preached again on the same text an evening sermon, that began after the sixth hour, at night."

"January 24, Sunday. I preached at Philadelphia, on Mat. v. 17, both in the forenoon and afternoon; Mr. Evans, the minister of Philadelphia, having that day been at Chester in Pennsylvania, to accompany Mr. Talbot, who was to preach there the first sermon in the church after it was built."

From April to August these missionaries travelled through Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, as far as North Carolina, and returned to Philadelphia August 4th. They continued to preach here, and in the vicinity, until the April following.

We give a few more extracts from Mr. Keith's Journal.

“1703, August 8. Mr. Talbot preached in the forenoon at Philadelphia, and I preached there in the afternoon, on 2d Cor. xii. 9."

"August 22, Sunday. I preached at the new church at Burlington, on 2d Sam. xxiii. 3, 4. My Lord Cornbury was present, and many gentlemen who accompanied him, both from New York and the two Jerseys, having had his commission to be governor of West and East Jersey read at the town-house there some days

before. It was the first sermon that was preached in that church."

"September 21, Tuesday. I preached at Philadelphia on Jude 3. This week being the time of the quakers' yearly meeting in Philadelphia, the minister of Philadelphia, the reverend Mr. Evans, with the consent of the vestry, having agreed together with us, to have both prayers and sermons at the church in Philadelphia, all the days that the quakers had their meetings in that week, which used to continue three days; there happens commonly in that week to be a great concourse of people at Philadelphia, not only of quakers, but also of many others, as at some great fair."

"1704, April 2, Sunday. I preached at Philadelphia, on John iv. 24, being my last sermon-I preached there."

"After my return from East Jersey to Philadelphia, about the middle of February, 1703-4, for the space of six weeks I remained mostly at Philadelphia, and was very kindly and hospitably entertained by Mr. Joshua Carpenter, at his house, where I lodged all that time, until I began my journey from Philadelphia towards Virginia, to take passage for my return to England."

"The Rev. Mr. Evan Evans, the minister of

the church of England congregation at Philadelphia, informed me, that (beside the considerable number of converts to the church from quakerism, that the former minister, the Rev. Mr. Clayton had baptized,) by his account, since he was minister there, he had baptized of men, women, and children, in Pennsylvania and West Jersey, of English and Welsh, about five hundred; many, or most of them, having been quakers, and the children of quakers, and quakerly affected; and besides these, many who had left quakerism, and had joined to the church had been baptized in infancy, not having been born of quaker parents."

"In Pennsylvania, where there was but one church of England congregation settled, to wit, at Philadelphia, and even that but of few years standing, at our arrival there; there are now, blessed be God, five church of England congregations supplied with ministers, and who have convenient churches, where the people assemble constantly every Lord's day to the prayers and sermons, and where the holy sacraments are duly administered, according to the church of England. The places in Pennsylvania where these churches are set up, are, the first, Philadelphia; the second, Chester or Upland; the

third, Frankfort, alias Oxford; the fourth, Newcastle; the fifth, Apoquimene.

"At Philadelphia, they have prayers in the church, not only on the Lord's days, and other holy days, but all Wednesdays and Fridays weekly, and the sacrament of the Lord's supper administered monthly, and the number of the communicants considerable. The church is commonly well filled with people every Lord's day; and when they are fully assembled, both of the town and country that belong to that congregation, they may well be reckoned, by modest computation, to amount to five hundred persons of hearers. But sometimes there are many more; and generally the converts from quakerism are good examples, both for frequenting the church prayers, and frequent partaking of the Lord's supper, with zeal and devotion, and also of sober and virtuous living in their daily conversation."

The good old custom of having prayers in the church on all holy days, and on Wednesdays and Fridays, throughout the year, is (1841,) still preserved. The attendance on such occasions is usually very good. It were to be wished, however, that more of the congregation would unite in keeping up a pious practice, which has existed here at least a hundred and thirty years.

1707.

The Rev. Mr. Evans went to England this year, upon private concerns. "During his absence," says Humphreys, "the Rev. Mr. Rudman, a worthy Swedish clergyman, who had officiated among his countrymen in these parts for several years, took care of his cure in Philadelphia." Mr. Rudman, as we are informed by the Rev. Mr. Clay in his Annals of the Swedes,*"continued to officiate in Christ Church until his death, which took place on the 17th of September, A. D. 1708, aged forty years. His remains lie beneath the chancel in the Wicaco church. He appears to have been much beloved by the Swedes of that period, and their descendants will long hold in grateful remembrance his self-denial and faithfulness as a minister of Christ."

1709.

The Rev. Mr. Evans returned to Philadelphia, and continued as before very diligent in his duty. His labours were not confined to the city, but extended to places forty and sixty miles distant from Philadelphia. Wherever he went he baptized many persons; and one in

* Annals of the Swedes, p. 87.