Page:Vice punished, and virtue rewarded (2).pdf/13

 and to devote all his leiſure hours to the duty of repentance. His next reſolution was, to obey his Maſter's commands. to ſerve him faithfully, and, to perform whatever buſineſs was impoſed on him, ſo far, and ſo long as health and ſtrength would permit; not doubting, but the ſame God, who had preſerved him hitherto, in ſuch a wonderful manner, would accept the oblations of a contrite heart, and enable him to go through it with courage and chearfulneſs.

The firſt month's ſervice, as he himſelf told me, went very hard with him. His hands bliſtered, his feet grew ſore and raw, and the heat of the climate was almoſt inſupportable; but, as cuſtom makes every ſtation familiar, before three months were expired, all theſe grievances were at an end; and he, naturally endued with a ſpirit of emulation, would not ſuffer himſelf to be outdone by any of his fellow-ſlaves. The ſuperintendant obſerving his extraordinary