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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
The deplorable state of the Indians in these parts of America having been represented to the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, the said Society cheerfully came to the proposal of maintaining two missionaries among these miserable pagans, to endeavour their conversion from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God; and sent their commission to some ministers and other gentlemen here to act as their Correspondents, in providing, directing, and inspecting the mission.
As soon as the Correspondents were thus authorised, they immediately looked out for two candidates of the evangelical ministry, whose zeal for the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom, and whose compassion for poor perishing souls, would prompt them to such an exceeding difficult and selfdenying undertaking. They first prevailed with Mr. Azariah Horton to relinquish a call to an encouraging parish, and to devote himself to the Indian service. He was directed to Long Island, in August 1741, at the east end of which are two small towns of the Indians, and from the east to the west end of the island lesser companies settled at a few miles' distance from one another, for the length of above a hundred miles.
At his first coming among them he was well received by most, and heartily welcomed by some of them. Those at the east end of the island especially gave diligent and serious attention to his instructions, and were many of them put upon solemn enquiries about what they should do to be saved.
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