Sunday, 6th September 1829
The Reverend Gentleman took his text from Proverbs, iii., Verse 6.
Rev. Thomas Squance had led the first Wesleyan Mission to Jaffna, Ceylon and set foot in Jaffna on the 10th August 1814.
"He dwelt with great force on the propriety of maintaining the Christian character in a distant land, expressing his deep regret that a carelessness had too frequently been manifested in connection with his most important duty, and quoting with much feeling, in the progress of his discourse, some beautiful and appropriate lines from Cowper's Translationof Madame Guyon."
Rev. Thomas Squance had led the first Wesleyan Mission to Jaffna, Ceylon and set foot in Jaffna on the 10th August 1814.
"He dwelt with great force on the propriety of maintaining the Christian character in a distant land, expressing his deep regret that a carelessness had too frequently been manifested in connection with his most important duty, and quoting with much feeling, in the progress of his discourse, some beautiful and appropriate lines from Cowper's Translationof Madame Guyon."
The account above, of the ship Tranby's departure from Hull for the Swan River Settlement, is taken from the 'Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette,' of Friday, September 11, 1829.
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