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Revd Sir.

The fervor of the Methodists upon the Skirts or Borders of my Parish, which I mentioned in my last is very much abated & the little ground they had gained in this Country, I verily believe, will in a few months be totally lost, these strolling teachers were first imported here from New England from whence we have received

the greatest part of the dissenters, that are settled amongst us & their Principal study & endeavour is to render both the Ministers & Liturgy of the church of England as odious as possible that themselves & their doctrines may meet with a better reception. In defeating their schemes & subverting their pernicious doctrines, I have found meek instruction to be very effectual. I beg you'll pardon me, in still continuing to Solicit the Society for a few small tracts wrote on purpose to confute & expose such visionaries, my Parish is at least 100 miles in length & 'tis exceeding difficult for a single clergyman to discharge his duty faithfully, amongst an illiterate people, living dispersed in such a vast extent. pray Sir consider my situation & obtain me a little assistance in such tracts as the venerable Society shall think most proper, which shall be faithfully distributed, where they are most wanting by, your most obliged obdt & humble Servt.

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