He planned to go by boat to Purisburg and from there on foot
through Carolina to Charlestown, but on the way up the Savannah River
the canoe was overtaken by a severe thunderstorm, and forced to land.
Knowing that a sloop would sail in two days he returned to Savannah,
meaning to go to Charlestown on her, but on trying the lot
he received direction to wait for the present in Savannah.
While Boehler was making his attempt among the negroes,
some changes were taking place in the Savannah Congregation.
He had been very much distressed by the condition he found when he arrived,
for owing partly to their many difficulties and partly to Seifert's absence
among the Indians, no Communion had been celebrated for a year,
and the "bands" had been dropped. The Bible and prayer gatherings
were steadily observed, but it seemed to him there was a lack of harmony
among the members, and they were by no means ready to take him at once
into their confidence. Seifert, too, was not well, and had been obliged
to leave the Indians, and return to Savannah.
The Indian work was most discouraging, for the men were careless and drunken,
and in January, 1739, even Rose gave up, and moved back to Savannah
with his family.
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