1, 1736.
It was New Year's Day, and Mr. Oglethorpe's birthday.
(Br. Nitschmann asked us to select a number of verses,
wrote them out and presented them as a birthday greeting to Mr. Oglethorpe.
It was a beautiful day, warm and calm. -- Dober's Diary.)
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Wesley. Dec. 21st, Sunday.
We had fifteen communicants, which was our usual number on Sundays.
(This being Mr. Oglethorpe's birthday, he gave a sheep and wine to the people,
which, with the smoothness of the sea, and the serenity of the sky,
so enlivened them that they perfectly recovered from their sea-sickness.
On Christmas Day, also, Mr. Oglethorpe gave a hog and wine to the people.
-- Ingham's Journal.)
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Nitschmann. Jan. 5th.
(To-day, according to the old style, Christmas was celebrated on our ship.
Br. Nitschmann spoke on the words, "Unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given." -- Dober's Diary.)
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Wesley. Dec. 29th.
(We are now past the latitude of twenty-five degrees,
and are got into what they call the Trade winds, which blow much the same way
all the year round. The air is balmy, soft, and sweet.
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