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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
t the hour of evening prayer, they made a covenant with each other, like Jacob of old, and resolved, by the grace of Christ, to cast all the strange gods which were in their hearts into the depths of the sea. A storm grew so high, that not a sail could Feb. 18. be set; and they raised their voices in prayer and song amidst the tempest; for to love the Lord Jesus as a Chap XXIV.} brother gave consolation. At Charleston Oglethorpe bade them welcome; and, in five days more, the way- 1734. March 18. 12-23. faring men, whose home was beyond the skies, pitched their tents near Savannah. It remained to select for them a residence. To cheer their principal men, as they toiled through the forest and across brooks, Oglethorpe, having provided horses, himself joined the little party. By the aid of blazed trees and Indian guides, he made his way through morasses; a fallen tree served as a bridge over a stream, which the horses swam, for want of a ford; Von Reck, Diarium, in Urlsperger,