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He remained in London about a year and a half.
During that time he compiled a hymn book which his friends published with his portrait in front.
He preached with great acceptance to large congregations: several thousand persons assembled to hear his farewell sermon on the eve of his departure for Africa.
He sailed for Sierra Leone, in the latter part of 1818, and was greeted there with much cordiality; for his fame had preceded him. All classes flocked to hear him preach, and his labors were highly useful.
After several years spent in the discharge of religious duties, he died of the fever which so often proves fatal to strangers in Africa.
His wife returned with her children to end her days in Philadelphia.
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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