach and pray in English, something might be done to purpose. Your affair, I trust, will come upon the carpet in due time— Oh that our conquests may be overruled for the furtherance of |