. Thus stored we purpose to leave on Wednesday or
Thursday, Sept. 17 or 18, giving to each person we meet on the road a
tract, and giving away in the towns and villages as many as may be wise,
without raising a mob around us. In addition to this, as far as
opportunity may allow, I purpose to speak with persons on the road. In
this way we purpose to travel on, day after day, giving away tracts, and
also my Narrative, so that in every village and town, of a journey of
500 or 600 miles, at least a few copies of my Narrative will be left,
besides giving them to passengers on the road, and as many tracts as we
can. In order to fill our stores again, I purpose to send to Frankfort a
large bale of tracts and books before us, also to Eisleben, where Luther
was born, and to Cassel. In this way I hope to be able to give away
about 900 copies of my Narrative, and fifty or sixty thousand tracts. In
addition to this, I am seeking to place with trustworthy brethren in
this country, in Switzerland, and in Prussia, smaller quantities, to be
given away as opportunity may occur. Our route, as far as I can see at
present, will be this: To Heilbronn, Heidelberg, Darmstadt, Frankfort,
Fulda, Erfurt, Eisenach, Eisleben. The last place will be the furthest
part of our journey. Then we mean to return towards England by way of
Nordhausen, Gottingen, Cassel, Elberfeld, Dusseldorf, and Cologne. The
whole tour may take from 20 to 25 days, travelling day after day. All
this I write to you, earnestly asking your prayers for us, on account of
the following particulars: 1. That the Lord would be pleased so to
strengthen us in body, as that we may be able to continue travelling day
after day for 20 days or more. 2. That the Lord would be pleased to give
us suitable and kind drivers, that we may not have difficulty in our
work in that way. 3. That the police may not be permitted to obstruct
our service. 4. That our own souls may not suffer through this work, but
rather be benefited. 5. That the Lord would be pleased to direct the
Tracts and Narratives into the hands of those very persons whom He means
to bless by them.
6. That He would also be pleased to allow the weather to be of that
kind, if it seem good to Him, that our work may not be hindered.--
Great unforseen hindrances and difficulties we may meet with in this
service, yet it has now been with me the subject of prayer for several
months, and in the name of the Lord I enter upon it.--The especia
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