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PJ.770.018
8 Mar 1770:13, 21 (1422)
Copy of a letter sent to England from Savannah in Georgia.
Savannah, January 29, 1770.
You would have been pleased to have been at the orphan-house
academy yesterday, where his excellency our governour, the
honourable the council and the commons house of assembly
were agreeably entertained in consequence of an invitation
given them by the founder the Rev. Mr. Whitefield . . . The
singing was harmonious and striking; and I must own I was
particularly affected, when at the chapel door the orphans,
officers and domesticks broke into ranks on the right hand
and the left, and as his excellency with his train went up
the chapel stirs, concluded with
Live by heaven and earth ador'd,
Three in one and one in three,
Holy, holy, holy, lord
All glory be to thee. . . .
Sermon ended, all returned in the same manner as they came,
the clerk, orphans, &c. singing as they walked,
This God is the God we adore,
Our faithful unchangeable friend,
Whose love is as large as his power.
And neither knows measure nor end.
. . . [4 lines follow.]
In about half an hour the bell rung for dinner. . . .
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